 Paper: Armenia posts 35.8 % poverty rate October 16, 2012 - 12:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In his speech at Armenian Economic Union’s annual conference opening, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan noted that the poverty rate in the republic is about 30%, Haykakan Zhamanak daily reported. The figure implies that over 1 mln of Armenian population lives below the poverty line (poverty rate grossing 35.8% according to the latest official data). However, the problem gets more and more complicated with every passing day. World Bank Resident Representative in Armenia Owaise Saadat noted back in 2001during a meeting with donor countries and organizations that the number of the poor in the country amounted to 680 000, the paper says. Partner news  Top stories The State Symbols Day was first celebrated in 2010, on the initiative of WE state values preservation foundation. In 1979-1981, Vrezh Israeyelyan worked in “Hayreniki Dzayn” (Homeland Voice) weekly newspaper. Yerevan municipality’s 2013 environmental program envisages creation of new lawns covering area of 3.2 hectares. Melkonian had no prior service record in any country's army before being placed in command of an estimated 4,000 men in the war.   Partner news |  Latest news UN chief hails China's peacekeeping efforts  Ban said China has provided more peacekeepers than all the other four permanent members of the UN Security Council.Iran's Guardian Council approves presidential election result Hassan Rouhani won the election by taking nearly 51% of votes. Since he won more than half, that eliminated the need for a runoff.Friends of Syria to meet in Doha on June 22: French official Assad's forces aim to retake Aleppo, where they have been mired in a bloody stalemate with rebels for nearly a year.FBI head admits use of drones for surveillance in U.S. The use of such drones is politically charged and civil-rights advocates say there are no clear privacy rules governing their use. |
