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ArmInfo. We need to return the status of an industrial country in order to successfully implement the new program of the Armenian government. The chairman of the Union of Industrialists and Manufacturers of Armenia, Vazgen Safaryan expressed this opinion, during the press conference on June 28. In this context, he recalled that the government's economic development program adopted the other day envisages an increase in the share of exports in the GDP structure to 40% in five years, but this is impossible to achieve without industrial policy.

ArmInfo. On June 28, at the international airport "Zvartnots" of Yerevan, an official start was given to the route Damascus-Yerevan-Damascus.

ArmInfo. From June 29 to September 15, Anelik Bank intends to place the 4th tranche of its USD-denominated bonds in the amount of $ 5 million. As ArmInfo explained to the press service of the Bank, in the framework of this issue 50 thousand registered non-documentary coupon bonds with a par value of $ 100, yield on the coupon of 5.75%, with a maturity of 2 years, with the frequency of coupon payments every six months.

ArmInfo. The decline in prices for precious metals in Armenia accelerated to 1.4% from 1% a week ago. And, the key role in the negative dynamics was played by palladium, which sharply moved from an upward trend to a downward trend, versus the backdrop of continuing to become cheaper, but at a slower pace, other precious metals.

ArmInfo. The development of extreme tourism in Armenia faces obstacles first due to the absence of cooperation between Armenian insurers and tourism sector entities.  Such an opinion was stated by participants of the meeting arranged on June 7 by the State Committee on Tourism, comprising representatives of tourism development companies, associations, and federations occupied in the field on extreme tourism.

ArmInfo. Share of retail insurance in portfolios of premiums of Armenian insurers on the basis of Q1 2017 was 52.1% (4.96 billion AMD), corporate - 47.9% (4.6 billion AMD).

ArmInfo. The German Government through the German-Armenian Fund (GAF) has provided Armenia 150 million EUR for the implementation of the program "Renewable Energy Assistance", of which 50 million EUR were spent on the restoration of the Vorotan Cascade of HPPs, 64 million EUR for retraining specialists and holding seminars. On June 28, during the presentation to the beneficiaries of the GAF program "Renewable energy assistance" financed by the German bank KfW, German Ambassador to Armenia Matthias Kiesler reported.

ArmInfo. Two sets of the system of industrial anti-seismic protection (SIAS) for the Armenian nuclear power plant will be ready by April 2018. This was reported on the margins of the IX International Forum "ATOMEXPO 2017" held in Moscow Director General of the Armenian Research Institute for the Exploitation of Nuclear Power Plants (Armatom), Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Vahram Petrosyan told ArmInfo.

ArmInfo. The State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition (SCPEC) of Armenia received a complaint about the activities of Telemarket, an online store operating on the television advertising market.

ArmInfo. Within the framework of the Engineering Forum of the exhibition, which took place on June 24 at the Vanadzor Technology Center, the young technology company UAV Lab (Unmanned Aero Vehicle), which began operations on the Armenian market in 2016, unveiled unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

ArmInfo. There  is a need to  implement a unified styling for buildings and constructions roofs  siding in Armenia, Armenian Prime Minister stated during the  Government session.

ArmInfo. Inactive real estate in  Armenia  should be taxed with a progressive tax. The relevant offer  was made by the head of the Armenian Government Karen Karapetyan on  May 18 at the Government session. At the same time, as he noted, the  additional tax burden  should not be applicable to running business