https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-06/04/c_139114543.htm__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!4hL4M9m2O3pMohHNc2RGQ_8cTCBhjKVp75G281nWeDbuOPllq1coX1viIO9DIw$ Xinhua 2020-06-04 21:24:51 Editor: huaxia Kurdish-led militia, U.S.-led coalition forces brace for operation in eastern Syria: monitor DAMASCUS, June 4 (Xinhua) -- The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and forces of the U.S.-led coalition are bracing for operation in eastern Syria against Islamic State (IS) militants, a war monitor reported on Thursday. The SDF brought hundreds of its members in the eastern countryside of Deir al-Zour province to areas in the northern countryside of that province, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The watchdog group said the military operation will be focused on in the desert region in the northeastern countryside of Deir al-Zour. The IS still has sleeper cells and members in the Syrian desert in Deir al-Zour and Homs provinces. The group has carried out a number of attacks against the Syrian army in Deir al-Zour.
Author: Yeghisabet Vorskanian
Domestic political fight during COVID-19 war has no justification: Ex-President Levon Ter- Petrosyan
16:49, 5 June, 2020
YEREVAN, JUNE 5, ARMENPRESS. First President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan commented on the current situation in the country caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) calling it a war.
In a report titled Simple Syllogism published at ilur.am, the ex-President said:
- Coronavirus has declared a war to Armenia
- The burden of running the war falls on the shoulders of the leadership
- Who is fighting against the leadership, willingly or unwillingly betrays the nation.
The domestic political fight during the war is madness which has no justification”.
Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan
Armenpress: Armenian President addresses congratulatory message on Children’s Day
Armenian President addresses congratulatory message on Children’s Day
10:08, 1 June, 2020
YEREVAN, JUNE 1, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian addressed a congratulatory message on the International Day for Protection of Children on June 1, the Presidential Office told Armenpress.
The message says:
“Today is International Day for Protection of Children.
Each child is a symbol and promise of the future – the family’s future, country’s future, army’s future, land’s future… Future starts tomorrow but it starts today with the cry of a newborn baby, delight of each parent, with a new citizen of the state.
Dear children, my little friends,
I know that today it is very difficult to stay home when the nature, backyard, and games call you out. I am thankful that you remain understanding and patient. Believe me that today’s difficulties and discomfort are necessary to make tomorrow a better day, to make it dreams’ day.
You have dreams which are not only yours but also your parents’. Together, we must make your dreams come true, so that your dreams turn into the reality.
Dear compatriots,
Through the kids, we rediscover the enormous world around us. It is a mosaic of big and small, colorful and multilayered worlds. Children’s world is the most colorful part of that mosaic which is being built thanks to children and with the participation of the adults. Let us not spare our efforts as a state and as citizens, as a family and parents, as authorities and a society. Let’s employ our heart and mind to build that world on a strong and unshakeable foundation, to make it beautiful and bright, full of hope and emotions.
But all efforts made for the sake of children and for the children will be wasted if we are not able to ensure first and foremost their peaceful childhood. Peace is not only blue skies. Peace is also the atmosphere in which love, tolerance, and solidarity reign for the children and for the adults alike, inside the family and among the strangers.
Today is the day for the protection of our future. Protection means also responsibility for the children’s today and tomorrow, for their liberties and rights, for their destiny.
Children should be in the center of our attention. Regardless of the position we hold and public status, we all have to manifest a daily and personal high responsibility. And in assuming an obligation – from an international document and ensuing laws to educational programs and textbooks, we have to be guided by the notions emanating first of all from the national system of values related to the family and children. In the implementation of the laws and documents, regulations should be found which will reflect our ideas related to the state, future and children and which will be in line with our national character.
Let us love and protect the children and their rights, and in their person – let us protect the tomorrow of our families, of our country, and of our society”.
Armenia takes drastic measures to reverse population decline
BioEdge
by Michael Cook | |
Not getting any younger in Armenia
The tiny but fiercely distinctive and geo-politically strategic nation of Armenia is facing a demographic crisis. Its population is about 2.9 million, its fertility rate is about 1.6, far below replacement level, and the population is slowly shrinking.
The government is alarmed and launched some initiatives in March to reverse the trend — including testing the fertility of teenage girls.
According to Eurasianet, former President Serzh Sargsyan announced in 2017 a plan to increase the population to 4 million by 2040. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, promised to boost the population to 5 million by 2050.
The government has a three-point plan: “additional screening of 15-year-old girls, who are entering the age of fertility, to identify health problems and to prevent and cure infertility”; fertility check-ups for newly married couples; and prenatal exams to reduce the number of miscarriages.
There has been little comment in the media about the plan, it seems, although it raises issues of informed consent and gender-role stereotyping.
Michael Cook is editor of BioEdge
Armenian political party leader: Armenia needs to have domestic air carrier
News.am, Armenia
13:44, 24.05.2020
Pashinyan discussed with Putin legal processes around Russian companies operating in Armenia
14:57,
YEREVAN, MAY 16, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has thoroughly discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin the issue of legal processes taking place around the Russian companies operating in Armenia.
“As for the situations over the companies operating with a Russian capital, I have discussed in detail this issue with the President of Russia, and we reached very concrete agreements in this regard. We just need to implement these agreements which will take into account the interests of relations between our countries”, he said during an online press conference today.
Pashinyan said there is a very rich agenda in the relations of Armenia and Russia. “And we are moving forward by solving the issues of the agenda of these relations. One issue will be solved with the best possible option, the next via a compromise. There should compromise, friendly, allied compromise and mutual understanding in all cases. This is the most important, and I believe it will take place”, the Armenian PM said.
Criminal case has been launched over Russian companies operating in Armenia – Gazprom Armenia, South Caucasian Railway CJSC, Orsis Arms. Investigation is underway.
Armenia official: Epidemic has passed to 3rd stage in country
News.am, Armenia
13:50, 14.05.2020
Armenian healthcare minister addresses congratulatory message on International Nurses Day
11:31,
YEREVAN, MAY 12, ARMENPRESS. Healthcare Minister of Armenia Arsen Torosyan addressed a congratulatory message on the International Nurses Day.
Armenpress presents the message:
“Today the International Nurses Day is celebrated in several countries of the world. May 12 was chosen in honor of the birthday of Florence Nightingale, founder of the nursing service, and since 1974 this occasion is used to congratulate and again express words of gratitude to the persons holding this humanitarian profession.
Dear nurses, your mission is very important, especially these days, in such a difficult and responsible work. Accept my warm congratulations and be aware that you are appreciated. It’s difficult to imagine the work of doctors without nurses because you are the ones who directly work with the patients during the whole treatment process. This dedication saves lives.
Be sure that your care and smile are more than demanded during the whole recovery process of the patients.
Stay firm, and let optimism and patience always be with you during these difficult days.
I wish you good health, peaceful sky, family warmth and new achievements”.
Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan
COVID-19 latest updates: China records just 1 new case in past 24 hours
10:08, 8 May, 2020
YEREVAN, MAY 8, ARMENPRESS. The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) around the world has surpassed 3 million 917 thousand 944, according to the data released by coronavirus research centers.
The death toll is over 270,000.
1 million 344 thousand 260 patients have recovered.
US is leading in the world in terms of the largest number of infected people (1 million 292 thousand 850 confirmed cases). 76,938 deaths were reported.
Then comes Spain which confirmed 256,855 cases so far. The total number of deaths in Spain is 26,070.
Spain is followed by Italy which reported a total of 215,858 cases. 29,958 patients have died.
UK has confirmed 206,715 cases and 30,615 deaths. UK has reported most death cases in Europe, and 2nd in the world after the USA.
Russia has reported 177,160 cases, with over 11,000 new cases. Death toll is 1625.
The next is France with a total of 174,791 cases and 25,987 deaths.
Germany has confirmed 169,430 cases and 7,392 deaths.
Brazil surpassed Turkey with most confirmed cases (135,773). 9,190 people have died in Brazil.
Turkey has recorded 133,721 cases. The deaths comprise 3,641.
Iran recorded 103,135 cases. 6,486 people have died in Iran from coronavirus.
China confirmed a total of 82,886 cases. 1 new cases have been confirmed in the country in the past one day. The death toll here is 4,633. No death case has been registered in the past few days.
Georgia confirmed 615 cases of coronavirus and 9 deaths.
Among the Arab states Qatar overtook the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with the most confirmed cases – 18,890. The death toll has reached 12 in Qatar. The number of infected people in the UAE is 16,240. 165 death cases have been registered here. Egypt reported 7,981 confirmed cases and 482 deaths. In Kuwait the number of confirmed cases is 6,567and that of the deaths is 44. Iraq confirmed 2,543cases and 102 deaths. 784 cases have been reported in Lebanon, the deaths comprise 25. Syria’s confirmed cases reached 45. 3 death cases have been registered.
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
Prosecutor General: No criminal case has been instituted regarding Artur Vanetsyan`s possible work for foreign special services
Arminfo, Armenia
April 30 2020
ArmInfo. No criminal case has been instituted regarding former NSS head Artur Vanetsyan's possible work for foreign special services. On April 30, RA Prosecutor General Arthur Davtyan stated this in an interview with reporters.
To recall, earlier on Facebook, MP Hrachya Hakobyan turned to Vanetsyan in the form of a question, noting whether it was possible that he was recruited by foreign intelligence services, and resigned as head of the NSS after the Prime Minister made him acknowledge this putting the available facts . At the same time, the MP noted that foreign agents are caught and judged only when they want to spoil relations with a particular country, and Armenia, in his words, does not want to complicate relations with any state.
Meanwhile, the Prosecutor General refused to comment on this publication for journalists, noting only that this kind of information should be confirmed based on the results of operational activities. Davtyan only noted that no criminal case was opened regarding Vanetsyan's possible work for foreign special services.