Unemployment on the rise
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
