Citizens Demand Yerevan Mayor's Resignation As Republican Party “Leftover”
Another protester raised the issue of condominiums that collect money for the maintenance of multi-apartment buildings. “In a 9-story building every apartment pays around...
Noyemberyan Residents to Keep Fighting for Final Termination of Mining Operations
Noyemberyan deputy village head Khachik Gishyan, meanwhile, believes that the region would benefit more from developing tourism and agriculture rather than the...
Old Mining Practices of New Head of Constitutional Head
This company exploited the Tukhmanuk gold-polymetallic mine for over 10 years ago. Under the patronage of the above-mentioned person, part of the Aparan ...
Teghut Mine Issue Raised at Danish Parliament
The documents include Denmark’s Minister of Industry, Business and Economic Affairs Brian Mikkelsen response which is predominantly based on explanations from EKF. It...
Armenian Environmentalists Warn Against ‘German Double Standards’
The German Cronimet Holding GmbH has been exploiting a mine in the Armenian town of Kajaran and a tailing dam in the Artsvanik village since 2004. Meanwhile, its subsidiary...
Locals Talk About Consequences of Teghut Mine Exploitation
- They have given the conscripts bank cards to make it easier for us to transfer them money for socks and clothes… Military service was not so terrible in the past...
New Landfill in Nubarashen Instead of a Forest: AEF
What’s more, we learn from the environmental and social impact assessment of the project that the new landfill will be constructed on forest lands, where back in 2006-2008 irrigation systems ...
Company Repairs Nubarashen Broken Sewer Line As ‘Gesture of Goodwill’
Murad Sargsyan, the press spokesperson for Veolia Jur, the company that carried out the repair works, told Epress.am that their workers repaired a broken sewer line and replaced a worn-out pipe...
Yerevan City Hall Finally Starts Repairing Nubarashen Prison’s Broken Sewer
Recall, the residents of the apartment blocks near the Nubarashen prison have been protestings for years that the prison’s broken sewer was causing foul stench in the entire neighborhood and...
‘Cover Your Noses; Let’s Go to the Wastewater’
- Do they think there are no pregnant women in these 5 buildings? And that Mr. Gor Vardanyan… Did he think he was on a movie set? Was he trying to show off his biceps?”
Protesting Oppositionist Subjected to Physical Violence by Republicans
A member of the opposition Yerkir Tsirani faction, Marine Khachatryan, was on Tuesday subjected to physical violence in the Council of Elders of Yerevan by members of Armenia’s ...
‘Ardvi Is No Ordinary Village;’ Locals Have No High Hopes for Gold Mine Operation
The villagers are also proud of the fact that “Ardvi is the only place where there has never lived a Turk.” In the 30s of last century, they claim, “famous Ardvi native Artush of Aghalo...