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Large forest fire in Armenia’s region
October 24, 2011 at 15:39 | Forest | Lori
The dispatchers at Rescue Committee of Lori Region received a call, on Sunday at 6:10 p.m., that there was a fire at the base of Bazum Mountain Range, together with the section covering the city cemetery
Nature Protection Minister: HPP Not Disturbing Trchkan
October 20, 2011 at 17:51 | Officials | Lori
On 20 October Nature Protection Minister Aram Harutyunyan made a statement: civil works launched near Trchkan waterfall don’t disturb natural flow of waterfall in any manner. Under him, certain restrictions will be applied when
Toxic Tailings Continue to Pollute Debed River
October 14, 2011 at 10:56 | Waste | Lori
Toxic tailings from the Akhtala Enrichment Combine owned by Metal Prince Ltd. continue to be freely dumped into the Debed River in northern Armenia
PM Aware, but Not Concerned
October 12, 2011 at 13:33 | Officials | Lori
Environmentalist Kairne Danielyan spoke to PM around this matter and presented his concerns. Under the environmentalist, the PM outlined, “The works are carried out in the way they won’t harm the waterfall.”
800 Thousand Tons of Ore Per Year
October 10, 2011 at 10:42 | Mining | Lori
“Sagamar” CJSC launched an ore processing plant near Armanis poly-metallic mine in Lori Region, Armenia, with a capacity of 800 thousand tons of ore per year and investment volume of over
What Has Trchkan and Hovik Abrahamayan In Common?
October 03, 2011 at 13:13 | Water | Lori
Nature Protection Ministry Press Spokesman Artsrun Pepanyan told the First Informational that on September 9 the Minister assigned the site developer to propose an alternative version for water collection, so as to cause 'least possible damage to the waterfall', but 'the proposals haven't been
Arsenic Graveyard to be Restored Completely
September 27, 2011 at 15:02 | Waste | Lori
I would like to draw Mayor’s attention to these dumps as they can pose a serious threat to the Debed River. These dumps mainly pollute
New-Built Chimney Doesn’t Solve Environmental Problems in Alaverdi
September 26, 2011 at 02:25 | Air | Lori
The old chimney of Alaverdi Copper Smelting Factory has been changed into a new one to cut down harmful emissions of Alaverdi Copper Smelting Factory, but environmentalists are convinced this can’t be a solution to the problem
Passions rising over Trchkan Waterfall
September 19, 2011 at 14:05 | Water | Lori
The Greens demand that the Nature Protection Ministry revise its findings on the impacts the project to build a water power plant in Lori marz may have on the nearby Trchkan Waterfall