January 11, 2017 at 14:16 | Waste | Yerevan
Garbage became one of the main problems in Yerevan and Armenia, in general. Dozens of hectares of useful sites, picturesque gorges, rivers, forests and monuments of nature are dumped with garbage. The world finds up-to-date solutions
December 28, 2016 at 15:55 | Officials | Yerevan
RA Nature Protection Minister Artsvik Minasyan considers corruption to be one of the main risks in nature protection, as he declared at the final conference
December 28, 2016 at 13:28 | Officials | Yerevan
On the eve of New Year Nature Protection Ministry celebrated its 30th anniversary. In his speech Nature Protection Minister Artsvik Minasyan outlined the main problems the Ministry will focus on in 2017. “2017 will be very overloaded
December 27, 2016 at 13:47 | Small HPPs, Energy | Yerevan
On 20 December 2016 the kick-off meeting of the expert group of "Supporting new reforms in SHPP sector through CSO-government dialogue" project was held at EcoLur Press Club. At the meeting the experts discussed the tasks, activities
December 26, 2016 at 17:17 | Officials | Yerevan
The amount of green plants for 2015 made up 6758.5 ha. Green area per person has made up 7.6 m2, which has fallen international standards. According to the World Health Organization, each person needs
December 19, 2016 at 13:20 | Small HPPs, Energy | Yerevan
On 13 December the kick off meeting of the Public Council in the frames of "Supporting New Reforms in SHPP Sector through CSO-government Dialogue" project was
December 16, 2016 at 18:52 | Officials | Yerevan
As of October 2016, no excess of MPC in atmospheric air pollution was recorded, while the MPC of atmospheric air in Alaverdi, Gyumri and Vanadzor town was exceeded
December 09, 2016 at 18:10 | Officials | Yerevan
EcoLur’s team is congratulating journalist Tehmine Yenoqyan with Amalya Kostanyan prize, which is annually awarded by Anticorruption Center Transparency International. Tehmine Yenoqyan is the winner of this prize for
December 08, 2016 at 13:35 | Cities | Yerevan
The installation works of the main Christmas tree in Republic Square, Yerevan, are in full progress. ‘ArmForest’ SNCO has provided 6000 pine tree branches from Hrazdan Forestry Enterprise, which have resulted from sanitary
December 06, 2016 at 18:52 | Mining | Vayots dzor | Yerevan
On 6 December opposing the launch of the Amulsar gold mine in Armenia, protesters demonstrated outside the offices of AmeriaBank in Yerevan to voice their displeasure
December 06, 2016 at 15:35 | Nuclear Energy | Armavir | Yerevan
The first stage of prolonging the term of using the second power unit of the Armenian Power Unit has been accomplished. 15 specialized organizations have taken part
December 02, 2016 at 15:00 | SOS | Yerevan
President of EcoLur Informational NGO Inga Zarafyan has filed a report on come to Chief Department on Organized Crime of RA Police in regard with “Know Truth about NGOs” video posted on Facebook social network by unknown people on
November 25, 2016 at 17:46 | Mining | Yerevan
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has proceeded into a legal stage: on 24 November the Armenian Government reached a decision on establishing a multi-stakeholder
November 24, 2016 at 18:37 | Water | Yerevan
The price for water in Yerevan will increase since 1 January 2017, as Veolia Company stated, which received a monopoly right to water management in the entire territory
November 16, 2016 at 16:13 | Mining | Yerevan
“Valodya Grigoryan” LLC intends to develop in opencast manner Ajapnyak dolerite-basalt mine near the western border of Ajapnyak community in Yerevan.
October 28, 2016 at 18:03 | Officials | Yerevan
Nature Protection Minister Artsvik Minasyan took part in the kick-off workshop of “Preparation of Fourth National Communication and Second Biannual Progress Report under UN Convention on Climate Change” (UNDP-GEF). The stage of implementation
October 27, 2016 at 19:35 | Mining | Yerevan
"Amulsar Mining endangers environmental safety in Armenia and it must be stopped”: a group of environmentalists addressed such a demand with a protest demonstration held in front of the building of the Armenian Government and “Lydian Armenia” CJSC.
October 24, 2016 at 19:22 | Officials | Yerevan
Attended by Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan, a memorandum of cooperation was signed today between the RA Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and National Resources and Rosgeologia JSC.
