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I'm visiting Yerevan soon and was wondering if there are any traditional Turkish baths (hammams), bathhouses, or men's saunas in the city.

I'm looking for something similar to the classic hammam experience, not necessarily a luxury spa. Any recommendations or local favorites?

Thanks!

Hi everyone

I'm arriving at Yerevan airport on Friday and I will need to get to my accommodation, which is just outside the Circular Park.

I assume there will be taxis at the airport.

Is there a fixed price from the airport to the city centre? Would it be easier/cheaper to order a cab with GG?

How much is it likely to cost me?

Thanking you in advance

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Named Kurt, 18, I speak Russian and English. I'ma musician, playing guitar, singing, dancing, writing scripts. I wanna make friends, new contacts in town. I wanna form a rock band, I need members like drummer, bass, and maybe a second guitar player. Wanna find girlfriend if I could. And I have no place to go btw, so if you guys don't mind to lemme in, it'd be so nice of y'all

You can ask me anything, just let us be a friends

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Source: An Armenian Drone Fleet At Last? - EVN Report

Also as we see, DDS-3.1 each row has 20 drones around and there 5 rows so there around 100 drones beeing made, likely there is more space so there maybe several hundrets and so on.

I am living in a condominium in Yerevan. Out of 44 parties, 2 parties are not paying their operating costs. The homeowner association is therefore in debt.

I know it is Armenia and some things are different to Europe or US. I wonder if someone had such a case and how it was resolved. I saw that automatic payments exist in Armenia, I am also sure that this can be addressed by legal agreement.

I don't understand the hostility toward Armenian citizens living abroad. We have now been stripped of our right to vote entirely. It was never easy before, but now we are outright banned.

I understand the justification we were given: Russian hybrid attacks, and the fear that Russia might try to influence our elections. But push the conversation a little further and the real sentiment comes out: "Why should people who chose to leave get a say in the country's politics?" I find this deeply unfair and discriminatory, and here is why.

First, people don't leave Armenia just because — they leave because life there failed them. Corruption, poverty, unemployment, bad health care, bad ecological situation, high prices on accommodation, low salaries, low quality of life, human right violation, homophobia, lack of opportunities as scientist drive people out. Yet the moment I leave, I lose the ability to vote for the political party I believe could fix the country — the party that might one day make it possible for me to return.

Second, Armenia's politics continue to shape my life long after I cross the border. Embassies, digital services, military obligations — these follow me abroad. The state's decisions still bind me. World income tax can be introduced on all Armenians. Yet I am no longer allowed to voice my disagreement through the ballot.

Third, the hypocrisy becomes clearest when the country needs something from me. I am denied representation, denied any say in who governs treated, in effect, as a non-citizen with a travel document. But the instant the situation goes south, I, as a male reservist, can be summoned to fight. And if I refuse to give my life for a country that won't even count my vote, I cannot renew my passport, I face deportation back to Armenia, and I face prison for refusing the summon.

So let me be clear: you want my body when it suits you, but not my voice. That is not citizenship. That is exploitation.

Smal Edit:
This is funny how my child living and born abroad would be giving citizenship of Armenia without anyones consent (Armenia forces its citizenship on kids of Armenian citizens) This male child would never be taking anything out of Armenia (school education, healthcare would be provided by another country) but at the age of 18 he would not be able to vote but would be forced to go to military for 1.5 years to "give back" to Armenia. What exactly he has taken that he is not allowed to even vote but still owes 1,5 years of is life is unclear.

I have read about how medieval castles and cathedrals in Europe were brightly painted inside and out, or at least whitewashed. The common image of a bare stone castle is a misconception since the paint has worn off. Likewise, old Greek statues were painted, the common image of white marble sculptures is a misconception since the paint has worn off.

Is something similar true of Armenian churches, and monasteries and khachkars? Now that I have gotten used to the historically correct colors of European sculptures and buildings, I can't help but feel that surviving Armenian architecture looks drab and decrepit with all its bare stone. I imagine that medieval Armenians must have had similar taste as everyone else, and used paint and tapestries for decoration. Is this true?

Tagged as falsification/propaganda because bare stone aesthetics are misinformation about history

Im looking for a -all you can eat buffet- in Yerevan. The ones you pay a certain price then you can eat all you want from a variety of foods. Is there any place like this?

Thank you in advance :)