Month: February 2024
Yerevan has selected the statue to be erected in the city’s Charles Aznavour Square. The work “La Bohème” by Davit Minasyan has been selected from among over 100 projects.
All projects were earlier exhibited at the National Gallery of Armenia. The jury comprised Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan, Deputy Mayor Levon Hovhannisyan, Charles Aznavour’s family members, experts in the field: painters, sculptors, architects and others.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A wave of panic swept through downtown Port-au-Prince on Thursday, with an outburst of violence marked by heavy gunfire and improvised barricades. A gang leader took responsibility saying it was a demonstration against the authorities.
The violent events took place on the same day Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry arrived in Kenya for talks on the deployment of a multinational security mission in the country backed by the United Nations.
By midday, most institutions and businesses in the city had closed and thousands of people commuted home in public transit or walked to seek shelter, according to local witnesses.
Haitian airline Sunrise Airways halted flights, a company spokesperson said, adding shootouts near the capital’s airport had put people in danger.
Special police units were deployed throughout the city to respond to the violent events, a police spokesperson told a local radio station.
“We have chosen to take our destiny in our own hands. The battle we are waging will not only topple the Ariel [Henry] government. It is a battle that will change the whole system,” said former cop and gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, also known as Barbecue, in a video shared on social media.
Henry, who came to power after the assassination of the country’s last president in 2021, had pledged to step down by early February, but later said security must first be re-established in order to ensure free and fair elections.
Gang violence has flared in Haiti since the assassination of President Jovenel Moise. The U.N. estimates the conflict killed close to 5,000 people last year and has driven some 300,000 from their homes.
Kenya has pledged to send 1,000 troops and Benin another 2,000 to help national police fight armed gangs.
There’s a high probability that #Armenia will leave the CSTO in the coming weeks. I predict June as the deadline for Armenia to leave the #CSTO. It depends on the Russian-Ukrainian war, the efficiency of international efforts to neutralize the danger of #Azerbaijan‘s military… pic.twitter.com/WGWsL7ANlL
— Robert Ananyan (@robananyan) February 29, 2024
We are thrilled to announce that our proposal has won architecture competition for a new airport terminal in Telavi, Georgia! via Khmaladze Architects pic.twitter.com/QUMiSqgvUB
— Notes from Georgia/South Caucasus (Hälbig, Ralph) (@SouthCaucasus) February 29, 2024