Opening ceremony of Northern Avenue took place in YerevanNovember 16, 2007 - 16:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The solemn opening ceremony of the Northern Avenue took place in Yerevan today. The Northern Avenue has come as Armenia's second visit card after Republic Square, Armenian President Robert Kocharian said during the ceremony. "The construction area ensuring 20 per cent of the GDP has become the major factor of economic development. Dozens of thousands of people were and will be employed," the President said. Northern Avenue - part of architect Alexander Tamanian's original plan for Yerevan - will connect Opera Square and Republic Square. Northern Avenue will be the sixth artery flowing into the city's central Republic Square. The project upon completion is a 24-meter (72-foot) wide pedestrian mall lined with multiple-storey buildings, each with retail, commercial and residential. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |