Issues

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More than a thousand companies shut down in Armenia for violating commandant’s rules of conduct

May 29, 2020

Surprise inspections are being conducted at all operating businesses. The police are monitoring citizens’ compliance with the new rules of conduct

Showers stalls, social distancing and a lot of disinfectant - new rules of conduct at beaches and pools in Azerbaijan

May 29, 2020

A new handbook has been developed for owners of beaches and waterparks

Journalists detained in Moscow after trying to hold protest in support of colleague

May 29, 2020

Police detain participants in one-person protests for violating the quarantine regime

Residents of Abkhazia can now return home not only from Russian, but also from Georgian side

May 29, 2020

For two months, residents of Abkhazia who went to the Georgian side to visit relatives or receive treatment, were not able to return home due to quarantine measures

Public transport to resume May 29 in Georgia. Shops, restaurants opening June 1

May 27, 2020

The Georgian PM says the epidemiological situation in the country is such that more restrictions can be lifted

Georgia’s No. 1 tennis player in hot water

May 26, 2020

Famous Georgian tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili, has been charged with committing violence against his ex-wife

Will Abkhazia welcome tourists in just a week?

May 25, 2020

Russian sites are already allowing people to book reservations for hotels in Abkhazia, but there is no guarantee that the country really will open to tourists on June 1

End of Ramadan celebrated in Azerbaijan without mass prayer

May 24, 2020

Mosques are closed, believers are encouraged to pray at home and do without crowded feasts

Georgia: state of emergency’s over. What restrictions are still in place?

May 23, 2020

Most restrictions still apply

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Armenia will no longer quarantine at state expense citizens, foreign guests entering the country

May 22, 2020

The government has already spent about $1.5 million isolating people who have come in contact with the coronavirus and are entering from different countries

Equality, Freedom, Happiness: Foundations of the World’s Number One School System—the Finnish School

May 22, 2020

The Finns say their education concept is very simple - children must have childhood

Georgia: monasteries, churches to be allowed to buy 20 ha of forest – opposition claims election bribery of patriarchy

May 22, 2020

The Georgian opposition believes that by distributing land, the authorities are bribing the church in anticipation of parliamentary elections in the fall of 2020. What else does the Patriarchate in Georgia own?

Chechen president Kadyrov hospitalised in Moscow with suspected coronavirus infection

May 21, 2020

Official sources have yet to confirm speculation that Chechen head Kadyrov has contracted the coronavirus

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Armenian health minister gives briefing on coronavirus situation

May 21, 2020

In connection with the sharp increase in the number of infected and the daily increase in patients by hundreds, the Minister of Health explained to reporters for about an hour

Abkhazia: infectious disease hospital has just one doctor left – the rest are in self-isolation

May 21, 2020

The rest have been sent into self-isolation, as they came into contact with a patient who subsequently tested positive for coronavirus.

Azerbaijan: get permission before going to the beach

May 20, 2020

According to officials, e-bookings will help to avoid crowding on the beaches

Armenian Prime Minister: “If we don’t decrease the infection rate, by June 12 we will have 20,000 infected”

May 20, 2020

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan addressed the public via Facebook and urged the public to take coronavirus seriously after the country experienced an especially large jump in the number of infected.

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Armenia: asymptomatic coronavirus patients to remain home to save beds for severe cases

May 20, 2020

The increase in the number of infections is forcing doctors to change their strategy and not quarantine patients with mild symptoms for "optimal use of beds and other resources"

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Sharp jump in coronavirus cases in Armenia as public transport and daycares reopen

May 18, 2020

Most businesses have been reopened since the beginning of May, so the government is making decisions to allow people to go to work and leave their children at daycare centers

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Head of public organization fighting for “national values” detained in Armenia

May 16, 2020

Vahagn Chakhalyan’s organization held a protest earlier against the signing of the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse