Amidst strained relations between Armenia and Russia, Russia's state atomic energy company will modernize Armenia's nuclear power plant and presumably build a new unit.
The region's already meager electricity generation capacity is in jeopardy, and an "environmental disaster" could be at hand, the local de facto authorities say.
In 2020, Azerbaijan won back many of the water resources it had lost to Armenians in the 1990s. But the biggest source still eludes it, and farmers are still struggling.
A new report argues that the environmental and human rights problems caused by the Amulsar gold mine development have yet to be addressed. But it appears to be going forward.
Over the past several days Lake Sevan has turned an alarming shade of green. The algae bloom is a symptom of the dire, complex ecological situation around the country’s biggest body of water.
The controversy pits the grassroots activists who brought a reformist government to power against foreign investors who promise the economic growth Armenia needs.