April 07, 2010 | Cities
The green zones near the National Library are being constructed with cafes. On 1March the construction of two cafes began located only a few meters away from each other. The first café is being constructed by “Elegant-5” LLC, while the second one is due to “Filishin” LLC. In both cases they have the permit issued by Yerevan Municipality.
April 07, 2010 | Cities
Alaverdi residents raised an alarm that trees have been cut down next to the stone bridge.
That particular land area is rented by Alaverdi resident Tigran Papoyan who has got the municipality permit to prune 6 trees. “Instead they cut down one tree
March 31, 2010 | Cities
The conducted researches show that Yerevan has the post polluted air in our country. Under the official data, the main party at fault is motor transport - 95%…
March 25, 2010 | Cities
On 23 March EcoLur received an alarm signal that a café should be constructed on the spot of a small garden located at 14 Bagratunyats Street.
March 25, 2010 | Cities
“We call Kapan Town Mayor Artur Atayan and Kapan population to struggle together with us for the right to have clean drinking water,” says open statement of “For Ensuring Ecological safety and Developing Democracy” NGO.
March 22, 2010 | Cities
cAnother alert about the seizure of green zones in Yerevan was raised by Consumers Association. Construction work began in the square, in the territory between the National library and the State Agrarian Academy, near the monument to Victor Hambardzumyan.
March 16, 2010 | Cities
For already several days drinking water in Kapan has grown turbid because of soil dirt. This is a usual picture for Kapan in spring after downpours.
March 16, 2010 | Cities
As the Armenian rescue Service advised ArmInfo, on 14 March at 17.56 an alarm ring was registered that the gardens in Dalma were on fire.
March 16, 2010 | Cities
“This is a private property. An underground garage must be constructed, while the yard square has been privatized. We have no right to do anything, if the trees are to be cut down in this land area. If they had little respect, that would cut a couple of bushes less,” said Romik Mangasaryan
March 05, 2010 | Cities
By the order of Yerevan Municipality, an expert committee has been set up to work out a substantiated approach to sanitary felling and care felling. The committee includes representatives of environmental leaders of Yerevan Municipality, OSCE Office Yerevan, the Ministry of Nature Protection of RA and the Aarhus Center in Yerevan, Yerevan State University, and the Institute of Botany of NAS RA.
March 03, 2010 | Cities
In the frames of “Green Yerevan” program125 ha of green zone is supposed to set up in Erebouni, Ajapnyak and Shengavit Quarters in Yerevan.
March 02, 2010 | Cities
Open letter to Yerevan Mayor Gagik Beglaryan
February 24, 2010 | Cities
The state of the population health in Alaverdi for 2009 significantly deteriorated. Under the report of the Alaverdi Health Center, the center registered 389 cancer patients in 2008, while in 2008 their number makes up 427.
February 17, 2010 | Cities
In 2010 in the frames of “Green Yerevan” 125 ha of green territories are expected to be set up.
February 16, 2010 | Cities
Karine Danielyan: Yerevan may adhere to London and Los Angeles worldwide notorious for their smog.
February 16, 2010 | Cities
In May Yerevan will accede to the initiative of the European Commission “Agreement of Mayors”, under which Yerevan Municipality will have a commitment by 2020 to reduce emission of exhaust gases by 20 percent and more.
February 16, 2010 | Cities
The problem concerns to the territory of the urban garden, where Jermuk Municipality allocated a land area of 29.547 square meters for the construction of a many-storey hotel at the petition of Vayots Dzor Governor. “Jermuk Nor Kyanq” LLC, the winner of the construction tender, have already cut down 10 poplars and more than 3 dozens of pine trees.
February 15, 2010 | Cities
EcoLur received the first reply to the Tsitsernakaberd alarm signal from the very source, Tigran Mangasaryan, the publisher of National Geographic Traveler in Armenia (see “Smashed Lamps and Cut down Trees in Tsitsernakaberd”, 2010.02.11). Tigran Mangasaryan writes:
