Minister says Covered Market facade will remain unchangedMay 22, 2013 - 20:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - During May 22 Q&A time at National Assembly, Heritage party’s parliamentary group member Zaruhi Postanjyan asked questions as to the ongoing works in Yerevan’s Covered Market. “Covered Market is a cultural monument, and its demolition is nothing but a crime against morality,” the MP said. Minister of Urban Development Samvel Tadevosyan, in turn, said underground construction works were to be carried out in the market, with above-ground construction works proved to be ongoing. “The builder was subjected to administrative liability, with the construction works later halted. The Covered Market facade will remain unchanged,” he said. Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |