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Unemployment on the rise
[12:04 pm] 10 March, 2009
More people are seeking employment in the Lori Marz in the past two
months. According to director of the employment center of Vanadzor Ara
Arakelyan, the number of unemployed has risen by 685 during the months
of January and February and a considerable growth of unemployed is
seen in the city of Vanadzor.
There have been 554 people seeking jobs in Vanadzor from January 1 to
March 1 and the number has increased by 128.
The number of unemployed in Alaverdi has gone up by 47. According to
Ara Arakelyan, the number of people seeing employment will increase
even more in the months to come due to lay-offs of people working in
many factories and organizations.
On January 1, 2009, there were 13,596 registered unemployed people and
this is 1037 more than the number in January 1, 2008. The index of
unemployed has gone from being 10,673 to 11,772. As a result, the
level of unemployment has gone from 9.8% to 10.6%
Gayane Sargsyan
Vanadzor