By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, February 10 — Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan met Gebhard Rainer, the Vice President for Hotel Finance and Technology at Hyatt International Corporation. At the meeting the Yerevan Mayor and the Vice President discussed the investment programs of the Hyatt International company. The mayor hailed the company’s first investment program to be [...]

By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, February 6 — Upon Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan’s instruction a special group is formed to preserve and expand greenbelt in Yerevan. The group will make an inventory of the existing green territories and number the trees. The first steps are already taken – the inventory for all the trees around Center [...]

By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, January 25 — On January 24 political party members, as well as large number of Armenian citizens gathered in front of the Embassy of France to the Republic of Armenia in gratitude of passing the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial, chanting “Vive la France” and patriotic songs. Later, Ambassador of [...]

By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, January 24 — Tigran Petrosyan won the 72nd Armenian Chess Championship held in Yerevan. The final round featured two chess leaders Tigran Petrosyan and Robert Hovhannisyan. In the end Tigran Petrosyan managed to beat Robert Hovhannisyan with 7 points and consequently became the champion of the Republic of Armenia in the [...]

By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, January 24 – The third republican school festival “Literary Jubilees 2012” will open today on January 24 in Yerevan at School #114 after Khachik Dashtents. Seven and eleven grade students will introduce a literary-musical composition dedicated to the 190th anniversary of greatest Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The participants of the festival [...]

By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, January 18 – The EU and OSCE will support democratic elections in the Republic of Armenia in 2012 and 2013. The EU and OSCE agreed on a joint project, worth 1,7 million Euro, to be financed by the EU and implemented by the OSCE office in Yerevan. The project is aimed [...]

By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, January 13 – On January 12 world famous musician Goran Bregovic arrived in Yerevan on the invitation of regional development and competition foundation “Century” to take part in a charity event aimed at providing assistance. Goran Bregovic visited the Republic of Armenia for the second time. His visit was organized by [...]