LONDON CITY HALL BUILDING BELONGS TO AN ARMENIANMay 27, 2004 - 23:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The owner of the building of the London City Hall is Armenian billionaire Tigran Izmirlian, 77, living in Switzerland. As the Sunday Times reported this week, the London City Hall has rented the building for the term of 25 years from a company, of which Izmirlian holds the control stock. According to the source, in 1990 the Izmirlians established a foundation, which funded the building of the library of Yerevan State University, as well as various blocks of the Military Academy of Armenia and those in Holy Echmiadsin. Besides, in 1999 the foundation provided $3 million to Eurasia Foundation - in order to contribute to development of small and medium business in Armenia. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | 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. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. 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. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |