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 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |