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Cyanide Tailing Dump A Problem for Residents of Ararat Region
July 25, 2019 at 19:50 | Mining | Ararat
“GeoProMining Gold” LLC is planning to increase the productivity of “Ararat Gold Extraction Plant” by 75%. On 23 July, public discussion of the initial assessment of the project on the increase in the plant productivity was held in Ararat Town
Alarm Signal: Akhtala River Again Polluted
July 25, 2019 at 19:13 | Mining | Lori
The Akhtala River is polluted with unclear substances, which have probably leaked out of the mines. The river joins the Debed River and over 20 villages use this water to irrigate their orchards and currently they are using polluted water
Government Allotted Over 450 Million AMD to Water Committee
July 25, 2019 at 17:13 | Officials | Yerevan
On 25 July, the government reached a decision on allocating 450,517,000 AMD to the Water Committee and made redistribution in the state budget on the principle on increasing incomes and expenditure
Directors of a Number of Branches of “Sevan National Park”, Abusing Their Official Powers, Permitted Illegal Fishing of “Sig” in Exchange for a Bribe
July 24, 2019 at 16:30 | Officials | Gegharkunik
the directors and inspectors of “Vardenis”, “Arevik” and “Sevan” branches of “Sevan National Park” SNCO, being ex officio authorized to take measures of control to exclude the illegal fishing, for mercenary purposes permitted to a group of citizens to illegally fish for a large amount of “Sig”
New Detection by Police in Sevan National Park: Over 24 Million AMD Embezzled
July 22, 2019 at 16:03 | Officials | Gegharkunik
The police have received operative information about unlawful cases committed in Gegharkounik Region: the following has been found out – under the preliminary information, in 2013 the Environmental Program Implementation Office of RA Nature Protection Ministry and