Armenia 132nd on Happy Planet IndexJuly 15, 2006 - 14:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - New Economics Foundation research center has made public the Happy Planet Index. Economic, environmental and medical criteria, as well as results of public surveys were taken into account when drawing the Index. It turned out that life is the happiest in Vanuatu. The top ten includes Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Cuba, Honduras, Guatemala, Salvador, as well as Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The US is only the 150th in the list, while China is 31st, Brazil - 65th, Italy - 68th, Iran - 69th, UK - 108th, Israel - 119th (it is interesting that life in Palestine is much happier), France - 131st. Among post-soviet countries people live happier in Kyrgyzstan (19th position), while Tajikistan is 25th, Uzbekistan - 60th, Georgia - 103rd, Azerbaijan - 107th, Kazakhstan - 127th, Armenia - 132nd, Moldova - 149th, Lithuania - 151st, Latvia - 160th, Belarus - 165th, Turkmenistan - 169th, Russia - 172nd, Estonia - 173rd, Ukraine - 174th. Living is most horrible in Zimbabwe (178th place). The Index authors note that Central America residents enjoy their lives to the utmost. Another significant factor, which has impact on the level of happiness, is living on an island state, reports Washington ProFile. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |