Central Bank of Armenia announces bank details for donating funds to the All-Armenian Fund Monday, September 28 2020
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 ArmInfo.The Central Bank of Armenia provides bank details for donating funds to the All-Armenian Fund. Information about this is posted on the website of the Central Bank of the RA. |
ArmInfo.The holding of the EAEU Intergovernmental Council on October 9 in Yerevan remains in force, but the format is still being worked out. On September 28, assistant to the chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Iya Malkina announced this on her Facebook page.
ArmInfo. By order of the head of the Food Safety Inspection Body of Armenia, during the last two weeks of September, state control actions were carried out on the alcoholic beverages market.
ArmInfo.The volume of dollar transactions in the foreign exchange interbank of Armenia from September 22 to September 25, 2020, decreased by 34.8%, after growing by 55.6% in the previous week (September 14-18). At the same time, in the intrabank foreign exchange market during the reporting week, dollar-denominated transactions went into decline, in euro transactions, purchases fell into recession amid a slowdown in sales growth, and in ruble transactions, the growth in purchases slowed down while sales entered growth. The exchange currency platform continues to be idle. As a result, from September 22 to 25, the dram continued to revaluate against the dollar - from 485.5 to 485 AMD / $ 1, maintaining the same trend towards the euro - from 575.5 to 565.5 AMD / 1 EUR, while intending to revalue against the ruble - from 6.5 to 6.3 AMD/ 1 RUB. A year earlier, as of September 25, 2019, the AMD exchange rate against the dollar was 476 AMD / $ 1, against the euro - 523 AMD / 1 EUR, and against the ruble - 7.5 AMD / 1 RUB, which, in comparison with the current exchange rates, indicates the y-o-y devaluation of the AMD against the dollar and euro, in case of revaluation against the ruble.
ArmInfo. ARARATBANK announced rebranding, marking the beginning of a new historical stage, for the bank itself, in particular, and the entire banking system of Armenia in general. Symbolically, the event was organized at the height of 2851 meters above sea level, on the top of Mount Teghenis, which offers an incredible view of the biblical Mount Ararat, Lake Sevan, Mount Arai Ler, Geghama Range and 4 peaks of Mount Aragats.
ArmInfo.The Bureau of Auto Insurers of Armenia celebrates its 10th anniversary in September. By that date, the Bureau issued a progress report and presented in figures the achievements on the main indicators. As ArmInfo was told in the press service of the Bu Armenian Motor Insurers' Bureau, the Bureau's long-term plans include membership in the international Green Card system and broad cooperation within the framework of the CIS countries. In the medium term, it is planned to liberalize insurance premiums either with the establishment of maximum and minimum thresholds, or without the need for them.
ArmInfo. In Armenia, the share of electronic CMTPL (e- CMTPL) certificates of insurance in the total number of contracts increased 3-fold by August 2020 - up to 13% from 4% a year earlier.
ArmInfo. According to the data of the Customs Service, the supply of liquefied gas to Armenia increased 2.1-fold on an annualized basis (against growth by 74.9% a year earlier) to 20,463.1 tons, with an increase in customs value by 77.5% to $ 7.5 million.
ArmInfo. Armenia increased supplies of natural gas from Russia in the first half of 2020 by 3.3% - up to 1,050,062 thousand cubic meters, against an increase of 8.1% a year earlier over the same period. According to the RA Customs Service, imports in value terms also increased by 3.3% to $ 173.2 million. At the same time, supplies of natural gas from Iran increased significantly - 2.3-fold (against an increase of 39.5%) to 275,166.2 thousand cubic meters, having increased in value terms - by 84.2% to $ 45.4 million.
ArmInfo.As part of the CyHub Armenia initiative, run by the Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF), a number of webinars will be held, one of the guests of which will be Ryan Kazanciyan an international cybersecurity expert, Facebook security engineer and technical consultant for the Mr. Robot
ArmInfo. An engineering and scientific center of applied sciences will be established in Armenia. Government
ArmInfo. In August 2020, 327 transactions for the purchase and sale of real estate were made in Armenia by foreigners, which is 9.4% higher than the July indicator. At the same time, of the total number of transactions, only 100 accounted for acquisition.
ArmInfo.n Armenia, real estate transactions are on the rise despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Head of the State Committee for Real Estate Cadastre of Armenia Suren Tovmasyan said this at a press conference on September 23.
 ArmInfo. A more impressive decline in imports compared to exports reduced Armenia's foreign trade deficit in January-August 2020 by 18% per annum. At the same time, in August 2020 alone, the growth of this indicator accelerated to 13% from 7% in July, against the background of a more accelerated growth of imports than exports. And in August 2020, compared to August 2019, the foreign trade deficit decreased by 5% as a result of an almost equal decline in exports and imports.  ArmInfo.During the period of the state of emergency declared in the country due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, Armenia significantly increased imports of wheat, barley and buckwheat. |
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