May 10, 2010 | Cities
Environmentalists say they remain unconvinced even after promises by Armenia’s chief architect that no trees will be cut down in the area of Yerevan’s “Student Park”. The concerned environmentalists say they have the experience of other locations where trees were cut under similar circumstances.
May 10, 2010 | Cities
Under the activists of “We Are City’s Owners”, more than 10,000 signatures have been collected in support of Public Student Garden. Signature collecting will continue till 14 May.
May 10, 2010 | Cities
It appears that the owners of the construction site at 60 Komitas Street, a story Hetq has been covering since work began, have permission from the Yerevan Municipality.
May 07, 2010 | Cities
During a three-hour-long meeting “New S.O.S. Yerevan” public campaign representatives managed to have Yerevan Mayor Gagik Beglaryan promise that no more holes under the foundation of capital constructions in the public places of Yerevan will be dug.
May 07, 2010 | Cities
…It’s already the fourth month since Yerevan and Ararat Valley face threat of pesticide spread. Nevertheless, the bodies responsible just walk with their hands in their pockets and speak about some projects and advances.
May 05, 2010 | Cities
The youth in Gyumri support the initiative to save the student public garden in Yerevan from illegal site development.
May 04, 2010 | Cities
Everybody can sign and support this public initiative near the monument to Alexander Tamanyan where the youth movement will gather signatures from 3 to 7 May, from 18:00 to 20:00. The group is also willing to answer written requests sent at
[email protected].
April 30, 2010 | Cities
It turned out that 4 trees have been cut down by Edgar Markosyan, an employee of “Levon Amirkhanyan” Construction Company. The company was imposed an administrative fine in the amount of 50,000 AMD, and also a fine of 380,000 AMD in awards of damage caused to environment.
April 29, 2010 | Cities
Illegal site development in Yerevan took unprecedented scales violating all environmental and town planning norms. On 27 April the Alliance for Environmental Organizations together with a group of young activists made a decision to announce a wide-scale public movement “New S.O.S. Yerevan” and to start it with the campaign to save student public garden on Abovyan Street.
April 29, 2010 | Cities
“The park has belonged to the municipality for three years already and not the Agrarian University. I have personally seen all documents relating to that area and there are no flaws. All documents are well-done and signed by Gagik Beglaryan,” said Garnik Manukyan and added that it was necessary to force municipality employees to come to the discussion.
April 28, 2010 | Cities
The legality of the project to build a cafe near National Library and Agrarian University can be disputed at court.
April 16, 2010 | Cities
Whether the illegal objects will be legalized in regard to the amendments and specification of the general plan of Yerevan. EcoLur addressed this question to Chief Architect of Yerevan Samvel Danielyan in the course of the discussions held on 13 April.
April 16, 2010 | Cities
“Many green masses are in a bad state. The soil in Yerevan contains a large amount of heavy metals, the bottom layer of atmosphere is also in the bad state – at a height of 1-1,5 m from the ground which is harmful for children and animals,”
April 13, 2010 | Cities
Eventually, the employees of State Environmental Inspection were able to enter the territory belonging to RA NA Deputy Samvel Aleksanyan where tree felling had been carried out.
April 13, 2010 | Cities
The sanitary felling in Yerevan is conducted on the basis of a specialized committee’s opinion which is founded according to Yerevan Mayor Gagik Beglaryan’s order.
April 12, 2010 | Cities
Unless Yerevan has water for irrigation, the municipality adopted a decision to cut the volume of spring planting to minimum. The main part of the planting will be conducted in autumn.
April 09, 2010 | Cities
The fine for the damage caused to flora made up 105 thousand AMD.
April 08, 2010 | Cities
A letter was dispatched to the "Aravot" editorial''s office from Yerevan Municipality signed by Architect-in-Chief Samvel Danielyan in regard to the article about the start of the construction in the square next to the monument to Victor Hambardzumyan. The letter particularly says:
