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OWNER OF LE CAFE DE PARIS TO LEAVE ARMENIA
http://www.a1plus.am/en/social/2011/12/26/parisyan-coffee
Yerevan residents will soon be deprived of the pleasure of visiting
a favorite site in the capital - Le Cafe de Paris which is situated
at 23 Abovyan Street.
By a decision of Yerevan Mayor, the cafe operating for 16 years in
the heart of Yerevan will be dismantled as part of a larger drive by
the municipality to improve and "clean up" the city center.
"Mayor Taron Margaryan personally telephoned me and said to be armed
with patience; the cafe would again operate in 2-3 months," the owner
of Le Cafe de Paris, Valerie-Ashkhen Gordzounian told A1+.
However, the French Armenian businessman is not going to wait, on
December 29 she is leaving Armenia - a country where she has made
so many investments and where she has encountered problems with the
tax service.
Gordzounian's debt totals 80 million dollars. To repay the debt,
she has already sold half of the cafe.
I have been struggling for justice for 4-5 years. In normal countries
taxpayers are given time to pay taxes. Countries with small economies
should encourage their taxpayers to stay in the country. I cannot
stay in Armenia because there are no favorable conditions for business
here. Perhaps, I was standing in their way as I am easily irritated,"
said the businesswoman.
Valerie-Ashkhen Gordzounian is going to open a cafe in Paris which
she will call Le Cafe d'Armenie
"I am not going to sever ties with Armenia since I like my homeland
very much," she said.
A protest action will be held in Le Cafe de Paris this evening in
support of the cafe.
http://www.a1plus.am/en/social/2011/12/26/parisyan-coffee
Yerevan residents will soon be deprived of the pleasure of visiting
a favorite site in the capital - Le Cafe de Paris which is situated
at 23 Abovyan Street.
By a decision of Yerevan Mayor, the cafe operating for 16 years in
the heart of Yerevan will be dismantled as part of a larger drive by
the municipality to improve and "clean up" the city center.
"Mayor Taron Margaryan personally telephoned me and said to be armed
with patience; the cafe would again operate in 2-3 months," the owner
of Le Cafe de Paris, Valerie-Ashkhen Gordzounian told A1+.
However, the French Armenian businessman is not going to wait, on
December 29 she is leaving Armenia - a country where she has made
so many investments and where she has encountered problems with the
tax service.
Gordzounian's debt totals 80 million dollars. To repay the debt,
she has already sold half of the cafe.
I have been struggling for justice for 4-5 years. In normal countries
taxpayers are given time to pay taxes. Countries with small economies
should encourage their taxpayers to stay in the country. I cannot
stay in Armenia because there are no favorable conditions for business
here. Perhaps, I was standing in their way as I am easily irritated,"
said the businesswoman.
Valerie-Ashkhen Gordzounian is going to open a cafe in Paris which
she will call Le Cafe d'Armenie
"I am not going to sever ties with Armenia since I like my homeland
very much," she said.
A protest action will be held in Le Cafe de Paris this evening in
support of the cafe.