ArmInfo. On the sidelines of the Biodiversity Leaders Summit, Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Ani Avetisyan met with James Kinyasi Miliya, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation of Tanzania.
ArmInfo. Following the signing of documents in the United States last August, significant opportunities have opened up for Armenia. Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Armenia Asatur Vardanyan stated this during a briefing with journalists on October 16 on the sidelines of the international Mining Armenia Forum.
ArmInfo. Prospects for expanding investment cooperation in the green economy, energy, and infrastructure development in Armenia with the participation of the EU were discussed at a meeting in Yerevan between Deputy Minister of Finance of Armenia Edgar Mkrtchyan, Deputy Head of Mission of the Italian Embassy in Armenia Andrea Peduto, and Head of Western Balkans and Eastern Neighborhood at the Italian Development Bank Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), Lucia Bonelli.
ArmInfo. Together with its partners, IDBank will participate in the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17), where it will present a number of key initiatives focused on green transformation, digital ecosystems, and biodiversity conservation.
ArmInfo. The Armenian insurance company "LIGA Insurance" took part in the annual international conference of GRAWE Group, which was held in the city of Postojna (Slovenia). At the event, the company was officially introduced to its international partners as a new full member of this prestigious international financial group.
ArmInfo. In the Armenian insurance market, the loss ratio for compulsory motor third-party liability insurance (CMTPLI) decreased slightly in January-September 2026, to 74.5% from 75.2% for the same period in 2025. This is observed against the backdrop of an acceleration in the annual growth of the number of active contracts from 8.1% to 10%, a subtle slowdown in the growth of insurance premiums from 17.8% to 17.2%, and a noticeable acceleration in the growth of compensation from 8.3% to 18.1%.
ArmInfo. Armenia's metallurgical industry significantly increased production volumes in January-August 2026, growing by 43.3% year-on-year (compared to a 7% decline a year ago). According to the RA Statistics Committee, this dynamic was largely driven by the transition from a downward trend in copper concentrate production, the dominant segment, to double-digit growth, as well as improved performance in other metallurgical products, with the exception of ferromolybdenum, which continues to decline.
ArmInfo. Armenia's trade sector slowed its annual growth from 3.9% to a nearly stagnant 0.7% in January-August 2026, while maintaining its leading share of GDP at 4.4 trillion drams ($11.8 billion). According to the RA Statistics Committee, in August alone, trade turnover in Armenia grew by 1.3% (almost the same as a year ago - 1.2%), amounting to 620.1 billion drams ($1.7 billion).
ArmInfo. Construction of the Kars-Iğdır-Aralyk railway line continues in Turkey. This was announced by Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu at the "Turkey Centennial Summit in Transport and Infrastructure," organized by Albayrak Media.
ArmInfo. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk, together with Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev, held a meeting of the co-chairs of the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation between Russia and Azerbaijan.
ArmInfo. Rosatom is receiving positive signals from Armenia regarding its proposal to build a new power unit there. This was stated by Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev, according to TASS.
ArmInfo. Nuclear energy is of strategic importance for Armenia. The Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) provides a significant portion of the country's electricity, supplying 30-40% of its energy resources. This was stated by Eduard Martirosyan, Director General of the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant (MNPP), during his speech at the "3+3" platform discussions: Energy Cooperation as a Pillar of Peace and Security in the South Caucasus, held during Russian Energy Week in Moscow.
ArmInfo. Gevorg Mantashyan, Deputy Minister of High-Tech Industry and Artificial Intelligence of Armenia, met with Lucia Bonelli, a representative of the Italian state-owned development finance institution Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), operating under Italian state control, to discuss prospects for expanding cooperation between the two countries in the high-tech sector.
ArmInfo. Armenian Minister of High Technologies and Artificial Intelligence Davit Tadevosyan and World Bank (WB) Country Manager for Armenia Fabrizio Zarcone met in Yerevan to discuss opportunities for developing cooperation in high technology, artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, and telecommunications, as well as the digital transformation of government information systems.
ArmInfo. The Armenian delegation, led by Suren Tovmasyan, Head of the Cadastre Committee, will participate in the 48th session of the Interstate Council on Geodesy, Cartography, Cadastre, and Remote Sensing of the Earth of the CIS Member States in Moscow. The decision to send Tovmasyan was signed by RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the government press service reported.
ArmInfo.During the first half of 2026, the average market price for multi-apartment housing in Yerevan grew by 9.1% year-on-year—a sharp acceleration compared to the modest 0.9% growth recorded during the same period last year—reaching an average of 505,900 drams per square meter.
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