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At focus Nearly two-thirds of world’s extremely poor live in 5 countries April 12 The WBG released a report, which focuses on the progress that has been made in reducing global poverty, and what challenges remain. Top stories Earth Day Campaign 2014 kicks off in Armenia Armenia's new pension law clauses ruled unconstitutional Land and Culture Organization to continue renovations in Armenia Articles From the history of Armenian coins: Investment coins In many countries, transactions with investment coins are VAT-exempt, what makes them attractive for the population. From the history of Armenian coins: New bank notes All bank notes have high level of protection. Last topics Armenian Genocide Nagorno Karabakh History of Armenian Coins from 3rd Century BC	Other news in this section Turkey to allocate $400 million for Genocide denial propaganda IMC channel rep. Aris Nalci hailed increasing readiness of Turkish society to discuss and accept the dark pages of its history. Govt. de facto halts mandatory component of new pension law The new Prime Minister announced conditions necessary to organize implementation of pension reforms at an April 23 governmental sitting. PM says ready to halt mandatory component of new pension law Abrahamyan held a consultation on the funded pension reform, attended by reps. of Prosperous Armenia, Orinats Yerkir, Heritage, ARFD. PM suggests halting penalties under new pension law The official instructed to ready a draft law suspending exaction of fines before the parliament’s adoption of a new package of laws. First Earth-size planet discovered in ‘habitable zone’ of another star Kepler-186f orbits its star once every 130-days and receives one-third the energy from its star that Earth gets from the sun. Azeris shell Armenian villages, leaving one without gas supply Border villages of Aygepar, Movses, Nerkin Karmiraghbryur in Armenia’s Tavush province were intensively shelled. 25 families in Armenian border villages to get houses built, renovated “The people living in border areas are our country’s shield, and it is our duty to help them have a better living,” Yirikian said. Rally against mandatory cumulative pensions in Yerevan The march aimed to dispute the government's decision to leave the legal provisions declared unconstitutional in effect for six more months. $28000 raised in Hayastan Fund's Kessab outreach initiative Armenian delegation submitted the text of a statement on tragic evens in Armenian-populated town of Kessab at the April 7 PACE session. Armenia grants political asylum to Azerbaijani family "Armenia carries out serious work to return Hakob Injighulyan and Arsen Khojoyan held in Azeri captivity,” Seyran Ohanyan said. All news from the section	Home All news Most popular In news Premature birth possibly caused by specific bacteria: research Armenia to export drones to Denmark Life undercover: legendary spy Gevork Vartanian’s 90th birth anniv. In articles From the history of Armenian coins: Armenia's national currency marks 20th anniv. From the history of Armenian coins: birth of Armenian dram on Nov 22, 1993 From the history of Armenian coins: Jubilee and commemorative coins Interviews On November 16, the Special Events Auditorium of Cafesjian Center for the Arts hosted the third annual donation event of the Children of Armenia Fund (COAF). In an interview with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, COAF founder Garo Armen shared his thoughts on the goals and prospects of the Fund. Garo Armen: A real philanthropist seeks no excuse Tourism has been a priority for the Armenian government over the recent several years. However, this is a field which needs constant attention and innovative approaches. One of the goals of the National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia (NCFA) established though cooperation between the Armenian government and entrepreneurs from the United States, Russia, EU countries and Middle East is to secure competitiveness in healthcare, education, tourism and other fields. NCFA executive director Pegor Papazian commented on the problems and tasks in tourism as well as ways of its development in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net. Pegor Papazian: Armenia remains largely unknown for foreign tourists

Nearly two-thirds of world’s extremely poor live in 5 countries

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