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15 April 2020 • 15:54 AMT
Vloggers unveil footage of Yerevan’s half-constructed metro stations

There are a couple of unfinished stations and pretty long tunnels that the vloggers tried to get into.

15 April 2020 • 15:02 AMT
Viva-MTS launches 14 mobile service centers in Yerevan, provinces

Four of the vehicles of which will be operating in Yerevan, while the remaining 10 in the provinces of Armenia.

15 April 2020 • 14:29 AMT
Aliyev says Azerbaijan may lose $1 bn if oil prices don’t rebound

According to the agreement with OPEC, oil production in Azerbaijan will be reduced this year.

15 April 2020 • 14:20 AMT
Coronavirus cases hit 2 million globally as 500,000 people recover

Since the beginning of the outbreak, 128,000 people have died globally from Covid-19 complications.

15 April 2020 • 14:10 AMT
Social distancing may be needed until 2022: study

The more likely scenario, researchers said, is that social distancing will be needed on an intermittent basis.

15 April 2020 • 12:59 AMT
Armenia parliament approves bill to criminalize illicit enrichment

An investigation may be launched only if the value of property exceeds the legal income by AMD 50 million.

15 April 2020 • 12:13 AMT
Pentagon says coronavirus likely occurred naturally but not certain

The remarks by Army General Mark Milley could fan speculation about the coronavirus’ origins.

15 April 2020 • 12:03 AMT
IMF predicts Armenia’s economy will shrink by 1.5% in 2020

The International Monetary Fund predicts the global economy will shrink by 3% this year.

15 April 2020 • 11:32 AMT
Airbnb ups its debt by $1 billion amid coronavirus crisis

The loan is reportedly for five years — with an interest rate of 750 basis points over the Libor benchmark.

15 April 2020 • 11:06 AMT
Russia reports 3,388 new coronavirus cases in a day

Overall, Russia has 24,490 confirmed cases of Covid-19, health officials have said.

15 April 2020 • 10:04 AMT
Armenia criminalizes hate speech, justification of violence

The new law bans public calls for violence against a person based on social or personal circumstances.

15 April 2020 • 09:25 AMT
US coronavirus deaths set single-day record with as 2,228 more die

The United States passed a second milestone late on April 14 with over 600,000 reported cases.

15 April 2020 • 08:40 AMT
New Zealand PM takes pay cut in solidarity with those hit by Covid-19

The pay cut will help save money at a time when economies are being heavily affected by the pandemic.

15 April 2020 • 08:04 AMT
Dutch Supreme Court upholds judgment in anti-Armenian rant case

Armenia’s ambassador to the Netherlands Tigran Balayan broke the new in a tweet on April 14.

15 April 2020 • 07:33 AMT
Trump halts U.S. funding to World Health Organization

Trump said a review would cover the WHO’s “role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of coronavirus.”

15 April 2020 • 07:14 AMT
Armenia coronavirus infections climb to 1111

9095 tests have been performed since the beginning of the outbreak in the country.

15 April 2020 • 06:44 AMT
Arayik Harutyunyan wins Artsakh vote, preliminary results show

Former Prime Minister Arayik Harutyunyan secured a victory in the Artsakh (Karabakh) election.

14 April 2020 • 17:14 AMT
Armenia Catholicos urges release of ex-President Kocharyan from jail

Given the spreading pandemic, the Catholicos said, special attention is paid to persons in captivity.

14 April 2020 • 15:49 AMT
Artsakh issues self-isolation order for some settlements

Residents of the villages affected by the decision will not be able to leave their places of self-isolation.

14 April 2020 • 13:58 AMT
Founders of Armenia’s Ucom offer AMD 34 billion for 94% of shares

The Yesayan brothers had earlier offered AMD 22,1 billion for the shares they do not control.

14 April 2020 • 13:05 AMT
Armenia unveils new social aid package to ease coronavirus impact

This is the twelfth program that the government has introduced to ease the impact of the coronavirus.

14 April 2020 • 12:17 AMT
Telehealth surge: Armenia and NASA’s experience from the 80s

Many hospitals have added telemedicine services in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic worldwide.

14 April 2020 • 10:40 AMT
WHO says only effective vaccine can stop coronavirus spread

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Covid-19 is 10 times more deadly than the 2009 flu pandemic.

14 April 2020 • 09:32 AMT
China foreign trade showed signs of stabilizing after pandemic

Exports dipped 3.5 percent year on year in yuan terms in March while imports climbed 2.4 percent.

14 April 2020 • 08:30 AMT
117 million children miss out on measles vaccine worldwide

Over 117 million children in 37 countries may miss out on receiving life-saving measles vaccine.

14 April 2020 • 07:40 AMT
Artsakh electing new President amid emergency situation

Two candidates are running for President in the country with a population of roughly 150,000.

14 April 2020 • 07:03 AMT
Armenia coronavirus cases grow by 28; Country total now at 1067

685 tests were performed since the beginning of the outbreak in the country, Nikol Pashinyan said.

14 April 2020 • 06:40 AMT
Research: Up to 70% of coronavirus cases show no symptoms

Covid-19 manifests itself as an innocuous and mild illness, but has high virus secretion at its onset.

13 April 2020 • 15:58 AMT
Board of Directors: Ucom is and will always be an Armenian company

The message comes just days after the management staff of the company resigned.

13 April 2020 • 15:25 AMT
Armenia and region: Coronavirus updates from April 13

The novel coronavirus has been rapidly spreading worldwide, including in Armenia and the region.