The following is a true story...unfortunately. I had just finished a day’s work translating for Hetq. Around 4:30, I decided to take a walk outside. It looked like another great day in Yerevan; warm and sunny.
In response to a statement made yesterday by a senior Armenian army official that Yerevan is capable of launching missiles against a potential enemy within a range of 300 kilometres and more, a spokesman for Azerbaijani’s Defense Ministry claimed that Baku could strike any strategic facility in Armenia.
Hyatt Hotels Corporation has announced that it plans to build a 96 room hotel adjacent to Republic Square in Yerevan. Slated to open in the spring of 2013, the new Hyatt Place Yerevan will feature a fitness center, an open market, a restaurant and a bar.
Here’s a rundown of the finances of some of Armenia’s Marzpets (Provincial Governors) according to their 2011 disclosures.
Heriknaz Mkrtchyan, the environmental expert, now says that the hydro-plants planned for the Svedi River will damage the area’s eco-diversity.
Tigran Atanesyan, lawyer for embattled Civilitas Founder and former Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian, told reporters today that he had no illusions that the Armenian courts would give his client a fair shake.
At a gala fundraiser in Montreal to mark the 20th anniversary of the All Armenian Fund, Armenian Ambassador to Canada Armen Yeganyan noted that the organization has invested close to $236 million in Armenia and Artsakh since its inception.
The Gedikpasa Armenian Protestant Church in Istanbul has snubbed a financial compensation amount offered by the Turkish Finance Ministry for a building seized by the government decades ago that now belongs to a third party.
A number of environmental groups in Armenia have demanded that construction on all mini hydro- electric plants in the country be halted until proper environmental impact studies have been carried out by an inter-departmental working group comprised of civic, state and local representatives.
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