Armenia: Future Projects and Developments

[Federate]

Re: Armenia: Future Projects and Developments

If you thought Alexandropol hotel in Gyumri was bad...

[Federate]

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Pictures of the endangered Afrikian House on Terian Street in Yerevan

http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/photoset/3767/26820?fb_comment_id=fbc_129704513869073_150394_129706977202160#f2848e5b196b66

Looks like Syria. What a shame.

[TomServo]

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Pictures of the endangered Afrikian House on Terian Street in Yerevan

http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/photoset/3767/26820?fb_comment_id=fbc_129704513869073_150394_129706977202160#f2848e5b196b66

[Haykakan]

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Unfortunately the american way is now the armenian way to pretty much.

Yep, tourists can now get the complete Yerevan experience: shop in a mafiosi-owned shopping mall, stay in a mafiosi-owned hotel, visit the mafiosi-paid-for Matenaderan extension, and pray in some of the new mafiosi-paid-for churches, (and not forgetting to indulge in eating mafiosi-candy, smoking mafiosi cigarettes, and drinking mafiosi beer, brandy, or mineral water). Is there anything left in Armenia that is not now owned by or provided by its criminal oligarchs?

[bell-the-cat]

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I like the Matenadaran, too. I haven't seen the expansion, though (mentioned earlier in this thread).

Yep, tourists can now get the complete Yerevan experience: shop in a mafiosi-owned shopping mall, stay in a mafiosi-owned hotel, visit the mafiosi-paid-for Matenaderan extension, and pray in some of the new mafiosi-paid-for churches, (and not forgetting to indulge in eating mafiosi-candy, smoking mafiosi cigarettes, and drinking mafiosi beer, brandy, or mineral water). Is there anything left in Armenia that is not now owned by or provided by its criminal oligarchs?

[TomServo]

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I was in Yerevan in 2010 and will be going again this year and I was really impressed by the structures. Both the new and old buildings are fantastic. Matenadaran is my favorite.

I like the Matenadaran, too. I haven't seen the expansion, though (mentioned earlier in this thread).

[Ari]

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I was in Yerevan in 2010 and will be going again this year and I was really impressed by the structures. Both the new and old buildings are fantastic. Matenadaran is my favorite.

[Haykakan]

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BRAWL BREAKS OUT BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND MINISTRY REPRESENTATIVES

http://www.a1plus.am/en/social/2012/11/05/khosrov

01:29 pm | Today | Social

A conflict has broken out between the representatives of the RA
Ministry of Nature Protection and environmental activists on the way
to Khosrov forest.

Over ten activists, including Mariam Sukhudyan and Yeghia Nersesyan,
have reportedly closed the way of the bus which is taking the Ministry
representatives and journalists to Khosrov reserve where they are
scheduled to hold a consultation.

A1+'s journalist reports from the ground that one of the
environmentalists has climbed to the roof of the bus, preventing
the bus from continuing its route. The activists demand that they be
included in the consultations, too.

This was preceded by a brawl between the environmentalists and
representatives of the Ararat Marz Police. Ashot Mkrtchyan, Chief of
the Ararat Marz Police, is also there.

Mariam Sukhudyan says the Ministry did not invite the activists to
the meeting deliberately.

"We are convinced that they are going to legalize [during the
discussions] the illegal construction underway in the Garni section
of the reserve. The building belongs to [parliament speaker] Hovik
Abrahamyan," she said.

At first, the journalists were not allowed to leave the bus to cover
the incident. However, after the situation became uncontrollable,
all came out of the bus and were waiting for the Minister's arrival.

A1+'s journalist reports that Minister Aram Harutyunyan has allowed
the angered environmentalists to participate in the consultations.

[davidoga]

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Disgusting but typical.

Why is it disgusting? It was sold to an Armenian, who as far as I can tell is also a philanthropist. This will encourage tourism if anything.

[TomServo]

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Disgusting but typical.

PM Sargsyan defends turning MFA building into hotel

Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan has defended the recent decision to sell a government building now housing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a private investor to turn it into a hotel.

He said the matter concerning the building in central Republic Square was first discussed two years as part of general reconstruction in the center of Yerevan.

“It is rational to have another posh hotel in Republic Square,” Sargsyan told media on Wednesday. “There is always a shortage of hotels when more than two international events are taking place in Yerevan at the same time. And five-star hotels in the city center are the best places for investors.

http://www.armenianow.com/economy/business/40564/armenia_republic_square_hotel_tigran_sargsyan