Human Rights, Environmental Policy

President Serzh Sargsyan Visited Capital Park (Photos)
May 01, 2012 at 19:29 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy | Yerevan
Today President Serzh Sargsyan heading for a meeting made a stop at the capital park on Mashtots. The Head of the Republic had a walk around the park, had a look at the recently placed pavilions
Police clash with protesters in Yerevan park
April 30, 2012 at 00:46 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy | Yerevan
The environmentalists pitched a tent, with a group of police officers impeding their efforts. The police removed the tent, but the activists managed to set up a new one.
To Prevent Ecological Disaster – Teghout
April 28, 2012 at 16:05 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy | Lori
The civic initiative of Teghout supporters circulated a statement addressed to the Armenian authorities with a demand to stop the development of Teghout copper and molybdenum mine, and started collecting signatures
Privatization of Natural Resources Carries out after 1998 – Vahagn Khachatryan
April 27, 2012 at 15:55 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy
Everybody has the impression that the privatization in Armenia was carried out during the presidency of Levon Ter-Petrosyan. Nevertheless, whoever is well aware of this process, knows that till 1998 the privatization was mainly carried out in the sphere of trade and service. The privatization by 90%, particularly in the sphere of natural resources, was carried
Iron Straitjackets for Government
April 27, 2012 at 13:04 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy
“Heritage” Party will keep on strictly evaluating the environmental policy of the government. “We should find those iron straitjackets which we will have the government worn, so as it didn’t straight its hands to the left and to the right and didn’t behave
ANC Program – Priorities: Health and Right to Good Environment
April 24, 2012 at 01:57 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy
The “Armenian National Congress” recognizes the priorities of health and right to good environment over public relations of short-term economic nature,” says the ANC environmental program for
Ecological Balloon
April 19, 2012 at 18:10 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy
The election campaigns of the governing coalition as represented by RPA, PPA and OEK also include environmental part. In the election promises for 2007 the party asserted that environment and nature were above anything. Thus, the RPA promised after stopping Lake Sevan
Hakob Sanasaryan: ANPP Was Closed Not Because of Greens, but Incompliance with Accepted Standards
April 18, 2012 at 13:32 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy | Armavir | Yerevan
After Zori Balayan’s article in 1987, the Kremlin responded and then the governmental committee arrived in Armenia. They started dealing with the problem of Nairit and recommended to deal with the production of chlorinated rubber outside Armenia. We were inspired. What about the ANPP, even when Armenia was half-dead and hardly breathed
Gift from Armenian Government to Mining Oligarchs
April 17, 2012 at 20:02 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy
On 19 April the Armenian Government will annul government decision N 562-N “On Establishing Amount of Concession Fee and Payment Procedure” adopted on 8 May 2003, which laid down the amount of the concession fee in mining
Heavy Machinery in Mashtots Harming Trees
April 16, 2012 at 19:08 | Human Rights, Environmental Policy | Yerevan
Tree stems have been damaged through the construction machinery: the municipality representatives insist this process is transfer of trees, nevertheless, tree transfer