Building in Abovyan Street, In Construction Lot of Northern Avenue Built
in Center of Yerevan, will Be Preserved

[28.02.2005]

The building in Abovyan street, which is on one of the lots of the Northern
Avenue built in the center of Yerevan, will be preserved, the chief architect of
the capital, Head of the Town Planning Department of Yerevan Samvel Danielyan
informs journalists.


He says that the task of design and construction works submitted to the
construction company mentions both existence of the building and the problem of
its preservation. This building has always been considered a monument, it was
not included in the list of monuments for technical reasons only, Danielyan
says. The preservation of the building is a problem of designers and relevant
specialists. As regards the back of the building that has been destroyed, it is
an outhouse and is not considered a monument. At the request of Yerevan
Municipality, the office on implementation of the programs stopped all the works
in this lot. Marking will start in this lot within the coming days and designers
are currently thinking of preservation of the building at present.


To note, Yerevan residents has recently organization an action of protest
against destruction of the building.


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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE:

Armenia’s Human Rights Record Again Criticized By U.S.

[ 28.02.2005 ]

Human rights violations remain a serious problem in Armenia due to its
government’s failure to tackle chronic police brutality, ensure the due process
of law and eliminate restrictions on press freedom, the U.S. State Department
said on Monday.

Read the full text of the report

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41668.htm


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Meeting in Ombudsman's Office

[25.02.2005]

On February 24 in the office of Ombudsman of RA was held a meeting with the
representatives of Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).



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