  Avinyan says Ajapnyak metro station tops agenda April 20, 2026 - 12:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan said the Ajapnyak metro station is the city’s top priority and ordered weekly reporting on preparatory work. At a meeting at Yerevan Мunicipality, officials discussed current steps toward building the station, Radar Armenia reports. “This will become the norm until we begin actual construction there,” he said. Earlier, construction had been expected to begin in 2024, then postponed to late 2025, and later to 2026. Under the 2025 budget, 9.6 billion drams were allocated for the project, later reduced to 1.4 billion drams. An additional 2 billion drams was included in the draft 2026 budget. Avinyan had earlier said part of the 2025 funds was redirected to purchase 45 new 12-meter trolleybuses.   Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
