Monday, September 1 2025 13:29
ArmInfo. In the banking sector of Armenia, against the backdrop of active consumer lending (growth by 29%), the growth of delinquencies has accelerated sharply - from 6% to a double-digit 39%, taking into account high-risk bad loans. >>>
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Monday, August 25 2025 14:56
ArmInfo. The underperformance of budget programs is alarming, as signaled by experts of the Luys Foundation, who have analyzed the report on the execution of the state budget of the Republic of Armenia for the first half of 2025. Specifically, the execution of such a key program as the , which is implemented under the auspices of the Ministry of High-Tech Industry, is less than 5%. >>>
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Monday, August 18 2025 12:14
ArmInfo. Unresolved logistical problems and the conflict with the Georgian authorities have had a negative impact on brandy production and winemaking, according to economist Suren Parsyan. >>>
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Thursday, August 14 2025 16:11
ArmInfo. The authorities, who lack knowledge of mathematics, confidently discuss the potential billions of dollars in revenue that the road passing through Armenia's Syunik region. Mesrop Arakelyan, co-founder of the "Country to Live" party, wrote this on his Facebook page. >>>
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Tuesday, August 12 2025 17:44
ArmInfo. The economic security component included in the Washington Declaration has been crucial since 2020 in ensuring stability in the region. Armine Margaryan, expert on military-political issues and chairperson of the Center for Women and Global Security Architecture, expressed this viewpoint while referring to the declaration signed by the leaders of Armenia, the United States and Azerbaijan on August 9 in Washington DC. >>>
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Monday, August 11 2025 10:57
ArmInfo. "Trump's route" also has a very clear energy focus, which will inevitably lead to the rupture of Armenian-Russian and Armenian-Iranian energy transport ties. A similar point of view was expressed in his article by energy security expert Vahe Davtyan. >>>
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Friday, August 8 2025 13:16
ArmInfo. Before choosing political names and beautiful packaging, it is very important to understand the substantive consequences. Economist Hayk Farmanyan writes about this, speaking about the expected transfer of control over the Syunik corridor to the United States. >>>
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Wednesday, June 18 2025 10:01
ArmInfo. Recently, a delegation of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), headed by the EEC Minister for Customs Cooperation Ruslan Davydov, visited Armenia. ArmInfo correspondent met with the EEC Minister, asking him to answer a number of questions >>>
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Tuesday, April 29 2025 17:47
ArmInfo. The downwardly revised forecast of the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Armenia's GDP growth at 4-4.5% is quite optimistic. Economist Suren Parsyan shared this opinion in an interview with ArmInfo. >>>
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Wednesday, February 19 2025 16:22
ArmInfo. By implementing universal income declaration, the Armenian authorities are addressing several problems - they streamline the work of law enforcement officers and provide the government with complete oversight of citizens' cash flows, as stated by David Ananyan, PhD in Economics, Director of DSA and former head of the State Revenue Committee of Armenia, in an interview with an ArmInfo correspondent. >>>
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Friday, December 20 2024 15:51
ArmInfo. once said Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the famous Roman Stoic philosopher, poet and statesman To ensure the safety of our hard-earned money, the modern world has come up with a system of guaranteeing bank deposits. >>>
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Monday, December 16 2024 17:07
ArmInfo. The current state of Armenia's nuclear energy sector is similar to a well-known monologue performed by People's Artist of Russia Roman Kartsev: yesterday there were big crayfish, but for five rubles, today there
are smaller crayfish, but for three rubles. After extensive
discussions, the Armenian government has reached a decision on the
capacity and type of the new nuclear power plant. According to RA
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, a political decision has been made to
construct a nuclear power plant with a small modular reactor (SMR).
RA Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Gnel
Sanosyan commented on the Armenian Cabinet's statement, noting that
the plant will have a capacity of 400-600 MW. Based on his
statements, it can be inferred that Armenia intends to build two
power units, as SMR nuclear power plants typically have units with
capacities of up to 300 MW. Meanwhile, experts in the field emphasize
the importance of a robust nuclear energy sector for Armenia, as we
approach the fifth world industrial revolution. >>>
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Friday, November 29 2024 09:01
ArmInfo.Yerevan, November 23, 2024. ArmInfo. The announced withdrawal of the Armenian branch of the prominent international Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), a banking group with British roots, from the domestic market has raised a valid question within the country’s financial community: where will HSBC's clients, particularly its business clientele accustomed to international banking standards since 1996, go? The announcement earlier this year of HSBC Bank Armenia's acquisition by a bank with exclusively Armenian roots brought both reassurance and numerous questions. ArmInfo's Director General and economic observer Emmanuil Mkrtchyan sought to clarify the situation with David Sargsyan, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of Ardshinbank. >>>
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Monday, November 4 2024 18:23
ArmInfo.Yerevan, In late September, the Mining Armenia Forum was held in Armenia, organized by the Union of Miners and Metallurgists of Armenia. The forum was attended by representatives from almost all mining companies in the country, specialists in various fields, environmentalists, representatives from various NGOs, and foreign guests. >>>
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Monday, October 7 2024 12:40
ArmInfo.Armenia's GDP growth by the end of 2024 will be within 5%, but not 7% according to the
approved state budget and not 5.8% expected by the financial authorities in the draft budget for next year, Vardan Aramyan, an international consultant on public finance management and former RA
Finance Minister, stated in an interview with ArmInfo >>>
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Monday, September 9 2024 21:22
ArmInfo.Armenia is one of the regional leaders in the field of contactless QR payments. QR payments were introduced in the country in 2016. We spoke with Arsen Kdenian, Director of Idram, about the current state of QR payments and the future of the sector. >>>
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Thursday, August 8 2024 09:37
ArmInfo. The current government is proud of the tax overfulfillment in Armenia over the past two years. However, already at the end of the first quarter of 2024, the authorities, albeit in a low voice, began to talk about the possible underfulfillment of the target state budget indicator, and by the end of June they officially announced that tax arrears had reached approximately 9%. >>>
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Monday, July 29 2024 22:53
ArmInfo. IDBank regularly speaks about the advantages that privileged service customers enjoy. They are progressively expanding and adapting to international standards. We discussed this with Lida Safaryan, Head of Premium Banking Services, Commercial Director and Vice President of IDBank. >>>
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Monday, July 29 2024 10:31
ArmInfo. So far, two companies have become beneficiaries of the state program to promote the issue of equity (shares) and debt (bonds) securities, as well as passing credit ratings. By the end of 2024, 2-3 more participants may join them. Hasmik Zakaryan, Head of the Department for the Development of Financial Infrastructures of the RA Ministry of Economy, spoke with an ArmInfo about the terms of the state program to promote the development of the capital market, as well as its prospects. >>>
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Tuesday, July 16 2024 13:44
ArmInfo. Armenia cannot do without nuclear energy, Armenia's ex-premier Hrant Bagratyan told ArmInfo. >>>
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