News about Artsakh

[Anoush]

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Thanks Fed jan. This is Grrrreeeaaat news!

[Federate]

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They will get this money only once?Or once in every year.?

One time payment. You get payed each time you bring a new child with money and child being positively proportional.

[UrMistake]

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They will get this money only once?Or once in every year.?

[Federate]

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Great news !!! Well, minus the maternity ward problem.
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Karabakh Coping With Baby Boom


Medical services in Nagorno-Karabakh are struggling to cope with a surge in child births more than nine months after a mass wedding that was organized and sponsored by a Moscow-based Armenian businessman.

The Karabakh-born entrepreneur, Levon Hayrapetian, had 678 local couples marry in a single open-air ceremony on October 16, 2008 to assist in a government policy that seeks to boost Karabakh’s population and thereby make it less vulnerable in case of renewed war with Azerbaijan. Hayrapetian covered their wedding expenses and paid each couple $2,500 as a bonus.

The results of the extraordinary event can be observed at the sole maternity hospital in the Karabakh capital Stepanakert which is grappling with a higher-than-usual influx of women preparing to give birth. Doctors there had to cram extra beds into hospital wards and draw up waiting lists for delivery.

“We may now have as many as 14-15 births a day,” the hospital director, Gohar Hakobjanian, told RFE/RL. “Last month we had a total of 192 births. We are experiencing difficulties.”

“Pregnant women are complaining about waiting lines,” she said. “We are coping with that with extreme strains.”

The number of children born in Karabakh already rose by 16 percent to 1,306 in the first half of this year. “The tough war years are gone, life has improved and people want to have more kids,” said Hakobjanian.

Material incentives offered by the Karabakh government to newlyweds are also a key factor behind the baby boom. The government pays 100,000 drams ($270) for a first and second child born in every family in addition to a one-off payment of 300,000 drams made to a newlywed couple. Families having a third child get 500,000 drams from the state.

“Judging from the indicators of the first seven months of 2009, the results of our policy have been satisfactory,” said Samvel Dadayan, head of the family department at the Karabakh Ministry of Social Security.

Official statistics show the number of marriages in the Armenian-populated region nearly doubling in the first half of 2009 after reaching the highest level in 20 years in 2008. The authorities in Stepanakert also reported a 29 percent drop in divorces during the same period.

http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/1804206.html

[Rubo]

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Ha I'm not surprised.

[Federate]

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Three New Kindergartens Slated for Karabakh
[ 2009/08/19 | 14:20 ] Nagorno Karabakh society
Anahit Danielyan

The NKR government has given a tentative go-ahead to opening three new kindergartens in the country. The school proposal was made by Vladik Khachatryan, NKR Education and Science Minister.

If implemented, the decision will call for the construction of one new kindergarten in Stepanakert, Martuni and Martakert. With the addition of the three kindergartens, the number of such schools operating in the country will rise to twenty-four. There were only five public kindergartens operating in the country in 2007.

There are also private kindergartens in the NKR, run by the Armenian Evangelical Society and the Armenian Relief Union.

http://hetq.am/en/society/arcakh-12/

[Federate]

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Great news! The importance of IT development cannot be understated.
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Internet Usage Up 84% in Karabakh
[ 2009/08/19 | 14:49 ] Nagorno Karabakh technologies
Anahit Danielyan

The NKR National Statistics Agency reports that the number of internet users in the country has risen sharply over the past year. As of July 1, 2009, there are 4,674 internet users registered in Karabakh of which 4,053 are registered as apartment consumers. As of July 1, 2008, those with apartment internet service totaled 2,531.

Those with fixed telephone service also increased. As of July 1, 2009 there were 24,081 with fixed telephone lines; up from 21,864 over last year. There were 48,145 with cell phone service as of July 1, 2009 and 32,379 last year.

http://hetq.am/en/karabakh/nkr-internet/

[Anoush]

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Yeah I wish I was Kirk Kirkorian... for every couple who had 5 babies I would've given them one million US dollars. Giving them every incentive possible

Mind you Kirkorian did a great deal for our Republic, he really is a saintly patriotic man. May he live to be over 100+ years old. He's good.

[Anoush]

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That's good news, I just wish we had 1,306 babies born everyday,
then we would be in good shape

Yeah Icy get busy and make eight babies and send the four to Artsakh.

This is real cool Federate, thank you for the good news.

Now wouldn't it be nice if every couple had at least 4 babies? They can also have fun while at it.

Seriously this is great news. It made me happy.

[Federate]

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That's good news, I just wish we had 1,306 babies born everyday,
then we would be in good shape

Then get to work, Icy!

Artsakh's in for a baby boom in the coming year, 700 couples held a mass wedding last year and there's monetary incentives for each child they bring.