ArmInfo.The establishment of direct Armenian-Turkish trade and economic contacts changes the geo-economic balance. And it is highly important to assess these changes from the point of view of the regional and world powers, each of the South  Caucasus states and all the neighboring states, believes Mr Ara  Karyan, Associate Professor at the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic)  University.  

ArmInfo.The European Bank for Reconstruction and  Development (EBRD) has appointed George Akhalkatsi as the new head of  its Yerevan Resident Office, replacing Dimitri Gvindadze.

ArmInfo.On March 4, the National Assembly of Armenia elected Leon Sahakyan, former Advisor to the NA Speaker Alen Simonyan, as the 5th member of the Board of the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia by secret ballot.  70 out of 107 MPs  took part in the voting, 69 supported the candidacy, 1 voted  "against".

ArmInfo.Armenia is starting field work on the Armenian section of the Yeraskh - Julfa - Ordubad - Meghri - Horadiz railway. The corresponding decision was made on  March 3 at the meeting of the RA government.

ArmInfo.By establishing diplomatic relations with Turkey and opening the borders for Turkish capital, the Armenian leadership will first of all improve the  economy. And on the example of Georgia, I do not at all think that  all this can threaten Armenia with Turkish expansion.  Professor of  the Georgian Technical University, Doctor of International Relations,  conflictologist Amiran Khevtsuriani, expressed a similar opinion to  ArmInfo

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ArmInfo. The structure of Armenia's exports has seriously degraded over the past 20 years. A similar opinion was expressed by  Head of Management Advisory  Services at. Ameria company Tigran Jrbashyan on the air of the First  Channel.

ArmInfo. On January 19, the National Assembly of Armenia elected Hovhannes Khachatryan to the post of Deputy Governor of the Central Bank (CB) of the Republic of Armenia by secret ballot.

ArmInfo.Andranik Grigoryan has been appointed as the CEO of Converse Bank, Chairman of Executive Management.

ArmInfo. About 20 young ARMENAL employees are involved in the New Generation programme by RUSAL. The programme is designed to create conditions for training and unlocking the potential of promising specialists, the company`s press service told  ArmInfo. 

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ArmInfo. Today we are improperly applying the "cradle of winemaking" brand to the Areni community. Minister of Economy of Armenia Vahan Kerobyan expressed  this opinion in an interview to Public Television.

ArmInfo.Converse Bank sends greetings on Knowledge and Education Day and presents a remarkable educational initiative - the Argentinean Center by the Linguistic University after Bryussov.

ArmInfo..In memory of the hero of the 44-day Artsakh war, Chevalier of the Order of the Battle Cross of the 1st degree, the best student of YSU Gevorg Arshakyan, Yerevan State University with the financial support of IDBank announces a competition for the assignment of scholarships after Gevorg Arshakyan.

ArmInfo.The Institute of Economics and Business of the Russian-Armenian University and IDBank signed a memorandum of cooperation, within the framework of which, with the support of the Bank, the master's educational program "Data Analytics" will be developed and implemented.

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ArmInfo. The possibilities of expanding the Armenian-French cooperation in the field of high technologies were discussed during the meeting of acting Minister of  High Technologies of the Republic of Armenia Hayk Chobanyan and  Ambassador of France to Armenia Jonathan Lacote.

ArmInfo. Carolin Geginat is the Country Manager of the World Bank (WB) for Armenia as of July 1, 2021. This is stated in the message of the WB.

ArmInfo.The United States Agency for International  Development (USAID) announced additional funding of $ 2.65 million to strengthen Armenia's  agricultural sector, including more targeted support for women entrepreneurs and the creation  of cooperatives.

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