Day: March 20, 2024
Armenia worth giving a go in 2024 – Euronews – Public Radio of Armenia Public Radio of Armenia – Official Web site
Interesting to note that while Baku strengthens ties with NATO, it also remains maintains a Strategic Alliance partnership with #Russia through an agreement signed literally one day prior to Russia’s campaign in the Ukraine, on 23 February 2022. https://t.co/PRHM0klsbI
— Nagorno Karabakh Observer (@NKobserver) March 18, 2024
NATO’s @jensstoltenberg visits #Azerbaijan, discusses energy security, welcomes further ties with NATO states, the need for peace in the South Caucasus and Baku’s assistance to the #Ukraine amid the ongoing conflict.
Source: https://t.co/8FsLsa1DoJ pic.twitter.com/v8Wcltcq4z
— Nagorno Karabakh Observer (@NKobserver) March 18, 2024
MAJOR – #Armenia‘s prime minister visits the border area below to discuss the situation with local villagers amid increasing rumours of a possible transfer of those areas to #Azerbaijan.
Source: https://t.co/cej51BE0gk https://t.co/9ex7CNDTj5
— Nagorno Karabakh Observer (@NKobserver) March 18, 2024
Local Armenian media reports that metal detectors were used to check all villagers attending his press conference, with no mobile phones allowed in the room.
— Nagorno Karabakh Observer (@NKobserver) March 18, 2024
Culturally-rich Armenia, one of the world’s safest countries, is worth giving a go in 2024, according to Euronews.
Author Ally Wybrew reminds that Armenia has ranked within the top 10 safest destinations in the world, according to Numbeo’s safety index for 2024. It came eighth out of 146 nations, rated according to survey responses addressing topics including violent crime, property crime and perceived safety. Armenia’s historic capital, Yerevan, also performed well, landing 19th out of 333 cities.
“It’s an attractive proposition for holidaymakers, but there are reasons other than peace of mind to visit Armenia. Ancient religious sites, delicious cuisine and a vibrant culture are abundant in Armenia and experiencing them all is easy, thanks to Armenia’s petite size (the landlocked country is less than 30,000 km2),” she writes.
Susanna Hakobyan, Deputy Head of the Tourism Committee for Armenia, recommends heading into Armenia’s rural regions to experience the best of the country. “It’s better to get out of the capital city because in the regional areas we have this authentic feel,” she explains. “We have authentic food and culture and exploring these things will help visitors to dive deep into the real Armenian tradition, history and way of life.”
Ally Wybrew presents a few other reasons to give Armenia a go in 2024. In particular, she point out the local cuisine, the country’s ski slopes, different Armenian festivals, its UNESCO Heritage Sites and more.
Scientists say they have successfully eliminated HIV from infected cells, using Nobel Prize-winning Crispr gene-editing technology, the BBC reports.
Working like scissors, but at the molecular level, it cuts DNA so “bad” bits can be removed or inactivated.
The hope is to ultimately be able to rid the body entirely of the virus, although much more work is needed to check it would be safe and effective.
Existing HIV medicines can stop the virus but not eliminate it.
The University of Amsterdam team, presenting a synopsis, or abstract, of their early findings at a medical conference this week, stress their work remains merely “proof of concept” and will not become a cure for HIV any time soon.
And Dr James Dixon, stem-cell and gene-therapy technologies associate professor at the University of Nottingham, agrees, saying the full findings still require scrutiny.
“Much more work will be needed to demonstrate results in these cell assays can happen in an entire body for a future therapy,” he said.