Coronavirus outbreak: Armenia lifts all media restrictionsApril 13, 2020 - 13:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian government on Monday, April 13 decided to lift media restrictions imposed in the country as part of the state of emergency declared to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus. The initial version of the decree approved in mid-March forbade the media from publishing news on Covid-19 in Armenia from sources other than those released by official government sources. The decision was changed on March 24 to allow media outlets to use sources such as international organizations and news agencies to cover the spread of the virus in countries other than Armenia but demanded that the name of the source be mentioned in the title of the story. Information concerning the outbreak in Armenia though would still have to be from official sources. All the restrictions were removed at the government meeting on Monday. The country also extended the month-long state of emergency first declared on March 16. Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |