January 18, 2011 | Cities
“Except the improvement of yard areas not any building permits will be given in the center, no constructions will be done in green areas. We will implement rigid policy in the field of unauthorized and illegal constructions”
January 17, 2011 | Cities
A number of Armenian NGOs plan to file a claim against the recently opened dolphinarium in Yerevan. According to the NGOs, the animals are abused there
January 14, 2011 | Cities
Charity has become a usual phenomenon in Tchambarak Town, Gegharkounik Region, in the form of heating kindergartens at the expense of trees in their gardens.
January 13, 2011 | Cities
Stone dragons dating back 3 thousand years ago has been thrown down, while the poster with signatures against the illegal construction in the garden of Dragons was torn down. Activist environmentalists call this an act of vandalism.
January 13, 2011 | Cities
Gyumri, Armenia’s second largest city, is one of the dustiest cities in the country, the RA Statistical Service reported, referring to the RA Ministry of Nature Protection.
January 10, 2011 | Cities
“I expect you to perform real proposals: taking into account the development of Yerevan, the necessity of making our capital more landscaped and comfortable”, said Karen Karapetyan.
December 28, 2010 | Cities
The first scandalous event of 2010 was building of a cafe in the Students' Park. Despite numerous protest actions and the letters sent to the Yerevan mayor's office and the president, the problem was not resolved.
December 24, 2010 | Cities
The orchestra was playing, people were shouting “freedom to dolphins”, while people couldn’t realize what was going on. (See photos)
December 23, 2010 | Cities
Protest demonstration organized by NGOs against opening a dolphinarium in Komitas Garden, Yerevan, will be held not at 13:00 on 24 December as it was announced before, but at 14:30 half an hour before opening ceremony of the dolphinarium.
December 22, 2010 | Cities
The Ukrainian environmentalists intend to hold a protest demonstration in Kiev on the opening ceremony of the dolphinarium to be held on 24 December in Yerevan.
December 22, 2010 | Cities
We welcome your intention to work out a new method for Yerevan management and hope that during your office as Yerevan Mayor the abovementioned problems will be solved through dialogue and constructive decisions.
December 20, 2010 | Cities
The public hearings on site development at Harden of Dragons appointed by Nature Protection Minister of Armenia can be considered cancelled.
December 16, 2010 | Cities
The public hearings must be held on 18 December, at 10:30 a.m., in Nor-Nork Community at 19/71 Gay Street, next to Monument to Torq Angegh.
December 14, 2010 | Cities
The problem of heating in the kindergartens of Tchambarak has been solved at the expense of the trees of the only garden. This decision is reached by Tchambarak Town Mayor Yura Avalyan.
December 14, 2010 | Cities
According to Jermuk Mayor Vardan Hovhannisyan, about 12 ha of the park is to be laid with tiles and covered with sand, new benches and dustbins must be put, public waste collectors and small fountains - constructed, tress - designed and new tree species - planted, flower beds - set up etc.
December 14, 2010 | Cities
During the meeting with journalists and Gegharkounik Municipality employees and Tchambarak Town Mayor Yura Avalyan, the door of the room was suddenly opened by one of the workers who had cut down trees in the Garden of Heroes and addressed to the Mayor not knowing who had gathered in the room, “Mr. Mayor, Your car hinders to cut down one tree…”
December 13, 2010 | Cities
Now the company is going to exploit the mine in open way. The project is at the Ministry of Energy and Natural resources. According to Artur Ghazaryan, not considering this issue, Kapan already has many environmental issues, now another one is added.
December 10, 2010 | Cities
The executive director of “KR Construction” Volodyna Arakelyan came to the editorial’s office of the “Aravot” newspaper and said the protest demonstration participants together with Zaruhi Postanjyan caused them huge damage before tree planting.
