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Teghout Support Civic Initiative has announced a contest for the anthem for Teghout Support

Another SHP project in Vanadzor: the public hearings of its environmental impact assessment will be held on

the National Assembly of Armenia has turned down the bill on setting up an ad hoc committee to examine the lawfulness of the development of Teghout copper and molybdenum mine. The bill was

We have examined the documents and detected that the territory they mentioned is on the Dzoraget River, while the construction was launched on the tributary to the Dzoraget, Chqnagh River.This is our resort zone. Here water is

Gagik Qocharyan, aged 55, an employee at “Teghout” CJSC, died at the company in Lori Region. In reply to EcoLur’s enquiry, the public relations officer of Vallex Company

The letter by the Nature Protection Mininstry addressed to “Trchkan” civic initiative representative Levon Galstyan says that “Lev yev Jur” LLC Director Liparit Simonyan, which operates “Tchitchkhan” SHP, will be subjected

On 18 January a public hearing was held on the construction project of “Dzoraget-5” and “Dzoraget-6” SHPs in Katnarat Village, Lori Region. The announcement about holding this public hearing was displayed on

In reply to the allegations of crime committing addressed to ACP Company (Armenian Cooper Program) by “Teghout Support” civic initiative, the company circulated a statement. It particularly says that works in Teghout project

“Teghout Support” Civic Initiative has disseminated a statement about a crime. We speak about Teghout copper and molybdenum mine in Lori Region. The initiative presents a number of facts about the illegal

Stepanavan Aarhus Center Coordinator Manya Melikjanian informed EcoLur that “Stepanavan-1” SHP project has been issued a positive opinion of Nature Protection Ministry. On 13 December the people in Stepanavan

The passport of Trchkan waterfall has been confirmed as a natural monument according to Nature Protection Minister Aram Harutyunyan’s

We once again got convinced in what disastrous situation our rivers are because of the huge number of SHPs on our rivers due to incorrect

The State Center for Forest Monitoring, in reply to the alarm signal connected with forest felling, carried out examinations in Jiliza, Lalvar and Dsegh forestry enterprises. According to the official reply, the felling in Jiliza forestry enterprise was

An alarm signal is being beaten about the illegal mass felling in Lori Region – forests in Atan, Lorut and Dsegh, which are included in Dsegh Forestry Enterprise. In reply to EcoLur’s enquiry, Center for Forest Monitoring Tigran Petrosyan replied

“Teghout Support” Civic Initiative circulated an alarm signal on social networks about the pollution of Shnogh River with industrial wastes. “Teghout” CJSC (a part of “Vallex” Company)” and Manes Foundation owned

Around 175 people were ill and we wrote that nothing is done in regard with the professional medical service...If somebody didn’t go to work because of a disease. He was just dismissed and

The Ministry of Emergency States denies the statement disseminated in the press that the Madan arsenic graveyard in Alaverdi chapped and that wastes it contains polluted the Debed River. As Deputy Head of Rescue Service of MES Nikolay Grigoryan told EcoLur, after the alarm signal

In case of “Sedvi-1” and “Sedvi-2”, both projects have been submitted in one documentation package. Mainly technical characteristics have been presented, computation methodology has been given, as well as computations on reducing CO2 emissions. The environmental impact assessment, the EIA, have been presented in general view. The description of animal and plant species inhabiting in that particular area, where rivers