ARMENIA IS ONE OF THE WORSE IN CIS FOR SALARY AND UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELFebruary 14, 2001 - 19:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - YEREVAN, February 14. /Mediamax/. Armenia is one of the worse among other CIS states in the level of average salary, re-counted according to official foreign currency rate, fixed by national banks, in US dollars. The data of the CIS Interstate Statistics committee testifies this.According to statistics, the average salary of an employee in Armenia in 2000 made US$39. The highest average salary was in Kazakhstan - 94 dollars, while the minimal index of average salary was in Tajikistan - 8.7 dollars. Statisticians mark relatively high indices of average salary in 2000 in Russia ($81) and Belarus ($74). In Azerbaijan the average salary made 46 dollars, in the Ukraine - $42, in Moldavia - $33, in Kirghizia - $25. The highest level of registered unemployment, as before, remains in Armenia, where in end-December, 2000 it made 10.9% of the economically active population. According to the data of the CIS Interstate Statistics committee, in the end of 2000 the number of unemployed in the republic amounted to 153.9 thousand. A high unemployment rate is still observed in Ukraine, where it makes 4.2% of the able-bodied population of the country. In Kazakhstan the level of registered unemployment has made 3.7%, in Kirghizia - 3.1%, in Tajikistan - 3.0%, in Belarus - 2.1%, in Moldavia - 1.8%, in Russia - 1.4%, in Azerbaijan - 1.2%, in Uzbekistan - 0.5%. -0- Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. |