Hotel Yerevan Armenia
US Department Of State Post Report
Dining Out. There are a variety of restaurants in Tbilisi offering American, Italian, German, French, Chinese, Mexican, Thai and, of course, Georgian food. The Sheraton ‘Metekhi Palace’ Hotel has a cafe, restaurant, piano bar, and discotheque. The Marriott Hotel has a restaurant, Viennese café and wine bar. Nightclub entertainment is limited but improving. Most Embassy personnel find Georgians warm and hospitable people with whom they develop quick friendships; informal gatherings at the homes of Georgians and members of the international communities are frequent. ... [Read More]
Remarks by the former Deputy Secretary Richard L. Armitage
1111--02/25/03 Pathbreaking Strategies in the Global Fight Against Sex Trafficking; Richard L. Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State; Hyatt Regency Hotel; Washington, DC ... 1111--06/11/04 Remarks to the Australian-American Leadership Dialogue; Richard L. Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State; Oriental Mandarin Hotel; Washington, DC ... 1111--06/10/03 Interview by Sri Lanka Media (MTV and Tamil TV) ; Richard L. Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State; Akasaka Prince Hotel; Tokyo, Japan ... [Read More]
2002
1111--10/03/02 Remarks to the U.S.-Russia Business Council; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Willard Inter-Continental Hotel; Washington, DC ... 1111--10/17/02 Armenia: OSCE Office in Yerevan; Douglas Davidson, Deputy Chief of U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe; Statement delivered to the OSCE Permanent Council; Vienna, Austria ... 1111--12/12/02 The U.S. and Turkey: An Essential Partnership; Marc Grossman, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Remarks to.the Assembly of Turkish American Association (ATAA); Hotel Washington, Washington, DC ... [Read More]
2004
1111--06/11/04 Remarks to the Australian-American Leadership Dialogue; Richard L. Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State; Oriental Mandarin Hotel; Washington, DC ... 1111--01/30/04 Departure from the St. Regis Hotel; Richard L. Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State; Beijing, China ... 1111--01/29/04 Photospray at St. Regis Hotel; Richard L. Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State; Beijing, China ... [Read More]
October
1111--10/03/02 Remarks to the U.S.-Russia Business Council; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Willard Inter-Continental Hotel; Washington, DC ... 1111--10/17/02 Armenia: OSCE Office in Yerevan; Douglas Davidson, Deputy Chief of U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe; Statement delivered to the OSCE Permanent Council; Vienna, Austria ... [Read More]
Freedom Support Educational Partnerships Program – Project Profiles – Educational Partnerships Program
Syracuse University is assisting the Yerevan State Linguistic University to develop and introduce a certificate program in writing. YSLU is piloting a Western-style writing-intensive curriculum that simultaneously introduces democratic methods of pedagogy, in order to strengthen the role that higher education can play in supporting a democracy and market economy in Armenia. ... Arizona State University (ASU) is partnered with Yerevan State University (YSU). The project is facilitating development of a specialization in public administration at YSU; encouraging professional training and curricular reform through reciprocal semester visits of ASU and YSU faculty in the social sciences and public administration; and enriching the dynamic new program in Armenian studies at ASU. ... [Read More]
Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Armenia
On September 17, offices of the Jewish community in Yerevan received a message that vandals had damaged the local memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. Several photographs of the memorial were taken, and the vandalism was reported immediately to the local police, the Ministry of Religious Affairs, and the government-owned television channel. A television crew arrived at the site together with an official from the Jewish community in Yerevan and discovered that the memorial had been wiped clean, apparently by the park guard. There was no further investigation into the incident. ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
Official visitors are also housed in hotels. The three most commonly used are: The Marriott Hotel Armenia (5 star), The Hotel Yerevan (5 star), and The Congress Hotel (4 star). ... American Embassy - Yerevan Post CityLast Updated: 2/24/2004 4:16 AM Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, is in the west-central part of the country in the Ararat Valley, a plateau 3,000 feet above sea level. The fertile valley, settled since pre-history, is surrounded by snowcapped mountains, and dominated by view of the famous Mt. Ararat (16,000 ft.). With the exception of the low-lying center city, Yerevan is a town of hills and winding streets. Pockets of old-fashioned charm give way to Soviet-era apartment blocks, with the rural countryside only minutes in any direction. The just renovated Republic Square and Opera House offer the finest examples of the tuff stone ... [Read More]
Armenia (04/05)
Approximately 70 U.S.-owned firms currently do business in Armenia, including such multinationals as Procter & Gamble, M&M-Mars, Xerox, Dell, and IBM. Recent major U.S. investment projects include the Hotel Armenia; the Hotel Ani Plaza; Tufenkian Holdings (carpet and furnishing production, hotels, and construction); several subsidiaries of U.S.-based information technology firms, including Viasphere Technopark, an IT incubator; a Greek-owned Coca-Cola bottling plant; petroleum exploration by the American-Armenian Exploration Company; jewelry and textile production facilities; a large perlite mining and processing plant; and Jermuk Mother Plant, which produces one of the more popular brands of mineral water in Armenia. ... [Read More]
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