Eurasianet

The Ministry of Culture issued a new statement responding to international criticism of an earlier announcement that it intended to “remove” Armenian “forgeries” from churches on its territory.

The minister of culture said that a working group will be set up to identify what he called “Armenian forgery” from churches, putting into practice a pseudoscientific theory that denies the churches’ Armenian origin.

The country has belatedly introduced a COVID pass system to enter restaurants and bars as the vaccination rate remains at just 28 percent.

The unfinished structure was the result of a brief period of direct Roman control over Armenia in the second century CE.

Employers are now effectively required to demand proof of vaccinations from their workers. But the country’s health care system is now being pushed to the limit.

The government hopes to boost vaccination rates, but a new anti-vaccine campaign is on the rise.

Geneticists say the popular vegetable was first domesticated in the region.

The new rules come as the country is trying to stave off a third wave of the virus and vaccination numbers remain in the low single digits.

Iranians have been flooding into Armenia to get COVID vaccines, causing Tehran to complain and Yerevan to tighten the rules.

Analysts believe the country may be benefiting from herd immunity after devastation last year.

The COVID-19 vaccination experiences of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia show that if you’re a small and poor country, you need to rely on powerful friends.

Fears are growing in particular for Armenian monuments being handed over.

Armenia is taking a faster route to in-person classes than its Caucasus neighbors, but it is adopting a number of precautions to make sure that schools don’t spread the virus.

There is no setback in the EAEU, it would appear, that cannot be fixed with a roadmap.

The prime minister said the once heavily infected country can now “break the back” of the novel coronavirus.