A first-ever dolphinarium, named "Nemo" will be soon opened in Yerevan, in Pantheon named after Komitas. The construction works are implemented by Ukrainian "Nerum" company. As company director, Alexander Merlyan mentioned, the whole building will be made of metal, which allows building the dolphinarium in a short period of time. He also assured that it will be open to public in two months. Four lively dolphins, two sea bears and one fur seal will soon inhabit the dolphinarium in Yerevan and it will be able to accept about 900 visitors. The construction of dolphinarium is a part of park restoration project which was initiated by Yerevan Municipality. The project scope also includes a large-scale tree planting in spring, with the maximum preservation of functional significance and architectural harmony of the Pantheon. Dolphinarium has already opened Yerevan Dolphinarium was opened on 24 December. In addition to watch dolphins and fur seals, fur seals, you can also take advantage of additional services of the Dolphinarium: take a picture and swim with the sea inhabitants, as well as treatment called "Dolphin therapy". New Dolphinarium also has its own Internet site, by which you can get full information about performances and additional services. 25.12.2010

As Building.co.uk reports, work on Roman Abramovich's £20m secret nightclub underneath Chelsea's Stamford Bridge football stadium may be delayed after cleaners inadvertently drenched the venue's high-tech stage and sound system. Nightclub's £500,000 speaker system and hydraulic stage were flooded by water that leaked into the venue from the stadium during weekend cleaning of the football club's east stand. Work on the club, which includes a 4m high waterfall as well as the hydraulically operated stage, was scheduled to be completed in late November but sources said the finish date is now likely to slip into late December. Stadium cleaners used jet-powered hoses to wash down the seating area in the east stand directly above the club's stage and toilet area. To prevent any future water ingress, stadium authorities going to use a mop and bucket when they're cleaning the stand, rather than jet-powered hoses."

The Surete du Quebec in conjunction with Revenue Quebec's investigative division, have been working on investigation since 2008 to uncover tax evasion schemes in construction industry in province. They already receives warrants for 14 people and expects to raid a dozen homes and businesses in Montreal and Laval. Arrest warrants were issued for charges of tax evasion or by leading a tax evasion scheme. All suspects are working in the construction industry. They used fake invoices, paid employees in cash without deduction of local taxes. Unlike Canada, where shadow construction and repairs as the white Crow, in Armenia shadow is almost all market of individual housing construction and repairs, and works done without any contracts or papers, or complex tax avoidance schemes. It seems more logical and obvious, when works done by craftsman or craftsmen teams . Note also that in Armenia, for legal contracts with licensed construction company, the labor cost of the work increases by 50% ( VAT and all other taxes and fees)! Here is a huge tax differences in shadow and legal markets, what ultimately lead thriving shadow and legal business to die out. There is the unequal competition with deep tax gorges to align and Government should launch a long and hard program to equal tax burden for all parties involved and provide live opportunities for small and middle construction companies legal development. Maybe after creating such "equal working conditions", we can act like Canada...

Today, in October 16, as it was scheduled earlier, was launched reversible ropeway to Tatev monastery complex through Halidzor gorge with the length of 5.7 km, which is currently the longest in the world. Ropeway is a part of the "Tatev revival" project, which also includes the reconstruction of the monastery, the construction of the hotel and infrastructure improvements. The opening was attended by President Serzh Sargsyan, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, other authorities of the republic and guests. The ropeway construction was completed by "Doppelmayr Garaventa Group" Austrian-Swiss company which is world's leader in this field. The total journey by cable car up to Tatev Monastery takes about 11.5 minutes, the highest point above the canyon is nearly 330m. In each direction will move one carrier with a capacity of 25 people. Note that the "flight" to the monastery in this air car is not for the faint of heart ... The cost of the project "Tatev revival" was originally envisaged in the range of $ 20-25 million, but subsequently the cost of the works go up to $ 50mln. Project was funded from several sources. More than half of the fund were invested by Friends of Ruben and Veronica Vardanyans' Fund, and the Government of Armenia mainly financed infrastructure development.

As reported by Turkish Huberturk, renovation works of the Armenian St. Kirakos church are conducted in Diarbakyr. The project is estimated $ 2.5 million and financed by the "St. Kirakos" foundation. The foundation, chaired by Tekin Papuchyan, is mainly financed by Diarbakyr-origin Armenians. Works are intended to be completed in 2011. The liturgy is intended to be conducted twice a year and it is also planned to install cross on the church. It is sad to note that currently only 8-10 Armenian families live in the city, although 50 years ago there were around 1000 Armenians living in Diarbakyr. According to the records of city government, the church was built in XV century. It is interesting that after the destruction of the old bell tower struck by lightning in 1913, the architect-builder David Hzarchyan built a new tower in elevated Gothic style that was much higher and more beautiful than the old one. However, soon in notorious 1915 the new tower was destroyed by Turkish artillery. Currently Diarbakyr, built on the site of the one of former capitals of Great Armenia-Tigranakert, unofficially considered the capital of Turkish Kurdistan...