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Denmark Withdraws From Controversial Mine Project in Armenia
EKF, together with the private pension fund PensionDenmark, withdraws its 62 million USD worth credit from the exploitation of copper-molybdenum mine in Teghut...Read More »
In 21st Century International Banks Fund Landfills With No Recycling Facilities
Interestingly, in 2013 Republican party of Armenia included the issue of waste management in its election campaign for Yerevan Municipality’s Council of Elders. It planned...Read More »
Oil Processing Plant Constructed in Armenian Town Without Proper Impact Assessment
As Environmental Impact Assessment Expertise Center SNCO told EcoLur, ArmOil company hasn't submitted any project for assessment and, consequently, it doesn't...Read More »
Environmentalists Demonstrate Against Amulsar Gold Mine Exploitation
Local experts and environmentalists, meanwhile, have been arguing for years that the mine exploitation will cause irreparable harm to the resort city of Jermuk, located some...Read More »
Fire in Yerevan’s Nairit Chemical Plant; Workshop Head Sacked 2 Months Ago
Twenty more employees were sacked on July 1, including the head of the workshop where the fire broke out today. Had the proper...Read More »
Main Issues in Armenian Villages Caused by Loss of Self-Government, Villagers Convinced
The water does not belong to the village, its distribution is controlled by those at the top. For example...Read More »
Armenian Human Rights Defenders Work in Inadequate Conditions, HRH Report Says
Rights and public interests activists have obviously faced not only Armenia’s faulty judicial system but also the obstructions created by a number of ...Read More »
Kapan Doctor Does Not Believe Mining Can Have Adverse Effects on Human Health
- I don’t care at all - that’s not my expertise. I have no intention of writing a dissertation or becoming an environmental activist...Read More »
Bear Kept in Restaurant in Ashtarak Bites Off Visitor’s Hand
An employee of the “Ashtaraki Dzor” restaurant complex insisted that the blame for the incident falls squarely on the visitor: "We have a two-layer cage. You should phone that girl and ask her...Read More »
Armenian Environmentalists Want to Find Out Reason for Felling Dozens of Rare Oaks in Syunik Reserve
Despite the claims to the contrary by the Armenian Ministry of Nature, the local population of the Syunik province insists that a large number ...Read More »