Tag: construction

Firdus is a neighborhood deeply shaped by the memories of women, and now, the women of the art community are writing a new chapter—one of resistance, creativity, and defiance against the destruction of their beloved neighborhood.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of July 5: Hungary drops its veto on EPF funding to Armenia; Armenia in talks with the U.S. about the construction of a new nuclear plant; Freedom House publishes an extensive report chronicling the ethnic cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians.

Residents of Yerevan will no longer be able to take advantage of an income tax refund system for mortgages that allowed middle-class families to purchase homes. The Government justified the move in order to boost construction in the regions.

This next installment in a series of articles on Yerevan looks at issues concerning the transportation infrastructure, most importantly, the need for a modern public transport system, something that has plagued the capital since independence.

The first in a series of articles about the challenges facing Armenia’s capital city, Yerevan, examines the issues of urban planning and development.

Architect and planner Sarhat Petrosyan, the former head of the State Cadastre Committee, speaks to EVN Report about the need for reforms in the current model of construction and urban development governance, transparency, corruption risks and more.

From referencing the issue of sex-selective abortions to drinking toasts in honor of women, the grammatically genderless Armenian language, still fails to provide a space for its speakers to develop sensitivity towards the intricacies of gender as social conventions and cultural constructs. Rafik Santrosyan, PhD in Linguistics, explains how.