  Armen Harutyunyan: right to healthy ecological environment is violated in Armenia May 25, 2010 - 17:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s Ombudsman Armen Harutyunyan said that the attitude towards environment reflects the internal essence of civilization. “If we form an opinion about ourselves, judging from Armenia’s nature, this estimation will be rather negative,” Mr. Harutyunyan told journalists on May 25. Answering the question whether he sees any changes in solving the ecological problems after publication of his reports, the Ombudsman said that serious improvements are not observed. “I do not see any serious attitude towards the issues raised by me in the field of ecology,” he said. Mr. Harutyunyan added that the right to healthy ecological environment is endangered. “We do not need an official answer - we can have a walk around the city to see everything. We face similar problems both in Yerevan and outside it, for example, around Lake Sevan,” the Ombudsman said.   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 |  Latest news International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine  Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets.Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty.Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran.Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |
