Nairit Plant employees not paid wages over past four monthsNovember 11, 2010 - 11:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Employees of Nairit Plant, who have not been paid their wages over the past four months, requested the Armenian Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Armen Movsisyan, to tackle the problem. Moreover, the employees said they were forced to sign a document envisaging a plant shutdown for an indefinite term. As a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reported from the government, Minister Movsisyan pledged to consider the issue and take a decision by the next week. The plant management explains non-payment of wages and the plant shutdown by the electricity and gas arrears. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |