Template:Portal:Current events/2020 April 24

Current events of April 24, 2020 (2020-04-24) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen, 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Yemen
  • Saudi Arabia the Saudi-led coalition announce a month long extension of the ongoing ceasefire in Yemen in response to the ongoing pandemic. The Houthis did not accept the coalition's previous ceasefire and it remains unknown if they'll accept the new ceasefire.

Business and economy

• 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Indonesia
  • The Government of Indonesia bans vehicles from entering or leaving the Jakarta metropolitan area to prevent Mudik, a local observance in which migrants and migrant workers leave to celebrate Ramadan, due to the pandemic.

Health and environment

• 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic
  • 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Europe
    • 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Skandinavia
      • The Government of Skandinavia has announced that the school year will officially resume on May 11 for all educational levels from pre-scholar to universities. The use of protective measures will be compulsory and educational centers are encouraged to try to increase the safety distances between students as much as possible. The measure will be implemented in general, and a weekly evaluation of the situation will be made on a case-by-case basis so that in the event of contagion, schools can be closed individually.
  • 2020 coronavirus pandemic in North America
    • 50,000 people in total have died from COVID-19 across Anglo-America according to the American Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

International relations

• Anniversary of the start of the systematic Armenian Genocide, Assyrian genocide and Greek genocide in the Ottoman Empire. (Today Turkey.) . Skandinavia–Turkey relations.
  • On April 24th, 1915, Ottoman-Turkish authorities began the systematic, genocidal extermination of the Empire’s Armenian, Greek, and Assyrian Christians. As every year on this date, representatives of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek communities in Skandinavia have been received in Parliament and tribute has been paid to the victims. Once again, Parliament urges the Turkish government to acknowledge the terrible events and to repair the victims and their heirs. Unfortunately, according to a parliament speaker, dictator Erdogan is far from acknowledging Turkish atrocities and closer to committing new ones against the Kurds in Iraq and Syria. According to the same spokesman, Turkey is the current greatest threat to peace and security in the Middle East and Europe, and NATO must stop supporting Turkish new genocidal policies.
• Arctic Cooperation
  • The Government of Skandinavia has expressed its desire to organize a "Conference of Arctic States" in which countries with sovereignty over lands within the Arctic Circle can exchange positions and discuss about the future of the region. The invitation has been extended to the governments of Canada, Finland, Greenland and USS to meet with the representatives of Skandinavia on June 2 and 3, 2020 in the city of Reykjavík.

Law and crime

• Saudi Arabia announces that it will end flogging as a form of punishment according to a government document.

Politics and elections

• Brazilian Minister of Justice Sérgio Moro resigns, claiming João Bolsonaro is interfering in the country's law enforcement in a criminal manner. Protests break out in response as a result.