October 12, 2015 at 15:13 | Dialog with officials
A referendum on the amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia will be held on 6 December. The presented constitution draft intends
October 09, 2015 at 14:29 | Dialog with officials | Lori
The residents of Tsahgkashat Community have addressed an open letter to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and PM Hovik Abrahamyan
October 05, 2015 at 17:44 | Dialog with officials
The constitution prescribes everybody’s right to live in the environment promoting our health and welfare (Article 33.2). It should be mentioned that this provision was supplemented in the text of the Constitution after constitutional reforms
October 02, 2015 at 16:48 | Dialog with officials
The draft constitution of Armenia misses Article 33.2 – human right to live in healthy and favorable environment, as environmental lawyer Nazeli Vardanyan informs. Below we present Nazeli Vardanyan’s proposals and observation
September 29, 2015 at 18:18 | Dialog with officials | Syunik
“Regional Monitoring Institute” local NGO has sent a letter to David Dole, the Asian Development Bank resident representative in Armenia. The letter says,
September 10, 2015 at 14:54 | Dialog with officials | Kotayk
As it turned out the task of the committee members having arrived at Azat gorge on 21 August was not to find out the factual water amount in the river through the measurements, but to record their desirable figures with fraud
September 03, 2015 at 16:01 | Dialog with officials | Syunik
General Prosecutor's Office is factually dealing with the non-execution of the court ruling by “HayJrmughKoyughi” CJSC issued by Syunik Regional Court of General Jurisdiction on 24.06.2011. Reminder: the court ruling said
September 01, 2015 at 13:54 | Dialog with officials | Syunik
Ex Nature Protection Minister Aram Harutunyan had the governmental resolution 1465 –N dated on establishing “Zangezour” Biospheric Complex on 14.12.2013 adopted through the government. The resolution says that
August 21, 2015 at 14:34 | Dialog with officials | Syunik
Syunik-based ‘Workers Rights Protection Union' NGO expressed its strong concerns with the development of Litchq copper mine by 'Tatstone' LLC
August 18, 2015 at 18:28 | Dialog with officials
On 2 July 2015 the Armenian Government adopted resolution 731-N, which reduced the area of “Zangezour” biospheric complex by 630.6541 ha, particularly the land areas from “Arevik” National Park and “Zangezour” State Reserve
July 28, 2015 at 16:22 | Dialog with officials | Lori
"Save Teghout" Civic Initiative sent an open letter to the RA Minister of Nature Protection Aramayis Grigoryan offering to participate in the inspections taking place in Teghout Copper Molybdenum Mine. The letter says:
July 14, 2015 at 16:03 | Dialog with officials | Yerevan
The fruit trees in the yard of the block of flats N 39 in Komitas avenue of Yerevan city are getting withered because of lack of water. Misha Madoyan, an 82 year-old resident beat an alarm
July 09, 2015 at 13:34 | Dialog with officials | Ararat | Armavir
Pan-Armenian Environmental Front reports about crime that is Overexploition of Ararat Artesian Basin Underground Water and standing on verge of elimination, to Gevorg Kostanyan, General Prosecutor and Vahram Shahinyan, the head of RA Special Investigation Service. In the reports mentioned the following
July 08, 2015 at 16:28 | Dialog with officials | Syunik
“WORKERS' RIGHTS PROTECTION UNION” which has its representative office also in Germany, sent a letter to the German Development Bank KfW, in which it offers to increase transparency of creation and development of "Zangezur" biosphere complex project in order to avoid corruption risks. The letter reads as follows:
June 26, 2015 at 12:24 | Dialog with officials | Yerevan
'No to Plunder' Civic Initiative has responded to Armenian PM Hovik Abrahamyan's speech made at the meeting of the Armenian Government on 25 June, which says, 'At the meeting of the Armenian Government on 25 June Hovik Abrahamyan referred
June 23, 2015 at 13:29 | Dialog with officials | Kotayk
The issue of safety of “Khosrov Forest” State Reserve remains focused by scholars and environmentalists. Marina Oganezova, Dr. In Biological Sciences, and
June 19, 2015 at 11:53 | Dialog with officials | Syunik
"Zangezour" Biospheric Complex was established in Syunik Region, Armenia in 2013. EcoLur had an interview with Karen Kirakosyan, Director of "Zangezour" Biospheric Complex SNCO, about 8.25 million
June 17, 2015 at 13:29 | Dialog with officials | Kotayk
World Bank representative Winston Yu is not aware of the complaint from Garni community residents in regard with the Qaghtsrashen gravity irrigation system