Portugal to donate 40,000 Pfizer doses to ArmeniaDecember 14, 2021 - 13:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Portugal will donate 40,000 doses of Pfizer-BionTech vaccines to Armenia under to a vaccine-sharing program launched by the European Commission on Monday, December 13, TSF Rádio Notícias reports. At a press conference in Brussels, European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi and Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau announced the program as "an act of solidarity" of the European Union (EU) with its Eastern partners – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The entire program is budgeted at €35 million, with the EU to cover all costs, from the acquisition of vaccines to their supply and administration. According to the Armenian Ministry of health, 582 624 people, predominantly adults, have been fully vaccinated in the country. Armenia is currently using AstraZeneca, Sputnik-V, Moderna, SinoPharm and CoronaVac vaccines to inoculate people aged above 18. The vaccination program rolled out across the country in mid-April, with health authorities also setting up mobile vaccination facilities near shopping malls and on major streets in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. 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. Partner news Most popular in the section | Aliyev travels to Turkey at Erdogan's invitation On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. |