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ArmInfo. The 9th meeting of the EU-Armenia Subcommittee on Energy, Transport, Environment,  Climate, and Civil Protection took place in Brussels.  The Armenian delegation was led by Armen Simonyan, Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Armenia, and the EU delegation was chaired by Deren Derya, Head of the European External Action Service.

ArmInfo.Cases of fraud have been registered in Armenia involving social networks and messengers promoting "easy money-making" schemes. Individuals are offered high earnings with supposedly no extra effort. In practice, this almost always means one thing: they want to extract information from you that you should never provide.

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ArmInfo.The 22nd international specialized exhibition "CAUCASUS: CONSTRUCTION AND  RENOVATION EXPO 2026" was held in Yerevan, bringing together over 70 organizations from Armenia, Russia, India, Kazakhstan, Estonia, and Iran.  Among the exhibitors was the Russian company Promyshlennik  (founded in 2008), which initially specialized in wholesale supplies of construction equipment before launching its own production facility for monolithic work.

ArmInfo.Armenia's construction industry is rapidly developing, but the sector has become a business. Vahan Soghoyan, chief architect of Cadastral GMC, expressed this opinion in an interview with an ArmInfo correspondent on the sidelines of the "CAUCASUS: CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION EXPO 2026" exhibition.

ArmInfo. Armenia has surplus power and needs to export it, as stated by Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia Vahan Kostanyan at a NA European Integration Committee  meeting on March 23.

ArmInfo.By the end of February 2026, Armenia's public debt had increased by $229 million compared to the end of December 2025, rising from $13.906 billion (381.4 per $) to $14.135 billion (377 per $). However, as of December 31, 2025, Armenia's public debt, according to the Ministry of Finance's final data for 2025, had already reached $14.531 billion (an increase of approximately $1.7 billion, or 13.1% - ed.).

ArmInfo.  Out of the 2.6 billion euros in aid pledged by the European Union to Armenia, 1.496 billion euros has already been allocated, as stated by Deputy Foreign Minister Vahan Kostanyan  at a meeting of the National Assembly  Committee on European Integration on March 23.

ArmInfo. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide a EUR39 million loan to Armenia for the construction of the Yerevan Customs and Logistics Center. At its March 23 meeting, the Committee on Financial, Credit, and Budgetary Affairs of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia approved the draft agreement submitted by the Armenian government for ratification.

ArmInfo. The reduction in Armenia's state budget deficit to GDP ratio from 5.5% to 3.7% recorded in 2025 is a remarkable achievement. This was stated by RA Minister of Finance Vahe Hovhannisyan on March 23 at a meeting of the RA National Assembly Committee on Financial, Credit, and Budgetary  Affairs while presenting a report on the ministry's work in 2025  under the 2021-2025 government program.

ArmInfo. The current digital public procurement platform in Armenia requires modernization. This was stated by RA Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan on March 23  at a meeting of the RA National Assembly Committee on Financial,  Credit, and Budgetary Affairs, during his report on the  implementation of the RA government's 2021-2025 program by 2025.

ArmInfo. AraratBank continues to support the treatment of children fighting cancer and malignant blood diseases through its ongoing collaboration with the foundation across various programs.

ArmInfo. The road from Georgia to Russia through the Upper Lars checkpoint is closed to heavy trucks. The Georgian Roads Department reported this.

ArmInfo. Tashir Capital, which includes Electric Networks of Armenia (ENA) CJSC, is challenging the Public Services Regulatory Commission's decision revoking ENA's electricity transmission license in court on March 21.

ArmInfo.  Armenia plans to introduce a digital system for managing breeding farms and keeping records of breeding stock (PAS). Details of the new system were discussed at a meeting chaired by RA Deputy Minister of Economy  Tatevik Sargsyan.

ArmInfo.Over the past 30 years, labor productivity in Armenia has increased to $5.6 per hour, and in the last eight years alone, it has doubled, reaching $11.7 per hour, as stated by Armenian Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan   at a parliamentary committee meeting on March 20.

ArmInfo.In Armenia's interbank foreign exchange market, transactions involving dollars and rubles saw significant growth from March 16 to 20, 2026, while euro transactions remained stagnant for the third consecutive week. The  increase in dollar transactions slowed slightly from 76.4% to 76%, while ruble transactions accelerated from 2.3 times to 3.4 times. 

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