By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, July 30–On Thursday the Armenian Government approved the 2010-2014 seed production development program, aimed at increasing wheat production in Armenia. According to Gerasim Alaverdian, the Armenian Minister of Agriculture, an estimated 650-720,000 tons of wheat is used every year in Armenia, out of which 180-200,000 tons is grown in Armenia. About [...]
By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, July 30–On Thursday, the heirs of the Armenians that fled to the US in the aftermath of the Armenian Genocide filed a case against the Turkish government and two major banks — the Central Bank and the Agricultural Bank. According to the Associated Press, plaintiffs Garbis Davouyan of Los Angeles and Hrayr Turabian [...]
By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, July 30 — The subject of the congressional hearing held on July 28 at the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs was Turkey’s New Foreign Policy Direction and Implications for US-Turkish Relations. The discussion participants also referred to the issue of the Armenian Genocide and the settlement of Armenian–Turkish relations. In [...]
By Victoria Vardanyan YEREVAN, July 30– On August 5, the delegation headed by Deputy Culture Minister Arev Samuelyan, will arrive in Tbilisi to discuss further work on the restoration of St. Gevorg Church. The domed church of St. Gevorg Mugnetsots in Tbilisi was built in 1356 and collapsed on the night of November 19, 2009. [...]
By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, July 29 — In September a group of scientists from Oxford University will arrive in Armenia to study Karahunge and contiguous territories. Karahunge, a mysterious spiral formation of spear-shaped bolders located in the region of Syunik, bears a similarity with the English Stonehenge. In Europe there are many similar “henges” (large [...]
By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, July 29–A new modern cycling track will be built in Yerevan within the framework of the joint investment program of the Yerevan mayor’s office and the Italian company Renco, the press service of the mayor’s office informs. The construction started on July 28, when Yerevan mayor Gagik Beglarian and Francesco Justotti, [...]
By Victoria Vardanyan YEREVAN, July 29– The young activists of the group for the protection of Teghut along with the environmentalists of Armenia held a protest near VTB bank’s central office yesterday. The protest started in front of the bank’s central branch and continued inside the building. The protesters blocked the entrance to the bank [...]
