Wednesday, August 29 2018 19:01
ArmInfo. The problem of the Teghout deposit must be solved as soon as possible. On August 29, the Minister of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources of Armenia Arthur Grigoryan told journalists. According to him, the problems mainly concern the tailing dump, and the risks in this connection. It is important for the Armenian government to assess these risks in order to avoid environmental disasters. The Minister stressed that an agreement has been reached with the company operating the deposit to carry out comprehensive studies to solve the problem. This issue, according to the head of the department, has an important social significance, as 800 employees of the company were left without work. "We will try to solve all problems related to the safe operation of the deposit as soon as possible," the minister stressed. >>>
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Wednesday, August 29 2018 12:52
ArmInfo. On August 29, the
National Assembly of Armenia adopted the draft law on making addenda
to the law "On approval of the annual and comprehensive programs of
measures for the restoration, conservation, reproduction and use of
the Lake Sevan ecosystem" at an extraordinary meeting on the second
reading, providing for an additional 40 million cubic meters from
Lake Sevan water. >>>
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Tuesday, August 28 2018 19:58
ArmInfo. The inspection body for environmental protection and subsoil, even with a great desire and with considerable effort, could not find any deviations from the project documentation in the activities of the Lydian Armenia company, and is forced to rely on the expected environmental factors. This is stated in the statement of the stable development team of the Lydian Armenia company, which was received in the ArmInfo. >>>
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Tuesday, August 28 2018 14:09
ArmInfo. Despite protests by environmentalists, the National Assembly of Armenia, at an extraordinary meeting on August 28, made amendments to the law on the approval of the annual and comprehensive programs for the restoration, preservation, reproduction and use of the Lake Sevan ecosystem, providing for an additional 40 million cubic meters .m water release from the lake. 68 MPs voted for the document and one MP abstained from voting. >>>
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Tuesday, August 28 2018 11:01
ArmInfo. The initiative "SOS Sevan" addressed an open letter to the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, asking to withdraw the bill approved by the government on additional water releases from the lake. >>>
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Thursday, August 23 2018 15:25
ArmInfo."Allow me not to answer this question," Armenian Minister of Agriculture Artur Khachatryan told reporters on August 23, when he was asked by journalists why the current government, which had criticized the former government for water release from Sevan, is doing the same after coming to power. >>>
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Thursday, August 23 2018 14:35
ArmInfo.The Armenian government approved amendments to the law on the approval of the annual and comprehensive programs of measures to restore, preserve, reproduce and use the ecosystem of Lake Sevan at a meeting on August 23. According to the Minister of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources of the Republic of Armenia Artur Grigoryan, the bill, which in due course will be sent to the National Assembly and considered at an extraordinary session of the parliament on August 28, provides for increasing the water intake from Lake Sevan from the current 170 million to 210 million cubic meters. , according to the minister, is necessary to provide farmers with sufficient volumes of irrigation water. >>>
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Thursday, August 2 2018 16:22
ArmInfo.Additional water intake from Lake Sevan will not be conducted until the permission of the National Assembly of Armenia is received, Minister of Agriculture of Armenia Artur Khachatryan told journalists on August 2. In the meantime, the State Committee on Water System of Armenia intends to make an additional water release from Lake Sevan amounting to 2 40 million cubic meters, while the environmentalists are against, noting the deplorable state of the main source of fresh water in the region and the possible water apocalypse in the republic. >>>
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Wednesday, August 1 2018 16:19
ArmInfo.Armenian Agriculture Ministry joined the company initiated by the Ministry of Nature Protection, against the using of disposable plastic products. >>>
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Friday, July 27 2018 17:23
ArmInfo. Illegal blockade of roads to Amulsar is not only fraught with environmental, social, economic consequences, but also poses risks that can seriously damage Armenia's investment rating. Lydian Armenia's Social Sustainability Manager Nara Ghazaryan expressed this opinion in a conversation with ArmInfo when asked to comment on the situation related to blockade of the road to the field, undertaken by a number of green activists. >>>
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Thursday, July 26 2018 13:34
ArmInfo. The problem of Sevan fouling by algae is due not only to the high temperature background. Minister of Nature Protection Erik Grigoryan told journalists on July 26. >>>
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Wednesday, July 25 2018 17:38
ArmInfo.Minister of Nature Protection Erik Grigoryan received a delegation led by Czech Ambassador to Armenia Petr Mikyska. >>>
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Wednesday, July 25 2018 11:08
ArmInfo. The company Lydian Armenia refutes the information distributed by the organization "Armenian Ecological Front" about the Amulsar project. According to
the press service of Lydian Armenia, the information says that video
materials about a building explosion on the territory of the heap
leaching site at the Amulsar deposit have allegedly been found, and
the dust from the explosion allegedly reaches the communities
adjacent to the deposit and the city of Jermuk. >>>
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Friday, July 20 2018 14:48
ArmInfo.Because of illegal blockade of roads leading to Amulsar deposit Lydian Armenia company is deprived of opportunity to conduct environmental management, the third letter sent to the authorized bodies by the company reads. >>>
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Thursday, July 12 2018 20:13
ArmInfo. As a result of the complaints submitted by the activists against Lydian Armenia in the Office of the Advocate's Advisor on Compliance, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, during his visit to Vayots Dzor, was informed that the
Amulsar Program did not properly assess the impact of the field's
operation on the tourist brand Jermuk, and that the International
Finance Corporation (IFC) refused to finance the project due to the
identified environmental problems by the Office. <This statement is
not true>, is noted in the official statement of the company Lydian
Armenia. >>>
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Tuesday, July 10 2018 21:05
ArmInfo. In view of the fact that last week in Jermuk several activists told Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan that Lydian Armenia never held any public discussions in the community of the resort town of Jermuk, moreover, did not recognize Jermuk as a community adjacent to the project, the company spoke with counterclaim. This is stated in the official message of Lydian Armenia. >>>
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Tuesday, July 10 2018 19:50
ArmInfo."I am against the development of the mining industry in Armenia in such large volumes," the Minister of Nature Protection of the Republic of Armenia Eric Grigoryan told journalists. >>>
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Tuesday, July 10 2018 15:37
ArmInfo.In Armenia, the use of disposable plastic products will be banned. This was reported by the Minister of Nature Protection Eric Grigoryan on 10 July in an interview with reporters. >>>
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Friday, July 6 2018 18:18
ArmInfo. During the inspections carried out by the Ministry of Nature Protection from 25 to 29 June it was found that 14 offenses were committed during this period of time. >>>
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Wednesday, June 20 2018 19:55
ArmInfo. The risks of the Amulsar program are underestimated. The deposit is dominated by rocks that absorb and emit acid, which threatens biodiversity, and human health. This during a presentation on June 20, which presented the results of a study of the documents of Lydian International, which operates the gold deposit in Amulsar, said the American expert on environmental issues, Dr. Anne Maest. >>>
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