Armenia poverty rate down to 23.5%December 19, 2019 - 18:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Poverty has been steadily decreasing in Armenia since 2010, reaching 23.5% in 2018, information published by the Statistical Committee of Armenia reveals. Extreme poverty remains pretty low, the Committee says, with each person in the category consuming products and services worth less than $1.9 per day. Shirak is the country’s poorest province with a poverty rate of 42.2 %, followed by Lori (29.4%) and Tavush (29.4%). The report also says that poverty rate among females is slightly higher than among males. 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. |