Despite crisis Ameriabank enlarged its staff, twice increasing salariesDecember 28, 2009 - 18:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Despite the financial-economic crisis, Ameriabank did not curtail its staff during the current year. On the contrary, since the beginning of 2009, it has enlarged its staff from 175 to 226 employees, as well as increased salaries twice, the bank's press service reported.Besides, the bank offered New Year discounts to several trade and entertainment centers and issued medical insurance certificates to its staff members, which will be valid beginning January 1, 2010. 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 | Viva sees growing demand for cloud services In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud services Turkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks. Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin. Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |