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1.6 million cubic meters of water accumulated in the first stage of filling the Vedi reservoir
... reservoir. YEREVAN, April 18. /ARKA/. 1.6 million cubic meters of water have been accumulated in the first stage of filling the Vedi reservoir. As reported by the Armenian Territorial Development Fund, the process of transporting water from the Vedi and Khosrov rivers through pipelines was carried out in a normal mode. The Vedi reservoir with a capacity of 29.4 million cubic meters was built on the right bank of the Vedi River in the Ararat region of Armenia. The cost of the project was 90 million euros,...
04/18/2025Armenia to receive €26.2 million grant from Germany to develop biodiversity
... Park in the Syunik province, and another reserve with a location yet to be confirmed, options including the Vayots Dzor province or any of the provinces in northern Armenia. Additionally, Armenia's Red Book will be updated, and management plans for the Khosrov Reserve, Lake Arpi, and the Dilijan National Park will be renewed. The program is also expected to introduce staff retraining, new monitoring systems, and several ecotourism development projects. The initiative will also support small businesses ...
07/15/2024Armenian government approves extension of loan agreement for construction of Vedi reservoir
... to use drip irrigation. The project will also contribute to the reduction of water releases from Lake Sevan. The construction of the 90 million euro worth reservoir started in late March 2017. It will accumulate free streams of two rivers -Vedi and Khosrov. The project was developed by the French Artelia Eau & Environment and Belgian Sher Ingenieurs-Conseils in cooperation with Jrtuk LLC. The loan provided with a six-year grace period and at an interest rate that can not be higher than 6.25% and ...
07/28/2023Construction of Vedi reservoir to be over by the end of 2022
... the design of seven new reservoirs. The construction of the 90 million euro worth reservoir, which is able to store about 30 million cubic meters of irrigation water started in late March 2017. It will accumulate free streams of two rivers -Vedi and Khosrov. The money for the construction of the reservoir came form the French Development Agency (75 million loan) with the co-financing of the Armenian government. The loan provided with a six-year grace period and at an interest rate that can not be ...
02/23/2022Armenia known and unknown. A few tips for the inbound tourist
... chapel, open water supply system. The castle was actually owned by a woman, which is visible at first sight: just see it - it is a small, elegant, polished, neat stone fortress at the end of the village. Ararat In Urtsadzor, on the road leading to Khosrov forest, Tap fortress is located, which is also known as Gevorg Marzpetuni fortress. It is a fairly well-preserved military building with towers, defensive walls and rooms. In the territory of Khosrov Forest State Reserve, on the top of an impregnable ...
06/08/2021Caucasus Nature Fund allocates 320,000 euros to specially protected natural zones in Armenia
... funds in 2021 fiscal year were released to 4 SNCOs affiliated with the Ministry of Environment of Armenia. Of the 320 thousand euros, about 127.5 thousand euros were allocated to the Zangezur biosphere reserve, 80 thousand euros to the state reserve Khosrov Forest, 82.5 thousand euros to the national park Dilijan and 30 thousand euros to the National Park Lake Arpi. “The allocated funds are provided as co-financing with the budget for the current expenses of the SNCOs, in particular, the money ...
03/30/2021Caucasus Nature Fund and AR Trails LLC to present virtual hiking trails of Armenia
... Nature Fund (CNF) and the AR Trails LLC signed an agreement to present new virtual walking tours in Armenia's protected areas. As part of the agreement the AR Trails mobile application will be used to create media content about hiking trails in the Khosrov Forest State Reserve and the Dilijan National park. YEREVAN, February 17. /ARKA/ The Caucasus Nature Fund (CNF) and the AR Trails LLC signed an agreement to present new virtual walking tours in Armenia's protected areas. As part of the agreement ...
02/19/2021Caucasus Nature Fund provides Armenia with 500,000 euro grant to assist in fighting coronavirus
... grant agreement on budget support was remotely signed on Friday by Avinyan and CNF Executive Director George Giacomini. In accordance with the agreement, the grant will be aimed to finance the needs of the Dilijan National Park, Lake Arpi National Park, Khosrov Forest Reserve and Zangezur Biosphere Reserve. For more than 10 years now, the Caucasus Nature Fund has been supporting specially protected areas in Armenia by co-financing current expenses. During this period, the Fund has provided Armenia with ...
07/10/2020Caucasus Nature Fund allocates €285,000 for protection of Armenia’s special nature territories
... press service of the fund reports. “Support was provided to four state non-profit organizations with which the CNF has been working for many years. Of this amount, €103,000 were transferred to the Zangezur Biosphere Complex, about €93,000 to the Khosrov Forest Sanctuary, €78,000 to the Dilijan National Park and €10,000 to the national park Lake Arpi,” the message says. The mentioned funds (the first appropriations by the fund in 2020) were aimed at co-financing the running costs of four ...
04/20/2020Caucasus Nature Fund releases 344 thousand euros to four Armenian nature reserves
... Fund (CNF) has released the second tranche of the fiscal year 2019 in the amount of about 344 thousand euros to four nature reserves under the Ministry of Environment of Armenia. The fund said in a news release that the money was provided to the State Khosrov Forest Reserve (about 101 thousand euros), the Zangezur Biosphere Complex (100 thousand euros), the Dilijan National Parks (98 thousand euros) and the Lake Arpi (45 thousand euros). Thanks to this assistance, the Caucasus Nature Fund will continue ...
10/14/2019Armenia’s parliament increases penalty for shooting Caucasian leopard to 100 million drams
... raised to 150 thousand drams thanks to foreign partners, but he acknowledged that in general the problem of decent wages exists. A Caucasian leopard was for the first time filmed in 2018 spring by a World Wildlife Fund photojournalist in Armenia’s Khosrov Forest State Reserve. Armenia’s Environment Ministry and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF Armenia) have been implementing a Caucasus Leopard Preservation Program since 2002. Its main objective is to increase the population and protect the habitats ...
07/09/2019CNF to allocate at least 700,000 euros to finance environmental projects in Armenia
... now. Vermishyan also said that a significant part of the funding - about 400 million drams- is spent on acquisition and servicing transportation means. He said a total of 26 vehicles were provided to the protected areas, including 8 vehicles to the Khosrov Reserve. According to the coordinator, photovoltaic panels were installed in the Khosrov Forest and Arpi Lich National Park and greenhouses were built in both places. ($ 1 - 484.31 drams). --0--
12/24/2018Christian-Democratic party to be established in Armenia
... "If we deserve the people's trust, then we will go to parliament, but if we fail, we will start preparing a new cultural, ideological and political revolution," he said. Asked why not unite with the Christian Democratic Union of Armenia of MP Khosrov Harutyunyan, Shirinyan noted that there are radical differences between them, including moral ones. "We are not establishing a" pocket "party or the one-man party. We differ in all aspects. Our ideological base is the morality of ...
08/15/2018Vegetation fires in Armenia on the rise
... acquired a large number of necessary technical means to extinguish forest fires, in particular, special water cannons, pumps, drones and all-terrain vehicles. In the summer of 2017, a number of regions were affected by severe fires. The biggest was in Khosrov Reserve. It broke out on August 12 burning hundreds of hectares of vegetation. -0-
07/03/2018July to be hot but not as hot as in 2017, weatherman says
... population to observe safety rules and, if possible, reduce the risk of fires, so that the disaster of last year does not happen again," Surenyan said. In the summer of 2017, a number of regions were affected by severe fires. The biggest was in Khosrov Reserve. It broke out on August 12 burning hundreds of hectares of vegetation. -0-
06/27/2018Vedi water reservoir to be commissioned ahead of schedule, minister says
... today during a visit to Ararat province. The construction of the reservoir, able to store about 30 million cubic meters of irrigation water and worth 90 million euros started in late March 2017. It will accumulate free streams of two rivers -Vedi and Khosrov. Two dams will be built for the reservoir with a basin area of 120 hectares. The money for the construction of the reservoir comes form the French Development Agency (75 million euro loan) with the co-financing of the Armenian government. The ...
03/20/2018Nature reserves in Armenia will be equipped with off-road vehicles and drones
Nature reserves in Armenia will be equipped with off-road vehicles and drones, nature protection minister Artsvik Minasyan said at a press conference on Monday, describing wildfires that broke out last August in the Vayots Dzor province and the Khosrov Forest State Reserve southeast of Yerevan, following weeks of unusually high temperatures, as the most terrible disasters of the outgoing year. YEREVAN, December 25. /ARKA/. Nature reserves in Armenia will be equipped with off-road vehicles ...
12/25/2017Armenia rolls back to Middle Ages, professor says
... consequently steer clear of purchasing expensive goods. “The government’s policy is to protect the poor from the impact of inflation. Now, there is no need for it to address this issue as poor people have a habit of avoiding expensive items,” he said Khosrov Harutyunyan, another member of parliament from the Republican Party argued that certain segments of Armenia’s population buy only potatoes, therefore they will continue to purchase only potatoes and will not feel the impact of price hikes. ...
12/11/2017Armenian nature protection minister indicates his possible resignation
Armenia’s nature protection minister Artsvik Minasyan indicated today that he may resign soon because of a massive wildfire in the Khosrov Reserve that has destroyed hundreds of hectares of forests and vegetation. I YEREVAN, August 22. /ARKA/. Armenia’s nature protection minister Artsvik Minasyan indicated today that he may resign soon because of a massive wildfire in the Khosrov ...
08/22/2017Wildfires destroyed 680 hectares of forest in Armenia
... by prolonged drought, as well as winds that contributed to the spread of fire. According to the preliminary data of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, 360 hectares of forest and many more hectares of vegetation have been destroyed in the state-run Khosrov Forest Reserve. "At the moment the situation in the reserve is completely under control, and work is underway to extinguish the last hotbeds of fire," Karapetyan said. He also said that the Russian Il -76 water –dropping plane continues ...
08/17/2017Firefighters localize the bigger portion of wildfire in Khosrov reserve
Armenia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations said today that firefighters have managed to contain the wildfire in the state-owned Khosrov Forest reserve partly with the help from Russia, while wildfires in Vayots Dzor and Lori regions were extinguished completely by Wednesday morning. YEREVAN, August 16. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations said today that firefighters ...
08/16/2017Armenian president convenes emergency meeting over wildfires
Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan convened today an emergency meeting to look into new measures to contain wildfires, including in the state-owned Khosrov Forest Reserve. YEREVAN, August 15. /ARKA/. Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan convened today an emergency meeting to look into new measures to contain wildfires, including in the state-owned Khosrov Forest Reserve. According to the presidential ...
08/15/2017Wildfires destroy about 700 hectares of forests in Armenia
... of today morning, firemen managed to localize it by digging multilayer trenches (4-10 meters wide) by using special Caterpillar tractor. The ministry said at the moment, there is no threat of spread of fire in this region. As for the wildfire in the Khosrov Forest Reserve, founded by a 4th century Armenian king, it has been raging for the fourth day. Firefighters, rescuers, army and police forces, as well as ordinary residents and a Russian water-dropping IL76 aircraft have joined the operation to ...
08/15/2017Fire in Armenian reserve still raging
A Russian IL-76 aircraft, capable of dropping 42 tons of water in one go over fires raging on the ground, reached Armenia on Monday to help battle a major wildfire raging in Khosrov Forest Reserve. YEREVAN, August 15. /ARKA/. A Russian IL-76 aircraft, capable of dropping 42 tons of water in one go over fires raging on the ground, reached Armenia on Monday to help battle a major wildfire raging in Khosrov Forest Reserve....
08/15/2017Construction of water reservoir in Armenia’s Vedi will be completed by the middle of 2020
... who visited today the construction site. The construction of the reservoir, able to store about 30 million cubic meters of irrigation water and worth 90 million euros started in late March 2017. It will accumulate free streams of two rivers -Vedi and Khosrov. Two dams will be built for the reservoir with a basin area of 120 hectares. According to Harutyunyan, this project will create 150 new jobs. The money for the construction of the reservoir comes form the French Development Agency (75 million ...
07/31/2017Construction of Vedi reservoir in Armenia will be completed ahead of schedule
... Harutyunyan told the parliament Tuesday. The construction of the reservoir, able to store about 30 million cubic meters of irrigation water and worth 90 million euros started in late March 2017. It will accumulate free streams of two rivers -Vedi and Khosrov. Two dams will be built for the reservoir with a basin area of 120 hectares. Harutyunyan said when the construction is over, the amount of water released for irrigation from Lake Sevan will be cut by 18 million cubic meters. He said also the State ...
07/04/2017Vedi Water Reservoir construction launched in Armenia
... independent in 1991 will lay groundwork for development of the sector and that results will be seen three or four years later. Specialists say 29.4 million cubic meters of water can be kept in this reservoir. The reservoir will be filled from Vedi and Khosrov rivers. Two levees are planned to be built here. The program implementation is estimated to cost €90 million. The financial resources will come from the French Development Agency with the Armenian government co-financing. The water reservoir ...
03/29/2017Armenia’s ruling party calls for expulsion of Belarus from CSTO
... Lukashenko ," Vahram Baghdasaryan, the head of the parliamentary faction of the Republican Party of Armenia, told reporters today. Baghdasaryan described the decision as a violation of human rights by a CSTO member country. Another Armenian MP Khosrov Harutyunyan, who is also the chairman of the standing committee on political affairs and international cooperation of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly, said the position of Belarus is a direct strike at the CSTO security system. Lapshin’s extradition ...
02/08/2017Construction of two water reservoirs to kick off next year
... Ararat Valley and allow the transition from mechanical to the gravity irrigation system, which, in turn, will result in saving of electricity. The government’s co-financing is 25 million euros. The water reservoir is to be built on the rivers Vedi and Khosrov on an area of 120 hectares. The dam’s height will be 70 meters, and the capacity 29 million cubic meters. According to the government, the Vedi reservoir will increase the area of arable land, as well as reduce releases of water for irrigation ...
12/16/2016Armenian lawmakers concerned over cutting health funding for 2017
... released for the current year. The chairman of a parliamentary committee on health care, maternity and childhood issues, Ara Babloyan said the health sector should be the last one in the list of agencies whose funding is to be cut. According to lawmaker Khosrov Harutyunyan from the Republican Party of Armenia, 78% of 500 thousand pensioners in Armenia need constant supervision of doctors, but only 15% of them seek it But the first deputy finance minister Atom Janjughazyan replied that the draft state ...
11/04/2016Armenia to start construction of Vedi reservoir
... allow the transition from mechanical to the gravity irrigation system, which, in turn, will result in saving of electricity. He said also the government’s co-financing is 25 million euros. The water reservoir is to be built on the rivers Vedi and Khosrov on an area of 120 hectares. The dam’s height will be 70 meters, and the capacity 29 million cubic meters. "The Vedi reservoir will increase the area of arable land, as well as reduce releases of water for irrigation from Lake Sevan by 20 ...
05/12/2016Ruling party member describes 2016 budget of Armenia as “realistic”
... ‘realistic and socially-oriented.’ YEREVAN, November 5. / ARKA /. A parliament member from the ruling Republican Party of Armenia described today next year’s budget as ‘realistic and socially-oriented.’ Speaking at a news conference, Khosrov Harutyunyan, who served earlier as prime minister and parliament speaker, said it is very important that the government did not cut the social spending, declaring also the national security as its main task. According to him, external challenges ...
11/05/2015MP says audit of power distribution company should be preceded by ending climate of distrust
A parliament member from the governing Republican Party of Armenia, Khosrov Harutyunyan, said today that prior to auditing the national power distribution company – the Electricity Networks of Armenia (ENA)– the authorities and the public at large should do everything to put an end to the climate of distrust. ...
07/09/2015Prime-Ministerial Club's first session held Friday in Yerevan
... came up with this initiative in May 2014. Speaking in the National Assembly, he called this idea a good initiative saying that prime-ministers should share their experience with their successors. Former premiers Vazgen Manukyan, Gagik Harutyunyan, Khosrov Harutyunyan and Hrant Bagratyan attended the meeting met and discussed the club's further activity and the country's economic situation. Viktor Soghomonyan, spokesman of the second president Robert Kocharyan, who took up prime-ministerial office ...
03/26/2015Office to be established in Armenia’s parliament for dealing with budgetary issues
... certain group'. The bill was passed by 88 MPs, 20 voted against it and four abstained. The bill was designed by Parliament Speaker Galust Sahakyan, who is a member of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, his fellow partisans Gagik Minasyan, Khosrov Harutyunyan, Samvel Nikoyan, Sukias Avetisyan, one member of Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun Artsvik Minasyan, Orinats Yerkir party's Mher Shahgeldyan and former prime minister Hrant Bagratyan. ---0-----
03/25/2015Ashotyan: speech of Armenian president came as response to blackmail, ignorance and stupidity
... Kocharyan is a politician and it is insulting for statehood to equate Tsarukyan with him, since our country was ruled by Kocharyan over one decade. It would also be insulting to equate him with Levon Ter-Petrosyan, the first Armenian president.» Khosrov Harutyunyan, an MP from the Republican Party of Armenia, on his side, stressed that President Sargsyan is a person of restraint and tolerance, «sometimes excessive tolerance». «But things have already stepped all the bounds – when political ...
02/13/2015Armenia’s parliament to create a special budget office
... appealing against the decision in the constitutional court. The bill was passed with 78 in favor, 17 against and 20 abstained. The bill is authored by the speaker Galust Sahakyan, deputies from the ruling Republican Party of Armenia Gagik Minasyan, Khosrov Harutiunyan, Samvel Nikoyan and Sukias Avetisyan, lawmaker from ARF Dashnaktsutiun Artsvik Minasyan, Orinats Yerkir faction member Mher Shahgeldyan and ex-premier and ANC member Hrant Bagratyan. –0--
02/03/2015Armenian National Assembly passes amendments to tax law
On Monday, Armenian National Assembly passed at the second and final reading amendments to the tax law. YEREVAN, September 29. /ARKA/. On Monday, Armenian National Assembly passed at the second and final reading amendments to the tax law. Khosrov Harutyunyan, one of the authors of the amendments, said presenting the bill that it will be specified in the amended law that all new laws on increasing one or another tax rate or introducing a new type of taxes can take force only from the beginning ...
09/29/2014GIS to be installed at Khosrov preserve in Armenia – minister
Armenia’s ministry of environment is planning to install GIS in Khosrov Preserve, head of the ministry Aramayis Grigoryan said in summarizing the results of his first 100 days as a minister. YEREVAN, August 13. /ARKA/. Armenia’s ministry of environment is planning to install GIS in Khosrov Preserve, head ...
08/13/2014WWF Armenia and Botanics Institute launch nursery worth 20,000 euros
... restoring 70 hectares of forests and creating an extra earning for local population. Director of the World Wildlife Fund Armenia Karen Manvelyan said one of the main achievements in the last 12 years is that 35,500 hectares of preserves in Armenia (Khosrov Forest and Shikahogh) are now technically equipped and new preserves (Zangezur and Khustup) and national parks (Arevik, Arpi Lake) are created on a total of 91,700 hectares. The most important achievement is that preserve and national park area ...
06/20/2014WWF experts prove presence of three Caucasian leopards in southern Armenia
... the number of prey species (bezoar goat, Armenian mouflon) for the leopard has significantly increased as well. These achievements are the result of a long-term work carried out by WWF since 2002. It included enforcement of existing Protected Areas (Khosrov and Shikahogh Reserves), establishment of new Protected Areas (Arevik National Park, Zangezur and Khustup Sanctuaries) in the area of the main habitats of leopard through partnership with the Ministry of Nature Protection, UNDP, CNF, TJS, the ...
04/29/2014Pro-government lawmaker defends Armenia’s accession to Russia-led trade bloc
... pro-government member of the Armenian parliament has defended today the country’s leadership decision to make it a member of the Russia-led Customs Union saying it will contribute to attracting foreign investment into the country. According to Khosrov Harutyunyan, the leader of a small Christian Democratic Party, one of the main reasons behind dire economic and social conditions in Armenia is the lack of foreign investment because of constant threat of renewed hostilities in the region, high ...
02/13/2014Caucasus Nature Fund (CNF) released $417,000 million to Armenia for financing protection of nature
... provided us with some 50 million drams ($122.7, 000) assistance. We expect the amount to grow to 270 million ($ 662,500) in 2014,” the minister said Thursday. He said the funds have been used to improve protection of protected areas, particular, of Khosrov and Shikahogh reserves and Arevik national park. Starting next year, the list will include also the Dilijan national park. The money was used also to pay staff’s salaries, upgrade equipment as well as finance a string of urgent tasks, ...
09/20/2013First batch of Belarusian tractors already brought to Armenia
... Karapetyan, traveled to Armenia’s Kotayk province to see the first batch of the tractors imported by the National SME Development Center. He examined and tested the tractors carefully, and after that Varazdat Khachatryan, director of the center, and Khosrov Baghdasaryan, a resident of Shirak province, signed the first tractor purchase contact. “The first buyer preferred the tractor tested by the premier and expressed gratitude for selling the tractor at a low price,” the press office ...
07/26/2013Semi-finished hotel issue in Khosrov reserve to be taken to court
Armenian nature protection minister Aram Harutyunian said today a court will be asked to decide what to do with an unfinished hotel in the Khosrov reserve. YEREVAN, September 25. / ARKA /. Armenian nature protection minister Aram Harutyunian said today a court will be asked to decide what to do with an unfinished hotel in the Khosrov reserve. In 2011, environmentalists asked the government ...
09/25/2012Republican MP: criticism of government’s 2012-2017 program unjustified
Khosrov Harutyunyan, a member of the faction of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia and former prime minister and parliament speaker, finds the criticism of the government’s 2012-2017 program unjustified. YEREVAN, June 27. /ARKA/. Khosrov Harutyunyan,...
06/27/2012Christian-democratic union of Armenia endorses arguments against shifting to 100 percent party-list-based parliamentary elections
The chairman of the Christian-Democratic Union of Armenia has endorsed today the arguments of the ruling majority against shifting to 100 percent party-list-based parliamentary elections. Speaking at a news conference, Khosrov Harutyunyan, a former prime minister and ex-parliament chairman, described the opposition’s proposal ‘senseless’ with only a few months left to next parliamentary elections, scheduled to take place in May 2012. YEREVAN, January 17. /ARKA/....
01/17/2012Ararat Province’s Apricot Harvest This Year To Outdo That Of Previous Year By 20 Tons
... bough directly from gardens and from farmers at markets at 500 to 600 drams,” he said. Barseghyan added that peach harvest is expected to be rich as well. He said weather was favorable for agriculture this year – the province, excluding Khosrov sanctuary’s territory under wheat, hadn’t hail this year. The governor said 45 effective hail protection stations have been installed in province. ($1 = AMD 369.42). –0--
07/07/2011HSBC Bank Armenia grants $30,000 for development of Khosrov Sanctuary
HSBC Bank Armenia will provide a grant of $30,000 for development of the state-protected Khosrov Forest Sanctuary, the bank’s press office reported on Wednesday. YEREVAN, December 15. /ARKA/. HSBC Bank Armenia will provide a grant of $30,000 for development of the state-protected Khosrov Forest Sanctuary, the bank’s press office ...
12/16/2010Christian democrats’ leader: Armenian communities ought to pay greater attention to Armenia’s problems
Armenian communities worldwide ought to pay greater attention to Armenia’s problems, Khosrov Harutyunyan, Armenian Christian Democrats’ leader said at Novosti International Press Center. YEREVAN, May 18. /ARKA/. Armenian communities worldwide ought to pay greater attention to Armenia’s problems, Khosrov Harutyunyan, Armenian ...
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