Armenia’s National Security Service has opened a criminal case into what it says was a case of large-scale money laundering allegedly involving former Yerevan mayor Gagik Beglarian.
The Armenian government has spent a total of about 150 billion drams (over $300 million) since March on relief and stimulus packages for businesses and individual citizens affected by the coronavirus pandemic, according to an official.
A group of Armenian citizens on Wednesday gathered near the government offices in Yerevan to demand an opportunity to leave the country and specifically go to Russia.
Schools in Armenia that have remained closed due to the coronavirus pandemic since March will open their doors to students on September 15, according to Education Minister Arayik Harutiunian.
The figures reported by the Ministry of Health show that for the first time since early June the number of active coronavirus cases in Armenia has dropped below 7,000.
Former Armenian Police Chief Vladimir Gasparian on Saturday obstructed the work of an RFE/RL Armenian Service (Azatutyun) crew working on a report about government plans to dismantle some private houses illegally constructed near Lake Sevan.
The Armenian government said on Thursday that it hopes to further curb the spread of the coronavirus in the country through more targeted and proactive testing.
The Armenian health authorities reported on Wednesday another decrease in the number of new coronavirus cases and deaths caused by them.
Government Sees Greater Business Compliance With Coronavirus Safety Rules
The chairman and three other members of Armenia’s Constitutional Court indicated on Thursday that they have no intention to resign despite government-backed constitutional changes mandating their replacement.
Public utility regulators rejected on Friday sizable increases in domestic prices of natural gas demanded by Armenia’s Russian-owned gas distribution network.
Armenia’s Penitentiary Service has appealed against a court’s decision to allow the jailed former President Robert Kocharian to remain in hospital until the end of the coronavirus pandemic.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian faced accusations of ethics and privacy violations on Friday as he continued to publicize photographs of people not following safety rules designed to stop the spread of coronavirus in Armenia.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian again insisted that the success of his administration’s fight against coronavirus depends on ordinary people’s behavior after Armenian health authorities reported more than 500 new COVID-19 infections for the second consecutive day on Wednesday.
Public utility regulators on Monday told Armenia’s national gas distribution company owned by Russia’s Gazprom to scale back plans to raise its retail prices of natural gas by an average of 11 percent.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and key members of his administration caused an uproar in Armenia after clearly failing to observe social distancing during a state banquet in Nagorno-Karabakh on Thursday.
Kindergartens across Armenia reopened on Wednesday following the lifting of virtually all coronavirus-related restrictions imposed by the government two months ago.
The government could re-impose restrictions on people’s movements if coronavirus cases continue to spread in Armenia, a senior official said on Tuesday.
A group of pro-government parliamentarians have drafted a bill that would give an Armenian regulatory body more powers to monitor broadcasters and “cleanse” their programs of what they see as harmful content.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday again urged Armenians to strictly follow social distancing rules, warning of the risk of a fresh upsurge in coronavirus cases in the country.
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