Government rules to raise military pensions by 14%June 10, 2015 - 17:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The government of Armenia adopted a resolution to raise military pensions starting from July 1, 2015, Panorama.am reports. As the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Artem Asatryan told reporters after the cabinet meeting, according to the amendments to the Law on State Pensions, starting from July 1, 2015, the minimal military pension will increase to AMD 16,000, up from AMD 14,000 , with amount of pension for each year of military service to be increase to AMD 1,500 from AMD 1,300. “Continuous increase of pensions is among the government’s priorities,” said the Minister, adding that from July 1 they plan to increase military pensions by an average of 14 %. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. 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. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |