YEREVAN. – The open-air market of threadbare items which functions on the weekends in downtown Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia, and where one can find virtually anything secondhand, has expanded its borders in recent times, according to Aravot daily.

“Speaking with the merchants here we realized that, unlike the clothing stores, fairs and malls where commerce has reduced, their customers have increased.

“No matter how much the [Armenian] government officials assure that the state of our country and its citizens has improved, [that] we have economic growth, this market reflects the real socioeconomic situation of Armenia,” Aravot wrote.