From Armenia in brief: Prime minister limits vacations for top officials

Published: Saturday June 20, 2009

A billboard on Baghramian Avenue in Yerevan advertises vacations in Turkey. Since the photograph was taken on May 29, the word Turkey has been replaced with Antalya (written in Armenian), the seaside resort town in southwestern Turkey. Prime Minister Andranik Margarian (2000–2007) had banned high officials from vacationing in Turkey. Now Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian has instructed ministers to take their vacations in Armenia. Vincent Lima / Armenian Reporter

Yerevan - A billboard on Baghramian Avenue in Yerevan advertises vacations in Turkey. Since the photograph was taken on May 29, the word Turkey has been replaced with Antalya (written in Armenian), the seaside resort town in southwestern Turkey. Prime Minister Andranik Margarian (2000-2007) had banned high officials from vacationing in Turkey. Now Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian has instructed ministers to take only short vacations and to take them in Armenia.