Sweden lifts Covid-19 restrictions on travel to ArmeniaJuly 9, 2021 - 12:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Sweden's Foreign Ministry has removed its advice against travel to Armenia and 10 other countries, including Canada and Bosnia & Herzegovina, with immediate effect from July 8, The Local reports. The full list of countries affected includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brunei, Canada, Jordan, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The Foreign Ministry also said it was working on a new system “where pandemic-related travel advisories are retained only for particularly vulnerable countries and regions”, but that this would only be implemented after the summer and would be dependent on the continuation of “the overall positive development in the world” regarding the Covid-19 situation. The advisory has been extended multiple times since it was first introduced in mid-March 2020. It applies to travel from Sweden overseas, and although it is not legally binding (you are still able to leave the country), it is intended to dissuade people from non-necessary travel and can have implications on the validity of travel insurance if you travel against official advice. Australia, Hong Kong, Israel, Lebanon, Macao, New Zealand, Rwanda, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and the USA have also been exempted from the list since previously, and are now joined by the 11 new countries. For countries not on the exemption list, the advice to avoid non-necessary travel still applies until at least September 1st, 2021. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |