A government working group has conducted an inventory check of temporary buildings in the zone of the Spitak earthquake. In Shirak, Lori and Aragatsotn regions there are 7,219 temporary buildings accommodating 25,000 people. Meanwhile, just 453 families have been considered to be beneficiaries of the earthquake housing program. The government announced it would allocate more than six million dollars to solve their housing problem. However, the housing issue is still acute for those who ended up in temporary housing for various reasons. See photo report by the ‘Caucasian Knot’ correspondent Tigran Petrosyan.
Many residents of temporary houses have been waiting for settlement for three decades
The peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as other documents signed at the meeting with Trump on August 8, 2025
The “Caucasian Knot" publishes the agreement on the establishment of peace and interstate relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which was initialed by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on August 8, 2025, through the mediation of US President Donald Trump. The meeting of Trump, Aliyev and Pashinyan took place on August 8 in Washington. Following the meeting, Pashinyan and Aliyev also signed a joint declaration. In addition to the agreements between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Trump signed a number of separate memoranda with Aliyev and Pashinyan....
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili
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