According to AnalitikaUA.net, the Union of Armenians of Ukraine has informed that a considerable work has been done on the site provided by the Kiev city authorities for the construction of the Armenian Cathedral. The decision to start the construction of the Cathedral was made in 2012, but the construction works did not start until a number of key issues were solved. As previously reported, the construction of churches is one of the main activities of the Union of Armenians of Ukraine. According to the head of the UAU Vilen Shatvoryan, the construction of churches, besides to serve Armenians of Ukraine, mostly aimed to represent Armenian culture to the people of Ukraine.

Croatian authorities allowed non EU country citizens to buy property in the country. Previously, non EU country citizens had to launch a company to register property. After signed agreement on real estate sale between parties, the contract must be approved by the Ministry of Justice, and only then the ownership certificate can be received. However, according to experts, registration procedure is very simple and there are not limitations for foreign buyers. According to Global Property Guide, real estate prices in Croatia have not recovered from 2008 crisis. In 2009, they felt by 6.5 per cent, in 2011 - 3.3 percent, in 2013 - 4.9 percent. Analysts believe that Croatia entry into the European Union last year and permission for foreigners to buy real estate will improve the situation in the market. In 2012 Turkey's Parliament also has approved a law that eases restrictions on the sale of land and real estate to foreign citizens and firms despite harsh objections from opposition parties.

In 2012 the US Government has unveiled more detailed plans for its new embassy complex at the heart of London's Nine Elms regeneration area. The scheme was awarded outline planning consent in 2010 and the new plans provide detail on the proposed appearance of the buildings, site layout, landscaping and access arrangements. Philadelphia-based architects Kieran Timberlake won the competition to build one of the most expensive embassies ever built. Construction on the new US Embassy in London designed by Philadelphia-based architecture firm KieranTimberlake broke ground on November 13. Slated to be completed by 2017 and located at a former industrial site in London, the crystalline cube will feature air-filled pockets on the exterior, which will help insulate the structure, orientation and shading to minimize heat gain, a large photovoltaic system on the roof and exterior of the building and a beautiful park. Embassy buildings require an extra layer of security, and the embassy park surrounding the building is both a lovely garden space for the employees and dignitaries to enjoy as well as a protective barrier. Although there are no fences or walls, security measures have been integrated into the landscape, which also includes a half moon pond on one side of the building. The exterior of the building is lined with air-filled pockets made from ethylene-tetrafluroethylene (ETFE), which help protect the building from the outer environment by providing optimized shade to minimize heat absorption and work as a thermal buffer. Thin-film photovoltaic will be positioned in the ETFE foils to generate energy, and will also be more visible to birds in order to reduce bird strikes. The roof of the embassy building (8,300 sq. meters) will be covered in photovoltaic, hiding the mechanical equipment and producing 345,000 kWh of energy.

Turkey's Environment and Urban Planning Minister Erdogan Bayraktar gave details with respect to the country's real estate that were sold to foreigners, reported News.am recalling to Milliyet daily of Turkey. Also, the minister made an interesting announcement, and informed that Turkish real estate was sold to two citizens of Armenia, as well. To note, that it became possible only after a new democratic law, which was accepted in May last year. Last law not only forbade foreigners to buy property in Turkey, but also limits the possibility of its own citizens.

After Azerbaijan and Turkey signed an inter-governmental agreement in Istanbul on construction of Trans Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) on June 26, Georgia started talking about another Nabucco rival project. According to local mass media, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Grigol Vashadze announced that Georgia is ready to implement AGRI (Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romania Interconnector) pipeline construction project, which will supply gas from the Caspian region to Europe bypassing Russia. He also added that although Nabucco is fundamentally important project, its implementation is postponed from year to year. So Georgia offers AGRI, as it is much cheaper and much faster to carry out than Nabucco. In 2010, the presidents of Azerbaijan, Romania and Georgia signed a memorandum on implementation of the project. The AGRI is a proposed project to transport Azerbaijani natural gas to Romania and further to Central Europe. Natural gas would be transported by pipeline from Azerbaijan to the Black Sea coast of Georgia. The liquefied natural gas export terminal (LNG plant) would be built. Liquefied natural gas will be transported by LNG tankers to the Constan?a terminal in Romania. After regasification natural gas will be delivered through the existing gas grid to Romania and other European countries. According to business newspaper "Vzgliad", the prospects for Nabucco are vague, as it is too expensive. It was found that the project cost will be US$ 19 billion instead of planned 10 billion. In addition, it simply had nothing to fill, as pipeline from Azerbaijan to Europe will carry 10 billion cubic meters gas a year. This is only a third of the Nabucco capacity. So project managers decided to reduce the pipeline length of almost three times. Short version of Nabucco will be about 1300 kilometers long, and it will run across the 4 countries starting from Turkish-Bulgarian border to Austrian Baumgarten city. However Russian experts believe that AGRI Implementation chances are quiet low, because of low capacity. According to analyst Gregory Birg, AGRI project cost less than the main alternatives are considered, and may be about US$ 2-5 billion to build, depending on capacity, which may vary from 2 to 8 billion cubic meters a year. At the same time the cost of the "South stream" can reach US$ 20-25 billion (63 billion cubic meters) and the construction of Nabucco(31 billion cubic meters), according to some estimates, may be only a little cheaper.