February 01, 2013 at 17:20 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy | Yerevan
Our mass media often covers a topic that fight against corruption in Armenia is a show. Corrupted officials can’t fight against corruption and won’t chop down the wire, which supplied them. Consequently, the civic society should find ways to fight
February 01, 2013 at 11:14 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy | Yerevan
The February 18 presidential election in Armenia maybe postponed after an assassination attempt against Paruyr Hayrikyan, candidate for president of Armenia, Leader of the union for National Self-Determination Party, overnight. Parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan made
January 30, 2013 at 16:05 | Officials | Yerevan
“Guidelines for Activists” and “Proposals of Environmental Society”: these two works implemented by “Hrayr Marukhyan” Fund with the support of
January 30, 2013 at 11:40 | Mining | Yerevan
The architect said that now instead of the palace built 10 years ago a basalt exploitation mine has started operating. “This person [owner] has placed about ten vehicles there which turn basalt into macadam and sells it. A mine has been created in the center of the capital
January 29, 2013 at 14:14 | Cities | Yerevan
The destruction of a unique historical-cultural heritage, Dalam Gardens, is still in progress. Day by day new buildings appear, new roads on the spot of unique structures from the Urartian times dated 680-640 B.C
January 25, 2013 at 16:43 | Mining | Yerevan
In the morning, when we were leaving the village for the protest demonstration, they phones and told us that the administration ordered its employees to urgently gather signatures in the favour of the project in their families, otherwise they will be
January 24, 2013 at 20:06 | Cities | Yerevan
MP from the Republican Party Samvel Farmanyan promised to protect the interests of Nork 7 Masiv. The MP promised to do so at the protest demonstration held by the residents in Masiv 7
January 24, 2013 at 18:53 | Mining | Kotayk | Yerevan
Meghradzor villagers and “NO to Cyanide in Meghradzor” civic initiative will organize a protest demonstration in front of the Armenian President’s seat to oppose to the construction of a cyanic plant in Meghradzor at 12:00 on 25 January. The application addressed to the President
January 24, 2013 at 12:11 | Officials | Yerevan
“Hayastan” Pan-Armenian Fund will be presented a territory of 3396 square km in Yerevan, on Azatutyun Avenue, with a purpose to construct a
January 23, 2013 at 11:23 | SOS | Yerevan
On 24 January, at 15:00, the residents of 7 Massiv, Nor Nork, Yerevan City, will hold a protest demonstration against the construction of a stone-cutting plant, says the statement of residents addressed to EcoLur: during 25 years they have been beautifying and greening
January 21, 2013 at 17:26 | Officials | Yerevan
Upon the dead fish in the Hrazdan River, Nature Protection Ministry has referred the case to the police. EcoLur disseminated an alarm signal about
January 18, 2013 at 15:56 | Biodiversity | Yerevan
On 18 January EcoLur received an alarm that again dead fish has been found in the Hrazdan River. EcoLur working group headed for the Hrazdan Gorge and made
January 18, 2013 at 13:17 | Cities | Yerevan
On 18 January the owners of Dalma Garden held another protest demonstration in front of the President’s seat. They demand from the president just compensation for the land areas, they had been cultivating for 20 years, which were illegally
January 17, 2013 at 14:21 | Biodiversity | Yerevan
The presentation of electronic version of Red Book of Flora and Fauna of Armenia will be held at the Botany Institute of National Academy of Sciences of
January 17, 2013 at 12:35 | Forest | Yerevan
On December 25 “EcoLur” received an alarm signal that tree felling was carried out in Paros forest. The alarm beater was Zara Haroyan, who wrote, “Huge volumes of tree felling are carried
January 16, 2013 at 13:07 | Cities | Yerevan
The Armenian Government presents "Yerevan-My Love" Fund land areas in Kond with a total area of 1005.0 square meters near Saint Hovhannes Church for the implementation of charity
January 11, 2013 at 17:26 | Officials | Yerevan
Nature Protection Minister Aram Harutyunyan commented on the public demand to resign. “We are in constant discussions with environmental structures, activists and public sector. We are not restrained with anything, we meet and speak on any issue. Unfortunately, there are some
January 11, 2013 at 17:12 | Officials | Yerevan
“The Minister’s actions don’t constituent element of offence and there are no grounds for the initiation of a criminal case,” says A. Badalyan’s letter, Senior Prosecutor of Department for Defense of State Interests of Public Prosecutor’s Office. This letter is addressed to
