  Karabala statue moved back to Yerevan’s Abovian street June 13, 2012 - 20:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - One of Yerevan’s symbols, the statue of the flower-selling old man (more commonly known as Karabala) has been moved back to Abovian street. “A public demand to move the statue was issued to Yerevan mayor, who submitted the question to the urban planning council. The latter resolved to move the statue back to Abovyan street,” head of Information and Public Relations Department of Yerevan municipality Arthur Gevorgyan said. According to him, the choice of the site was made by chief architect of Yerevan Narek Sargsyan and the sculptor of the statue Levon Tokmajyan. Partner news  Top stories During his stay, Prince of Wales will be taken on a historic tour of the country and attend a charity gala concert. Armenia International Airports CJSC is against the demolition of the old terminal of Zvartnots airport, deputy manager said. Most of the demonstrators consider the ongoing meeting in the National Assembly as illegitimate due to the absence of the consumers. Urban Development Minister Tadevosyan said underground construction works were to be carried out in the market.   Partner news |  Latest news International Arts Education Week ongoing in Armenia  Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova noted the program as a unique event reporting the achievements in the field.Google reportedly mulls buying map-software provider Waze Google has a widely used mapping tool and could adopt Waze’s technology to add social features to the software.Armenian President meets OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs The current stage of Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement and the future steps were in the focus of the meeting.Chinese Premier in Switzerland to sign free trade pact Concerns have grown recently about a possible trade war between China and the EU over solar energy products. |
