Armenian News - NEWS.am presents a daily digest of Armenia-related top news as of 23.06.2020:

·       Armenia confirmed 418 COVID-19 new cases, bringing the total number to 21,006.

The total number of tests conducted so far is 98,117.

Also, 10,364 people are currently being treated.

According to the latest data, 10,144 people have recovered thus far.

The death toll in Armenia has reached 372.

·       Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Vahe Enfiajyan has tested positive for COVID-19.

According to his Facebook page, he feels fine and doesn’t have any troubling complaints for the time being.

·       The National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia continues to expose fake users on the internet who publish and disseminate false information that harms security.

As per the respective NSS statement, on May 21, a video was spread by a so-called Alex, a subscriber of a Ukrainian phone number registered on WhatsApp, and by a YouTube channel named under Armen Tigranian, in which, allegedly, Azerbaijani citizens are walking around in Yerevan, where they had stayed because of the coronavirus, and are making video recordings.

But the investigation has found out that this video was edited, and a pre-made recording was attached to it.

·       Prosperous Armenia Party made a statement on the constitutional amendments bill passed Monday in the parliament.

According to the party, they are collecting signatures of MPs for an appeal to the Constitutional Court.

Armenian parliament passed, in the second and final reading, the draft amendments to the Constitution. A total of 89 MPs voted for the bill.

The opposition Bright Armenia and Prosperous Armenia factions were not participating in the sitting.

According to the said amendments, the Constitutional Court judges who have been in office for 12 years and more shall be removed from office, while the current president of the court, Hrayr Tovmasyan, will continue to be a judge of the court, but no longer as its president.

·       During a regular meeting of the Turkish supreme advisory committee, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan instructed to establish an independent body fighting against the recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

The speakers at the meeting stressed that there was no specific organization in Turkey that will deal with Armenian Genocide denial and the development of a respective strategy, Hurriyet reported. It was noted that a number of Turkish ministries were participating in the fight against Armenian Genocide recognition, but no single policy was developed in this regard.

A report on this same topic, and prepared by five universities, was also presented.

The President of Turkey accepted the proposals of the participants in the meeting and instructed to create an independent body that will deal with the denial of the Armenian Genocide.