Window to Europe

In Armenia economical issues are not prioritized as important issues and even are not considered to be a challenge. In Armenia economical issues are first of all associated with the level of Sevan lake and forest protection issues. Problems such as change of the global climate or lack of green areas are deemed not so …

In these 50 years the European Union has implemented a lot of projects in the sector of environmental protection, established a legal basement for managing and coordinating the environmental policies of the member countries, as well as developed and adopted new policies for the purpose of environmental protection and other related issues. Currently the EU …

During the past 30 years 140,000 hectare of sowing lands and 300,000 hectare of grassland have been left out of order as a result of erosion and landslide. Only 3.5% of the 114,000 hectare of land, which was spoilt as a result of erosion, was recovered. The green area of forests has been cut down …

It’s no secret that we Armenians are a little skeptical about ecological issues. For example, if they ask a question to Armenians to what extent they are worried about the climate change, which is one of the key issues in the world many people would answer that we have more serious issues. The cold-heartedness, which …

The environmental issues gradually attain more attention from international structures. In particular, the European Union is conducting a serious policy in this direction not only within its boundaries but also with neighboring states. Currently the sector of environment protection is considered one of the priorities of the EU general policy in parallel with other directions …

In the relations with Armenia the European Union consistently raised the issue of closing down the atomic station in Metsamor. During different periods of time various deadlines were defined for that. Currently they are speaking of the possibility that the atomic station of Metsamor may be closed down by 2016-2018 in the event of providing …

The global crisis has affected all the sectors including the nature protection. However, in this case it turns out that it affected in the good meaning. For example, by summing up the results of the last year the Nature Protection Minister Aram Harutyunyan mentioned that due to the crisis not only the nature protection projects …

The goal of the European Window series of articles published by 168 Hours newspaper and www.168.am web site is to provide Armenian readers detailed and understandable information concerning the process of European integration, the European institutions involved in this process as well as the political and civic life in Europe. The European Window series of …

The values are the same as the values in our society, but the problem is that in the practical life of this society those values are not used or applied. “I think that we are dealing with those values for minimum 2000 years. It is another issue how these values are estimated in our country. …

The debate of Armenian society whether they are Europeans or not continues during the past fifteen years with more or less tension. In fact, the arguments regarding this issue can be considered debates only conditionally because they as a rule are expressed with the conclusion that if not geographically then culturally Armenians are real Europeans. …