Aravot newspaper requested to leave House of Press 

ArmInfo.  The Armenian newspaper "Aravot" was asked to leave the building of the House of Press, where it was located for decades.

In a letter from the State Property Management Committee, published  on her Facebook page by the editor- in-chief of "Aravot" Anna  Israelyan, it is stated that it is impossible to renew the lease  agreement with the newspaper. In this letter addressed to the  management of the publication, the Committee asked the newspaper to  vacate the premises as soon as possible.

"This story is not about us, not about Aravot. Many editorial offices  work outside the House of Printing.  And although Aravot has been  working in this very building for 31 years, since 1994, it's okay,  we'll find another place, move, it's not a big problem. And we did it  quietly, until our colleagues found out about the eviction of Aravot,  and since yesterday they have been bombarding us with questions.

This story is about something else. The Soviet government built the  House of Printing specifically for editorial offices. All subsequent  governments, no matter how difficult their relations with the media  were, still left the premises of the House of Printing to editorial  offices.

And now the government, headed by a former journalist, is evicting  working media outlets from the House of Printing. I will say that  little has changed in this building since Soviet times - for example,  one elevator has hardly been replaced. Another was replaced under the  previous government. In short, their contribution, to put it mildly,  is zero.

From the very beginning, I had no doubt that if they had the  opportunity to do something bad, they would have definitely done it.  How predictable you are," Israelyan wrote.

ArmInfo contacted Israelyan to clarify how the committee argued for  not renewing the contract, what the reason was. "The reason should  probably be indicated by the State Property Management Committee. We  know approximately the following: although all previous governments  transferred the premises of the House of Printing to existing media  outlets free of charge, for a symbolic rent, however, this government  decided that this will not happen either. I must note that since  2013, no lease agreement has been concluded with anyone," she noted.

She also noted that some initiative has been launched within the  framework of which everyone must vacate the premises, then an auction  will be announced, and if they win, they will be able to return to  their premises. "By the way, the same State Property Management  Committee announced a new look for the House of Printing back in  September 2019, announced the launch of the "ProfEye Challenge"  project, etc.  But, as often happens in our reality, good intentions  are not realized, and pessimistic forecasts come true.  And in June  2025, without specifying any deadlines, they immediately told us to  leave the premises in the near future, there would be no new  contract. We published their written response, so you can see for  yourself," Israelyan noted. It is noteworthy that the House of  Printing was once built in the USSR using membership fees paid by the  then-current media outlets and was intended exclusively for the  media.