  Armenia tackles unemployment December 14, 2010 - 15:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia is tackling unemployment, according to head of the state employment service Sona Harutyunyan. As of December 1, 2010, the level of unemployment in the republic decreased by 0.4% to make 6.9%. In Yerevan the figure reaches 8.1%. “10515 people (what is 18.6% more compared to the same period in 2009) have been employed since the beginning of the year. 2762 of them are young people,” Harutyunyan told journalists on December 14. “Presently, 20467 people get unemployment benefits,” she said. According to Harutyunyan, the following professions are in demand in Armenia: doctors, engineers, architects, nurses, accountants, cashiers, cooks, drivers, stylists, hairdressers and some others.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months  A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months.“Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”.Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan.U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. |
