Passenger turnover grew by 46% at SCRWJune 4, 2009 - 14:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Passenger turnover grew by 46% at South Caucasian Railways CJSC, SCRW Director General Shevket Shaydulin told a news conference today. According to him "automobile transportations comprise 90% of passenger turnover in Armenia, nevertheless, within the last months, SCRW transported 272 000 passengers, 97% are local transits. 991 000 tons of cargo has been transported over the same period." "Due to tariff policy adopted and suburban traffic organization, the company growth comprised 46%. This allowed us to increase our employees salaries by 23,4%," Shaydulin noted. 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 | Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship. Iran says change in presidency won’t affect ties with Armenia Ambassador Mehdi Sobhani made the remarks when speaking to reporters at the Iranian Embassy. Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. MEPs issue statement to defend Armenia-France military cooperation The deputies emphasized that having an army armed with combat and modern military equipment is the sovereign right of any country. |