Armenia: Future Projects and Developments

[Mher]

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Here is a great example of how dim witted and unimaginative our diaspora is.

Diaspora representatives want to erect world's largest cross in Armenia

13:45, 06.01.2015


YEREVAN. - Armenian authorities will help to choose location if
Armenian communities agree to install the world's largest cross in
Armenia, Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobyan toldArmenian News-NEWS.am.

The Armenian communities of France and Lebanon have an intention to
install the world's largest cross.

"The authors of the project will decide on the amount of investments
by themselves, but the Diaspora representatives should first
coordinate the projects with Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II,"
she said.

Asked about her attitude towards the initiative, the Minister said she
cannot have negative opinion on something "that is related to
Christianity, will promote tourism in Armenia and will make Armenia
popular in the world".


Armenia News - NEWS.am

It seems like the dim wittedness runs in Armenia too
Clearly in a year of projected recession this is what we need to stop an economic crisis.

https://www.facebook.com/panarmenian.net/photos/a.10150326323239284.366885.69355249283/10153191681904284/?type=1&theater

[Haykakan]

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RUSSIA APPROVES AGREEMENT ON RUSSIAN-ARMENIAN UNIVERSITY

10:31, 14.05.2015
Region:Armenia, Russia
Theme: Politics, Society

The Russian government approved the agreement with Armenia on the
conditions of functioning of the Russian-Armenian University in
Yerevan.

Signing of the agreement will contribute to the deepening of
relations between the two countries in the humanitarian field,
further development of export of Russian educational services, and
will strengthen the position of the Russian language in Armenia,
RIA Novosti reported.

The University operates based on the Russian educational standards,
training is conducted in Russian. At the same time an in-depth study
of the Armenian language continues during the first three years. In
addition, all undergraduates have opportunity to get professional
education in Armenia. The students get diplomas approved by Armenia
and Russia.

http://news.am/eng/news/266660.html

[Haykakan]

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ARMENIA NEGOTIATES WITH IRAN AND GEORGIA TO MAKE NORTH-SOUTH REGIONAL

13:12, 15 May, 2015

YEREVAN, MAY 15, ARMENPRESS: The project "North-South Road
Corridor" may become regional. The Deputy Minister of Transport and
Communications of the Republic of Armenia Arthur Arakelyan stated about
it during the parliamentary hearings on the construction process of
the highway, held at the National Assembly.

"This road will be used not only by our compatriots. One of the
key aims of the project is to make it regional. We work so that our
neighbors, Georgia and Iran, will join the project, which will make
Armenia a transit country", - stated the Deputy Minister, Armenpress
reports.

http://armenpress.am/eng/news/805522/armenia-negotiates-with-iran-and-georgia-to-make-north-south-regional.html

[Tsov]

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New Player To Enter Armenian Mining Sector Armenia - Open-pit mining at Teghut copper deposit, 20Dec2014. Emil Danielyan Հրապարակված է՝ 15.05.2015 The Armenian government has given the green light to the construction of a new metallurgical plant which officials say will create more than 1,000 jobs and recycle industrial waste from other mining enterprises generating much of Armenia’s export revenue. The privately owned facility is to extract ore from several “tailings” dumps in southeastern Syunik province that mainly belong to the Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine (ZCMC), the country’s largest mining company. The ZCMC’s principal shareholder, the German metals group Cronimet, signed last October a corresponding memorandum of understanding with the government and two other, little-known firms: VSEI Ventures Group and Alyotig. The latter is apparently based in Armenia, while VSEI might be connected with VS Energy International, a Dutch-registered holding company controlled by Russian and Ukrainian investors. A government statement released on May 7 said Alyotig will be primarily in charge of the project envisaging the construction of a tailings-processing plant in Syunik that will cost $240 million. Some 1,000 permanent and 500 temporary jobs are to be created during the first phase of the project’s implementation, which will run through 2019. “The project is quite good and we hope that [its first phase] will be fully implemented in the next two or three years,” Energy and Natural Resources Minister Yervand Zakharian told reporters on Wednesday. He said work on the recycling facility will start in the coming months. Zakharian shed no light on the owners of the new mining operation or the source of their promised investments. Government permission given to the project took the form of a special draft law that was approved by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian’s cabinet on May 7. It is not yet clear when the government plans to push the bill through the parliament. Zakharian and other officials have argued that the new plant will not only create jobs and boost output in the Armenian mining industry but also stem the decades-long growth of tailings dumps and ponds in Syunik. Hazardous leaks through their protective dams and pipes leading to them have not been uncommon. According to government estimates, the ZCMC’s tailings storage facilities alone have over 300 million tons of mining waste containing non-ferrous metals. Mining and metallurgy is a key manufacturing sector of Armenia’s economy, employing more than 10,000 people and accounting for nearly half of Armenian exports, which totaled just over $1.5 billion in 2014. The mining industry received a major boost in December with the inauguration of an ore-processing plant in the Teghut forest in the northern Lori province. The factory reportedly employing 1,300 people was built as part of a $380 million project to mine copper and molybdenum, which has been fiercely resisted by Armenian environment protection groups. Open-pit mining at Teghut will lead to the destruction of 357 hectares of rich forest. Earlier in December, the government gave its final approval to a British company seeking to develop untapped gold reserves in the southeastern Vayots Dzor province. The company, Lydian International, plans to invest over $300 million in the Amulsar operation.

http://www.armenialiberty.org/content/article/27018952.html

[Federate]

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Another f*cking church. This one built in Artashat by our PM Hovik Abrahamyan, apparently since 2003. The name? Obviously St. Hovhannes.

[Mher]

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Another f*cking church. This one built in Artashat by our PM Hovik Abrahamyan, apparently since 2003. The name? Obviously St. Hovhannes.

You can't be serious with this stuff again. This is what you get when operating in a feudal system and the peasants just hope for the lords to sprinkle some of their ill gotten wealth in their random direction.

At the very least if you're gonna spend your money in this way, put it into preserving the many historic churches in Armenia that need the attention and which are full of our history and have the potential to attract tourists. Not another generic church, identical copies of which already probably exists within 5km in every direction. And of course it is named Hovhannes.

Just how many people could have been employed in viable businesses with the money wasted here...

[Tsov]

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How Armenia reformed its water sector - infographic film

Got it from here: https://twitter.com/WorldBankWater/s...90412450742273

[Shant03]

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Very cool video, thanks for sharing! Based on your username I assume you're quite a fan of water?

[Tsov]

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Very cool video, thanks for sharing! Based on your username I assume you're quite a fan of water?

Sure, need it to live. Don't I?

And based on your name, you hate water because it might put you out?

[Haykakan]

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How Armenia reformed its water sector - infographic film

Got it from here: https://twitter.com/WorldBankWater/s...90412450742273

I always get sick from drinking the water there and eating fruit. I wish there was a way to avoid it besides not drinking and especially not eating fruit.