Dilijan International School of Armenia, Opening September 2014
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Zvartnots Airport to Receive $102 Million Investment
YEREVAN (Arka)—The Armenian government approved on Thursday a master plan for Yerevan’s Zvartnots International Airport for the 2013-2017 period. The plan calls for $102 million of investment into the improvement and further modernization of the airport and the construction of a new building.
According to Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, the $102 million investment will be undertaken by Armenia International Airports CJSC, the company granted a 30-year concession agreement for the management of operations at the airport. The company is owned by Argentine company Corporation America, which is in turn owned by Armenian-Argentine businessman Eduardo Eurnekian.
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan also noted that the old airport building is physically worn out and requires reconstruction, which will need $15 million to $20 million.
Sargsyan said the old building of the airport is a unique example of Soviet modernism, “which is why our architects want more discussion on its future.” He said that a solution will ideally be found that can preserve that piece of architecture, which has both historical and cultural value.
Sargsyan mentioned that there is one interesting proposal which suggests building a park at the airport that would house replicas of the many significant buildings.
In April this year, Armenia International Airports CJSC asked the government for permission to demolish the old building of the airport. The news caused public outcry. Many civil organizations and architects rejected the idea, arguing that the aging and dilapidated building is an historically and artistically significant “monument” that should be preserved.
The Town Planning Council of the Yerevan Municipality rejected the company’s application saying it would ask the mayor of Yerevan to recognize the old building as an architectural monument.
The old airport building was inaugurated in 1980. The latest building was added in 2007. The airport is located 12 km west of Yerevan.
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Gyumri techno-park to openOriginally posted by Mher View PostGyumri Technopark (one of the places I am currently interning as a Civil Engineering as part of Birthright Armenia)
Expected time of completion 18 months, construction started 2 months ago, will be done sooner according to lead civil engineer
Expected Cost 1.67 Billion Dram (~4 million Dollars)
Building originally built in 1850s
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YEREVAN SCHOOL NAMED AFTER HRANT DINK
19:19 ~U 29.10.13
Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan attended the renaming ceremony of
Yerevan School #44.
The Yerevan Municipality decided to name the school after Hrant Dink,
the Turkish-Armenian journalist and editor of the Istanbul-based
Agos newspaper.
Attending the ceremony was Hrant Dink's widow Rakel Dink.
Following the ceremony, Mayor Taron Margaryan and Hrant Dink's family
attended the event "I am Hrant Dink."
Deputy Mayor Aram Sukiasyan said that it is a great honor to attend
the Hrant Dink school as his biography is a great symbol for the
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CANCER TREATMENT TO BE LAUNCHED IN ARMENIA
July 15, 2013 | 17:26
YEREVAN. - The construction of the Radioisotope Production and
Molecular Diagnostics Center of the Armenian capital city Yerevan will
be completed in November, and the first services will be provided in
early 2014.
National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia (NCFA) Chief Executive
Director Arman Khachatryan stated the aforesaid during a press
conference on Monday.
To note, Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan, who is chairman of the NCFA
Board of Trustees, on Monday paid a working visit to the center.
Jean-Michel Happi, World Bank Country Manager for Armenia, likewise
was there.
Khachatryan informed that the center will be a phase in the
establishment of a cancer center of excellence. A CBRN (i.e., chemical,
biological, radiological, and nuclear) center will be built in the
second phase, and a hospital, in the third phase.
The Molecular Diagnostics Center enables to detect cancer in its most
initial phase, and this center will be the only one of its kind in
the region.
Construction of the center will cost about $50 million, which is
allocated by the Government of Armenia, the World Bank, and private
investments.
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Yeah I agree, but that is pretty much how all the 10001 churches in Ani got built. Though I will say that if they are to build other things, they should build them to the same standard as these churches. Europe is filled with buildings that have the same or similar architectural features of their Cathedrals, from gothic to baroque, etc. Armenia should follow in that path and utilize it's own architecture for some non religious buildings as wellOriginally posted by Haykakan View PostLeave a comment:
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For me it is a matter of using the scarce resources wisely. Armenia is not blessed with many resources but it does have a overabundance of churches. Spending that much time, money, stone, material, labor..on something that there is way more supply of then demand makes no sense. I think this whole big church building thing is about hey look my xxxx is bigger then yours crap.
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Personally I don't think that new church is that bad looking, only real problem is that bottom tier has too much red and not enough black and other colors sprinkled through it, at any rate it still looks way better than the st gregory illuminator cathedralLeave a comment:
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Dilijan international school to open in September 2014 (photos)
The international school in Armenia’s resort town of Dilijan will welcome its first students on September 1, 2014, former head of Troyka Dialogue company, founder of “Dilijan” international school Ruben Vardanyan told the reporters today at the construction site.
He stressed that $20 million has already been spent for the construction of the school. Overall, $180 million will be needed to accomplish the project.
“Children of different nationalities will study here. After graduating this school they will have an opportunity to enter world famous universities. It is a very important project for us,” he said.
“It was my dream. I dreamt that my children will study in Armenia and such an authoritative school be established here,” Ruben Vardanyan said.
He stressed that his children will study in Dilijan school only in case they manage to pass the exams. He stressed that the school will play a significant role in the region.
The school comes to replace the current high school. About 70% will get scholarship which will be formed from the annual tuition and living fee that will amount to $30,000 food inclusive. High-quality teachers from different countries as well as local specialists will give lessons in the school.
Ruben Vardanyan convinced that the school already enjoys interest especially by foreigners living in Armenia and Georgia as well as by Diaspora Armenians. Overall, 650 pupils will get education, the number of who is expected to reach 1,000 in future.
Currently about 500 people, of which 100 are from Dilijan and the others from different towns and villages of Armenia are working on the construction site.
Armenia’s president Serzh Sargsyan has paid today a working visit to Dilijan to see the process of construction of the international school on his own.
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OLIGARCHIE
Inauguration de l'église de Gaguig Tsaoukian : les riches et les pauvres
Le magnat dirigeant du parti Arménie Prospère a organisé le 14 mai une immense garden party pour l’inauguration de l’église dont il a financé la construction à Abovian. Parmi les invités, Serge Sarkissian, Robert Kotcharian, Sa Sainteté Karekine II et tout le gotha d’Erevan. À la fin des agapes, le bon bon peuple s’est disputé les restes.. A voir.
dimanche 19 mai 2013,
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On May 14th, the tycoon leader of Prosperous Armenia Party held a huge garden party
for the opening of his church in Abovian that he had financed.
Among the guests were Serge Sarkissian, Robert Kocharian, His Holiness Karekin II
and all the elite of Yerevan. At the end of the feast, the common people quarreled
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