"Zhoghovurd" daily writes:
"Yerevan Municipality has started preparations for the New Year. In particular, the municipality signed several contracts for organizing events and celebrations in the capital's administrative regions. Thus, on the occasion of the New Year, in the administrative region of Malatia-Sebastia, works on the formation of territories should be carried out.
Complete lighting and decoration of a number of streets of the administrative district will be carried out, ensuring a beautiful, colorful and festive appearance of the areas. 12 million drams were allocated for this service. On the occasion of the New Year and Christmas holidays, a festive decoration is planned in the territory of the Arabkir administrative district. for clear organization of work, it is necessary to install festive lighting equipment.
It is planned to attach artificial fir branches, illuminated raindrops in the form of a beautiful light chain to the metal frame of the entrance hall of the office of the head of the Arabkir administrative region. 11.9 million drams were allocated for these and other services. The municipality has decided that it is also necessary to organize a festive event-reception for at least 180 people for the staff of Arabkir administrative district, for which 2 million 668 thousand drams have been allocated. 1 million 998 thousand AMD was allocated for the organization of another event on the occasion of the New Year.
3 million 255 thousand drams were signed in order to organize a New Year's party for the staff of the head of the Nor Nork administrative district. It is necessary to organize a reception for 230 to 250 people in one of the high-class restaurant complexes operating in Nor Nork administrative district. In addition to hospitality, another 1 million 690 thousand drams were allocated to organize a New Year's holiday concert in Nor Nork administrative district. 1 million 644 thousand drams were allocated to organize the awarding ceremony and hospitality for the best specialists of Ajapnyak administrative district who registered work and professional achievements during the year in the building of the administrative district.
The organization of the New Year's festive lights-lighting concert-event in the territory of Buenos Aires Park in the Ajapnyak administrative district, as stated in the contract, "with the participation of one well-known pop singer and a high-quality accompanist (DJ"), cost AMD 1 million 444 thousand.
Within the scope of organizing New Year's events for 320 children of the administrative region, the service provider must provide tickets for performances of the Patan audience, Sundukyan, Paronyan or Tumanyan puppet theaters with New Year's holiday and fairy tale themes.
888 thousand drams have been allocated for this service. Within the scope of organizing New Year's events, a 30-45-minute festive event should be organized around the Christmas tree installed in the central park of Nubarashen administrative district: a Christmas tree lighting ceremony with the participation of a professional host, a well-known and recognized performer of Armenian pop music, a popular children's song-dance ensemble or 5-7 young singers from a vocal-pop studio.
1 million 497 thousand drams were allocated for the service. About 37.5 million drams were spent from the pockets of proud RA taxpayers to organize a dinner party and New Year's celebration in Malatia-Sebastia, Arabkir, Nor Nork, Ajapnyak, Nubarashen administrative districts.
