ArmInfo. According to the results of the implementation of the program for the construction of the 3rd high-voltage power line of Iran-Armenia, the amount of electricity exported from Armenia to Iran from the current 300 MW will reach 1,400 MW, (previously announced a figure of 1,000 MW, ed.). This was announced at the meeting of the Minister of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources of Armenia Ashot Manukyan with Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian on February 27 in Yerevan.

ArmInfo. The total amount of investments (capital investments - ed.) in the Armenian economy in 2017, taking into account various sources of financing, including state, loan and grant, amounted to $ 856.5 million. According to the report posted on the official website of the RA government , in addition to this amount, another $ 170.9 million were invested in the economy as part of regional development programs.

ArmInfo. Electricity  production in Armenia in January 2018 amounted to 830 million kWh,  with an annual growth of 7%, against a growth of 13.6% a year  earlier.

ArmInfo. Representatives of  the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) with the head of  the US Ministry of Finance discussed prospects of concluding a new  Agreement on avoidance of double taxation with Armenia 

ArmInfo. On February 27,  Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan received the Iranian  delegation headed by Iranian Energy Minister, co-chairman of the  Armenian-Iranian intergovernmental commission Reza Ardakanian.

ArmInfo.  Minister of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources of Armenia Ashot Manukyan does not currently see any obstacles to the large-scale development of the Armenian-Iranian relations.

ArmInfo. The Minister of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources of the Republic of Armenia Ashot Manukyan received the head of development programs of Global Contour company Ralph Novak and Director of JSC Contour Global Hydrocascade Ara Hovsepyan on February 22.

ArmInfo. The Minister of Energy  Infrastructures and Natural Resources of Armenia Ashot Manukyan and  the regional director of the Spanish company "CBSA" Cobra Alejandro  Rodrigo discussed promising cooperation programs on February 16.

ArmInfo. Shnokh  hydroelectric power station will be of great importance for Armenia's  energy system. On January 13, Deputy Minister of Energy  Infrastructures and Natural Resources Hayk Harutyunyan stated at the  press conference in Yerevan, responding to the question of ArmInfo.

ArmInfo. In the coming  weeks, Armenia will be visited by a delegation from Iran, with which  the project of construction of the Meghri hydroelectric power station  on the border of the Araks River will be discussed. On February 13,  Deputy Minister of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources Hayk  Harutyunyan stated at the press conference in Yerevan, answering the  question of ArmInfo.

ArmInfo. In 2018, 7 new  small hydroelectric power stations with a total installed capacity of  21 MW will be built in Armenia. On February 13, Deputy Minister of  Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources Hayk Harutyunyan said  during a meeting with journalists.

ArmInfo. In the near future, Iran will visit Armenia, which together with its Armenian partners intends to bring the program of construction of the near-boundary hydroelectric power station on the Araks River to the final view. The Iranian Ambassador to Armenia Seyed Kazem Sadjadi stated this on February 12 in a conversation with journalists.

ArmInfo. The list of the largest taxpayers of Armenia in 2017 continues to be headed by Gazprom Armenia (the former ArmRosgazprom), paying 39.7 billion USD to the state treasury or $ 82 million (with an annual decline of 6.4%), of which 181.1 million AMD - on customs duties, 6.9 billion AMD - on direct taxes (including income tax, income tax), 34.9 billion AMD - on indirect taxes (including VAT, excise tax).

ArmInfo. Energy is the most key and dynamically developing sphere of the Artsakh economy. The State Minister of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Araik Harutyunyan stated this in a conversation with the ArmInfo correspondent.

ArmInfo.Armenia plans to build  about a dozen small and medium- sized reservoirs. Projects are ready,  business for small - for search of investors. And to motivate them,  as the head of the State Water Management Committee of Armenia Arsen  Harutyunyan stated, when answering ArmInfo's question, the government  developed a special "bonus" system for future investors.

ArmInfo. The Minister of  Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources of the Republic of  Armenia Ashot Manukyan received the delegation of the international  rating organization Moody`s (Moody`s Investors Services), headed by  the vice-president of the structure Martin Petch.

ArmInfo. Electricity generation in Armenia in 2017 amounted to 7,762.9 million kWh, with an annual growth of 6.1%, and only in December a decline of 12.1% to 825.5 million kWh.

ArmInfo.The European Union  continues to insist on the early closure of the Armenian nuclear  power plant, since it is impossible even to bring the level of its  security to international standards even by means of modernization.  This January 30 on the margins of the fifth meeting of the Armenia-EU  Subcommittee on Energy, Transport, Ecology, Climate Change and Civil  Defense opened in Yerevan, answering the question of ArmInfo, the  deputy head of the European Union's bilateral relations with the  Eastern Partnership countries Dirk Lorenz told reporters.

ArmInfo. In 2018 a reservoir with a capacity of 12 million cubic meters of water will be put into operation in the Kashatagsky district of Artsakh. Artak Beglaryan, press secretary of the state minister of Artsakh, wrote about this on his Facebook page.

ArmInfo. The multiplicative effect of all implemented and planned investment projects will be gradually manifested and will give a new round of positive social and economic changes, and will strengthen Armenia's image on international platforms as a country where it is comfortable to live, relax and conduct business. The head of the government of Armenia Karen Karapetyan stated in an interview with RIA Novosti.