Paper: Armenian MFA building to be sold to Kempinski hotel group![]() September 18, 2012 - 10:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to Zhoghovurd daily, Yerevan’s chief architect confirmed the rumors on the Armenian Foreign Ministry building to be transformed into a hotel. “The ministry will have a new building where the Justice Ministry premises used to be,” Narek Sargsyan said. On September 23, 2011, the paper divulged the government’s plans to sell the Foreign Ministry building to Kempinski Hotels S.A for USD 500 mln, with RA authorities denying the information then. After Azerbaijani assassin Ramil Safarov’s extradition, it would be cleverer to close the ministry altogether, the daily says. As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. 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. Partner news |