RA Ombudsman to seriously deal with environmental issuesOctober 23, 2009 - 22:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Armenia faces serious human rights problems in the sphere of environmental protection," Ombudsman Armen Harutyunyan told a news conference in Yerevan.The main problem, in his view, concerns deforestation, chemical emissions and absence of state control over industrial companies. Ombudsman drew journalists' attention to disastrous environmental situation in Kapan. Land, water and products there turned out to contain harmful substances whose concentration exceeds permitted limits 100 times. Harutyunyan also called attention to the estimations of ecologists who find that environmental pollution in region is mainly caused by emissions from "Deno Gold Mining" company. "Those harmful substances are not dissolved, and accumulating in organisms, they negatively affect the immune system and gene pool of human beings," Armen Harutyunyan said, adding that polluted air in the region caused children to suffer skin diseases and produced harmful impact on the fauna. Ombudsman also stressed the inhabitants of the region did not get any compensation at all. Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. Partner news | Pashinyan’s spokesperson denies intention to visit Baku for COP29 Pashinyan’s agenda doesn’t include a trip to Baku for the COP29 conference, his press secretary Nazeli Baghdasaryan has said. Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Lithuania sending €100,000 to help Armenia fight floods consequences Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. |