
ArmInfo.Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's statement that a referendum on membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) will not take place until Armenia applies for EU membership reflects an obvious reluctance to hold such a referendum. This was stated by Russian Security Council Secretary
Sergei Shoigu.

ArmInfo. Aram Jivanyan, Chairman of Armenia's Military- Industrial Complex (MIC) Committee, announced today that his agency has launched a close collaboration with the General Staff of the Armed Forces to systematically inventory the military's most urgent needs. Jivanyan shared the update during a panel discussion at the RISE exhibition and forum.

ArmInfo.Real GDP expanded by 7.2 per cent year on year in 2025 in Armenia, with a broad-based expansion led by construction, ICT and financial services, all of which posted double-digit growth, reads the June 2026 report Regional Economic Prospects in the EBRD Regions.

ArmInfo.AraratBank and the From Simple to Simple financial literacy podcast have launched Simple Talks, a new collaborative series intended to make financial topics easier to understand through practical examples and clear explanations of financial concepts and terminology.

ArmInfo. LIGA Insurance announces the refresh of its brand identity, marking a new stage in the company’s development and the beginning of its international integration process, as the company celebrates 18 years of operation in the Armenian insurance market.

ArmInfo.Intelligent Management Holding, the founder and shareholder of EFES Insurance Company and the Vardanants Innovative Medical Center, has launched the second tranche of bonds worth 3 billion drams, with a yield of 11.7% per annum. Ameriabank, as with the debut issue, is the
underwriter. According to EFES Insurance Company, The public offering began on May 18, 2026, and is scheduled to run through August 31,
2026, or until fully placed.

ArmInfo. The annual inflation rate in Armenia eased slightly to 4.2% in May 2026, down from 4.3% during the same period last year, according to data released by the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia. This modest deceleration was driven by slower year-on- year price growth in food (6.5% vs. 7.2% last year) and services (2.7% vs. 3.1% last year). Conversely, non-food prices rose by 2.1%, reversing a 0.1% decline recorded the previous year.

ArmInfo.In the first four months of 2026, Armenia's state budget revenues reached 1.128 trillion drams. According to the press service of the Ministry of Finance, state budget revenues increased by 13.7%, or 135.7 billion
drams, compared to the same period last year.

ArmInfo. American companies have signed commercial agreements worth more than $8 billion with Azerbaijan, as stated by US Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Caleb Orr.

ArmInfo. Georgia does not rule out Armenia's participation in the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway project and is ready to deepen transit cooperation with Yerevan, as stated by Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze following the opening ceremony of the new BTK railway line.

ArmInfo.Russia has not yet received a response from Armenia to its letter regarding the consequences of the South Caucasian republic's accession to the European Union, as stated by Russian Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev to reporters, according to Interfax.

ArmInfo. Armenia risks losing its nuclear energy competencies if it moves away from Russian nuclear technologies, said Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev in an interview with
Izvestia.

ArmInfo. The first major shipment of next-generation NVIDIA Blackwell graphics processing units (GPUs) has arrived in Armenia for the Firebird AI Data Center currently under construction in Hrazdan, as stated by the press service of the Ministry of High-Tech Industry.

ArmInfo. By decision of the Board, UATE CEO Edita Ghazaryan was unanimously appointed as the organization's Acting Executive Director. Prior to this appointment, Ghazaryan served as Deputy Executive Director of UATE. She assumed the role succeeding Sargis Karapetyan.

ArmInfo. Armenia intends to fully clarify the Real Estate Cadastre by January 1, 2030. At its May 19 meeting, the RA National Assembly Committee on Economic Affairs approved amendments to the laws "On State Registration of Property Rights" and "On Urban Development."

ArmInfo. Reverse mortgage institution will be introduced in Armenia. The RA government approved amendments to the Civil Code and a package of related laws at its April 2 meeting.