ArmInfo. Whether the Armenian authorities will agree to Russia's proposal to build a new nuclear power plant unit will depend on who is in power in the country. Samvel Karapetyan, leader of the "Strong Armenia" bloc, stated this in a conversation with journalists on October 9 after a court hearing.
ArmInfo. On October 9, the European Union (EU) published a regulation on the temporary liberalization of trade in Armenian goods. This was reported on Facebook by Ani Badalyan, spokesperson for the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (MFA).
ArmInfo. From October 5 to 9, a decrease in dollar and ruble transactions was observed on the Armenian interbank currency market, although euro transactions resumed a month later. In particular, the trend in dollar transactions reversed from a 79% increase to a 98% decline, which was also observed in ruble transactions, which reversed from an 18.3% increase to a 25.2% decline.
ArmInfo. Nelli Kocharyan, Director of the Financial Institutions and International Banking Department at Converse Bank, participated in a panel discussion dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Banking Association for Central and Eastern Europe (BACEE) during the Bank Pekao FI Day & 52nd BACEE International Banking Conference held in Warsaw.
ArmInfo. The Universal Health Insurance (UHI) Fund of Armenia, in close cooperation with the European Union (EU), as well as the Ministries of Health of Croatia and Slovenia, will officially launch the EU Twinning program - Supporting the Implementation of Universal Health Insurance Reform in Armenia.
ArmInfo. The Armenian government will allocate 3.5 billion drams to ensure the subsidization of contributions paid into the universal health insurance system. The decision was made at a government meeting on September 17.
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. In Armenia, freight traffic accelerated in January-August 2026 to 6.9% (from 1.1% a year earlier), reaching 11,357,400 tons. This is according to data from the RA Statistics Committee.
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. In Armenia, 7,027 million kWh of electricity was generated in January-August 2026, which is 8% higher than the same period last year (versus a 7.1% increase a year ago).
ArmInfo. Rosatom and representatives of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant have confirmed the safety of operating the plant’s second unit until 2031, TASS reports, citing a statement by the Russian state corporation.
ArmInfo. RA Deputy Minister of Justice Oksana Abrahamyan met with representatives of the World Bank mission, the Ministry's press service reported.
ArmInfo. The name of the 2026 laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Armenia for Global Contribution to High Technologies was announced at a press conference held on October 6. This year, the prize was awarded to Kam Ghaffaryan, the founder and co-founder of IBX, Axiom Space, Intuitive Machines, X-energy, and Quantum Space, an engineer, and businessman.
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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