Effective November 12th, the internet subscribers of Karabakh Telecom will be pleased to learn that the speeds of 128 kb/s and 256 kb/s services will be eliminated, and all subscribers will be elevated to 512 kb/s speed at no additional cost. In addition, all subscribers of 4096 kb/s service will also be elevated to 6144 kb/s also at no additional cost.
During the debate in Armenia’s parliament regarding the proposed bill to raise the minimum wage from 32,500 AMD to 35,000, ruling Republican Party MP Mkrtich Minasyan told Hetq that while the increase wasn't sufficient, he could get by on 35,000 for one month.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Armenian President Sargsyan said Yerevan was ready to make concessions leading to a peaceful settlement of the Karabakh issue.
In Paris, Sargsyan will meet with French President François Hollande , Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, Claude Bartolone, President of the National Assembly and Jean-Pierre Bel, President of the Senate.
А number of personnel changes are made at South Caucasus Railway. By the order of the CEO of CJSC "SCR" Victor Rebets, Vladimir Legkiy was appointed the deputy head of Road Transport Service Centre.
On Friday, November 16, 2012, the Armenian Bar Association and the Glendale Youth Center, at the St. Mary's Church Hall in Glendale, California, will present an extra-ordinary dialog in which crucial issues facing Armenia and Diaspora will be discussed.
Rafik Petrosyan has been on paid leave since February 2010. He’s been working at the plant for twenty years as a locksmith. He hasn’t been paid wages for nine months. Rafik gets two-thirds of his regular salary while on leave.
“There are many Armenians in a terrible state in Syria who dream about fleeing, but those who come here are in worse shape. Many just want to return and die honorably rather than stay in Armenia and live a beggar’s life. I now people who have returned disgusted,” Sayid says.