The Value of Yerevan Mayor's Word: On September 15, the Indoor Market Will Become Yerevan-City Supermarket

Hasmik Harutiunian

Translated by Vartan Matiossian

During two years, the media and the architects spoke continuously about the issue of the Indoor Market (Փակ շուկայ/Pak Shuka). During two years, there were continuous press conferences, protest demonstrations, hundreds of articles. During two years, the bodies accountable for the fate of the building, the Ministry of Culture and the Municipality, either avoided talking about the Indoor Market or asserted that everything would be OK.

People Win: Price Hikes in Yerevan Public Transport Suspended

Following days of angry protests against the City Council’s decision to hike public transportation fares by 50 percent, Mayor Taron Margaryan issued a statement on Thursday, July 25, in the night (Yerevan hour) reversing the decision and rolling back the fares to their original amount.

The mayor announced that he has already begun the process of creating a task-force of experts and interested individuals who will closely analyze the decision of public transportation fare hikes and enhancement of Yerevan’s public transportation system, and until that group’s final report, he halted the execution of the fare hike.