The National Center of Chamber Music will live a stream a concert by Armenian State Chamber Choir dedicated to the 150th birth anniversary of prominent Armenian composer, musicologist Komitas. The artistic director is Robert Mlkeyan.
To note, the 150th anniversary of Komitas was marked in 2019.
Livestream at
https://www.panorama.am/en/news/2020/05/30/Komitas-150/2300746
Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian is placed the 8th in the 11-round eliminations at Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge second leg and secured the last quarterfinals slot with 5.5 points.
The matches of the quarter-finals will be played in pairs where Aronian will face Nakamura. Yu Yangyi v Ding Liren will start on Saturday, while Carlsen v So and Dubov v Karjakin will kick off on Sunday.Russian Alexander Grischuk also scored 5.5 but crashed out due to low tiebreak.
To remind, the second leg of the million-dollar Chess Tour featured 12 selected players. The semifinalists are assured of a place in Online Chess Masters, while the winner qualifies for the USD 300,000 Grand Final in August.
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YEREVAN, MAY 18, ARMENPRESS. The cheapest option for Qatar Airways flights from now until September 2020 from the US is a round-trip flight from Washington, DC to Yerevan, Armenia for $494, according to the Business Insider report citing Google Flights data.
Qatar Airways has unveiled its newest booking policy intended to instill confidence in travelers eager to explore after over two months of the coronavirus-related lockdown.
Customers booking new flights on Qatar Airways, according to an airline press release, will be able to make unlimited changes with no fees. Date changes and even destination and origin changes, the policy states, will be allowed free of charge, as long as the booking is made before September 30 and the destination is within 5,000 miles of the original destination.
“A Google Flights search at the time of writing shows the cheapest option for Qatar Airways flights from now until September from the US is a round-trip flight from Washington, DC to Yerevan, Armenia for $494. Under Qatar Airways rules, both the origin and departure cities can be changed, the former must be in the same country but the latter can be within 5,000 miles of the original destination city”, the Business Insider reported.
Flights to Yerevan are yet to be re-launched and a travel for non-nationals is still in force amid a state of emergency.
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YEREVAN, MAY 12, ARMENPRESS. The CIS Council of Foreign Ministers is holding its session in a video conference mode, Armenian foreign ministry spokeswoman Anna Naghdalyan said on Facebook.
“Due to the spread of the novel coronavirus the session of the CIS Foreign Ministers’ Council is being held in a remote format”, the spokesperson said.
In late December 2019, Chinese authorities notified the World Health Organization (WHO) about an outbreak of a previously unknown pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, central China. WHO declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus a global pandemic and named the virus COVID-19.
According to the data of the World Health Organization, coronavirus cases have been confirmed in more than 212 countries and territories.
Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan
13:35, 2 May, 2020
YEREVAN, MAY 2, ARMENPRESS/WAM: A patent has been granted by the Emirati Ministry of Economy for the development of an innovative and promising treatment for COVID-19 infections using stem cells, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reports.
The treatment was developed by a team of doctors and researchers at the Abu Dhabi Stem Cell Center, ADSCC, and involves extracting stem cells from the patient’s own blood and reintroducing them after activating them. The patent was granted for the innovative method in which the stem cells are collected.
The treatment was administered in the UAE to 73 COVID-19 patients who have all been successfully treated and cured of the virus by inhaling the treatment into their lungs after it has been nebulized into a fine mist. It is hypothesized to have its therapeutic effect by regenerating lung cells and modulating the immune response to keep it from overreacting to the COVID-19 infection and causing further damage to healthy cells.
The treatment has successfully undergone the initial phase of clinical trials, demonstrating its safety. None of the patients who have received the treatment reported immediate adverse effects and there have been no interactions found with the conventional treatment protocols for COVID-19 patients. Trials to demonstrate the efficacy of the treatment are ongoing and are expected to be completed in a couple of weeks.
It is worth noting that the treatment has been given to patients along with the conventional medical intervention and will continue to be applied as an adjunct to established treatment protocols rather than as a replacement.
This treatment is an addition to the arsenal of interventions and is representative of the concerted effort and commitment of the UAE government to bring an end to the COVID-19 pandemic. Non-pharmacological interventions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 such as staying at home, social distancing and infection prevention and control measures remain necessary to reduce the burden of the disease on the healthcare system.
The Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Center is a specialist healthcare center that focuses on cell therapy, regenerative medicine and cutting-edge research on stem cells.
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YEREVAN, APRIL 29, ARMENPRESS. 65 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Armenia in the past one day, the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention said.
Thus, the total number of confirmed cases has reached 1,932.
The number of people who recovered from the virus has increased by 34. The total number of recoveries has reached 900.
The death toll is 30.
The active cases are 1000.
In the past days 2 patients have died, who were infected with the coronavirus, but the cause of the death was another disease.
So far, 20,189 people have passed testing.
Reporting by Lilit Demuryan; Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan
Armenian Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan expressed concerns over hate speech on social media and called for urgent measures to deal with the issue.
His remarks came in response to a question by opposition MP Ani Samsonyan on the level of hate speech in the country in 2019 against 2018 while presenting the 2019 Annual Report of the Human Rights Defender at the parliament on Monday.
According to the ombudsman, new legislative tools have recently been adopted to prevent hate speech, but he also highlighted public behavior in the fight, stressing citizens should not be involved in hateful online discussions.
"Public figures should behave in a way not to cause insult or hatred. This applies to everyone, indiscriminately,” the human rights defender said.
Tatoyan touched upon the recent wave of tensions between the Armenian church and authorities.
"I think we should join our efforts to prevent it, because the Armenian Apostolic Church, led by His Holiness, has played a unique role in the life of the Armenian people. This has been the case historically. We must have a special attitude towards our symbols,” Tatoyan said.
Entire profit of Serj Tankian's ''Hayastan'' song to be donated to programs of My Step Foundation
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YEREVAN, APRIL 25, ARMENPRESS. The proceeds of ''Hayastan'' song authored by world famous rock musician Serj Tankian and Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan will be donated to the public health, educational, cultural, social and environmental programs of My Step Foundation, ARMENPRESS was informed from the Office of Anna hakobyan, PM's wife and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of My Step and City of smle Foundations. The song is dedicated to the victorious spirit of Armenia and the past, present and future of the Armenian people.
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan thanked Serj Tankian for writing a song based on his poem.