November 02, 2010 | Cities
Writer, singer and publicist Vahram Tatikyan sat on a hunger strike to protest against the construction of a dolphinarium. His hunger strike lasted only 37 hours, as according to Vahram Tatikyan, Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosyan visited him and deceived him.
November 02, 2010 | Cities
EcoLur received an alarm signal from Yerevan residents trees located next to Surgery Institute after Mikayleyan are “just cut into two”. Nature Protection Ministry of Armenia confirmed this information; nevertheless, it stated that trees are just deeply cut.
October 29, 2010 | Cities
Residents of block of flats at 5a, 3,7 and 7/1 Komitas Avenue, who oppose to illegal actions by Yerevan Municipality in regard with public territory development, achieved first results.
October 28, 2010 | Cities
The stir raised around the reconstruction of garden after Komitas didn’t leave culture figures and the intellectuals indifferent. The Ministry of Culture of Armenia applied to Yerevan Municiplaity to receive appropriate information on this topic.
October 26, 2010 | Cities
“The Pantheon is not limited with its own walls. It should have appropriate atmosphere in order everybody entering the Pantheon should know they approach a holy place,”
October 22, 2010 | Cities
“Yesterday night two municipality employees came and brought with them two gigantic trucks, 20 workers and temporarily fenced the building of the dolphinarium thus separating it from the park. I didn’t hunger strike against the dolphinarium, I just wanted the spiritual atmosphere of the park not to be disturbed and to make it more beautiful.”
October 22, 2010 | Cities
Before dolphins will be imported to Armenia, appropriate expert assessment must be carried out and appropriate import permit must be issued, nevertheless, no one has so far applied to Nature Protection ministry of Armenia in this regard.
October 21, 2010 | Cities
With the government support Yerevan Mayor is distributing public territories in the Armenian capital city for site development purposes without holding any public discussions.
October 21, 2010 | Cities
Writer Vahram Tatikyan, who is on a hunger-strike in the park after Komitas met with journalists today, shared his worries and presented the reasons and the aims of the hunger-strike. Recall a dolphinarium is being constructed in this park.
October 19, 2010 | Cities
Armenian writer and publicist Vahram Tatikyan will start term less hunger strike on October 20 as sign of protest against the Municipality''s decision to construct a dolphinarium in Komitas Park, near "Pantheon."
October 15, 2010 | Cities
The viewpoints voiced on air sounded like, for example, “many tree species I don’t where taken from filled our city and they destroy our city appearance and they should be removed…”, “a garden is not designed for sitting on the grass…”, “if trees hinder any construction, they must be cut down skilfully…” etc, are nothing but demagogy and disrespect towards those who oppose to elimination of public gardens and parks.
October 14, 2010 | Cities
Yerevan authorities and environmentalists didn’t find any point of contacts in regard with the dolphinarium construction. The plan and technical evaluation didn’t pass any public hearing and didn’t receive the environmental impact assessment opinion issued by the State Environmental Inspection of Nature Protection Ministry of RA for the very simple reason that the documentation package was not submitted at all.
October 14, 2010 | Cities
The Administrative Court of Armenia returned the claim of 116 Yerevan City dwellers against Yerevan Municipality which required recognizing the permit on construction in Student Garden spurious
October 13, 2010 | Cities
…Starting from the last year the ringleaders of the Republican party with the support of Avan Municipality officials have started cutting hazelnut and peach trees and building their own headquarters…
October 12, 2010 | Cities
…The dolphinarium is constructed by the Ukrainian “Nerum Company” which already has experience in constructing dolphinariums in Kiev, Odessa, Donetsk and Kharkov.
October 12, 2010 | Cities
Environmentalists do not support the Yerevan Municipality''s motto "We are Yerevan!" declared during the festivities on occasion of the 2,972th anniversary of Erebuni Yerevan.
October 12, 2010 | Cities
On October 8 a new attack was made on the lawn. In the morning some workers arrived and started destroying the fence, saying this spot should be asphalted.
October 08, 2010 | Cities
In his interview with News.am journalists, Yerevan Municipality Nature Protection Department Head Avet Martirosyan, as a matter of fact, denied the information provided by the spokesman for the Nature Protection Ministry and said a car crash occurred in this area which resulted in the tree to crash down.
