This was found out by the experts at the National Academy of Sciences and the OSCE Yerevan Office, examining the environment of Kapan and Kajaran. The environment of people living in the communities of Kapan and Kajaran in the region of Syunik poses a serious threat to human health. Scientists [...]
Water in the Voskepar River in the region of Tavush has decreased so much in the past few days that dead fish and frogs have appeared in the course of the river, there is a bad smell on the banks. The water level increased to some extent as a result [...]
Today a group of activists gathered in Mashtots Park again. They shared their impressions with each other about Serzh Sargsyan’s surprising visit to the park yesterday. Although environmentalists talked to each other in a good mood, being proud of their success, dozens of police officers overlooked them. www.aravot.am inquired from [...]
Today, about an hour ago, President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan and mayor Taron Margaryan visited Mashtots Park. Activist Mary Khachatryan told during a conversation with us that the president had visited the park with few people and had given instructions to the mayor accompanying him. Activist M. [...]
These days, police officers visit the houses of the activists who had participated in illegal dismantlement of pavilions in Mashtots Park and make reports to fine them. Reports have been made on members of the dismantling brigade – political scientist Manvel Sargsyan, the director of the Armenian Center for National [...]
Considering that one of the main goals of OSCE is the development of democratic institutions, we would like to bring to your attention flagrant human rights violations taking place in Mashtots park Yerevan. We strongly disagree with OSCE representatives’ assessment of police actions concerning protests in the park. The police [...]
Nerses Nazaryan, the head of the Yerevan city department of the Republic of Armenia police, is convinced that activists in Mashtots Park will not take illegal actions – i.e. dismantle the booths. He oversaw the public order in the park today too. “Police officers will preserve public order and will [...]
Today actor Hovhannes Azoyan was also in Mashtots Park. He said that he was ready to join the activists fighting for dismantling the booths in the park and to participate in a sit-down strike with them one day. As for his participation in the Armenian National Congress (ANC) rally yesterday, [...]
WASHINGTON, March 27, 2012 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$1.82 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Trust Fund for the Energy Efficiency Project for Armenia. The project will help to reduce energy consumption of social and other public facilities. This project will [...]
Open Letter Dear activists of Mashtots Park, Dear residents of Yerevan, With this letter we, Armenians of Norway, convey our fullest support to your green activism. We are concerned with the complicated situation around the Mashtots Park, and Teghut forest and always follow the developments around these issues. We join your [...]
Today protesters gathered outside the Government House and demanding dismantlement of the booths in Mashtots Park were engaged in a debate with a police officer. The protesters thought the police officers violated the constitutional order, the police officers, on the other hand, thought that the protesters did so. One of [...]
Environmentalists have gathered outside the Government House at the moment demanding to dismantle the booths in Mashtots Park. Besides demanding dismantlement of the booths, they are demanding from the Cabinet and the Chief of Police of the Republic of Armenia to punish police officers that prevented their peaceful rally. Let [...]
Today members of the Teghut Protection initiative group came to Gyumri to explain also to citizens of this town that the only way to rescue Armenia is through uniting the whole nation and struggling against illegalities. One of the members of that group, Artur Grigoryan, started his speech as follows, [...]
Today a few environmentalists convened a press conference at Asparez Club of Gyumri journalists. One of them, Mariam Sukhudyan, informed that they had fixed a time and date for the establishment – if they hadn’t cleared Mashtots Park from illegal booths by Tuesday, the environmentalists would organize twenty-four-hour sit-down strikes [...]
Qajaran Villager Lyova Arzoumanyan is pleased with Ombudsman’s proposals to Armenian PM by 90%. He is concerned with the fact that Karen Andreasyan didn’t mention the resettlement of Qajaran Village in his proposals. ‘The conclusion of the committee set up the government says that’ the mine development results in the [...]
Today a signature gather was organized in Mashtots Park. More than 5000 citizens signed, demanding to dismantle all buildings being built in Mashtots Public Park. Hundreds of citizens and environmentalists were celebrating the birth of determined citizen in Mashtots Park beating the drums and chanting “the park is ours,” “dis-man-tle-ment.” [...]
On March 1 Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration Vache Terteryan will submit a project on changing the category of land areas in Litchq (Syunik region) for the construction of 2 small HPPs at the government meeting. Agriculture Ministry has objection to changing the category of 0.15 ha land areas, which [...]
Yesterday, Meruzhan Ter-Gulanyan, a poet, a publisher and a member of the Public Television and Radio Council of Armenia, stated during the TV show The Country’s Question on Yerkir Media TV channel that before coming to the show he had called and found out that during an urban development meeting [...]
Famous singer and composer Ruben Hakhverdyan who has always supported the Teghut activists’ movement stated at Hayeli (mirror) Club today that the protests in Mashtots Park had nothing to do with nature protection. “I also see some biased attitude in that. If they struggle, let them struggle against vulgar Narekism, [...]
Aravot.am asked former mayor of Yerevan Gagik Beglaryan to share his thoughts about the booths dismantled on Abovyan Street and intended to be erected in Mashtots Park, protests that had taken place in the park because of that and official explanations. Let us remind that “cleaning” Abovyan Street was an [...]
