ArmInfo.  Armenia's insurance sector increased its net profit in Q1 2026 by 77.4% year-on-year (versus 82.3% growth a year ago), reaching AMD 1.4 billion ($3.8 million).  This is the result of the ongoing impact of tariff increases imposed  a year ago, which resulted in an increase in annual premium and claim  growth. This is evidenced by the Financial Rating of Armenian  Insurance Companies as of March 31, 2026, prepared by ArmInfo  Investment Company based on published financial reports and  additional data requested from insurance companies.

ArmInfo. Armenia's gross international reserves (GIR) increased by 41.2% year-on-year or $1.618 billion in April 2026, setting a new record of $5.544 billion,  while in the same period of 2025 the growth was more modest, by 18.8%  or $622.2 million, to $3.926 billion. In March alone, GIR increased  slightly, by 0.4% (or $22.9 million), against a double-digit growth  of 16.5% (or $554.7 million) a year earlier in the same month.

ArmInfo. In his campaign speech at a light industry plant in Artashat, Strong Armenia party board member Narek Karapetyan announced that after winning the upcoming parliamentary elections, the new government will begin implementing a series of economic measures, one of which he named as the need to overcome the country's socio-economic phenomenon – the so-called "poverty trap."

ArmInfo. Karen Alaverdyan, Head of the Department for Accounting and Audit Activities Regulation and Reports Monitoring at the Ministry of  Finance of Armenia, participated in the 20th plenary session of the  International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFAR) in Paris.

ArmInfo.  Armenia is set to overhaul its urban development sector by introducing an institutional framework designed to end "formal" or superficial  technical supervision. Yeghiazar Vardanyan, Chairman of the RA Urban  Development Committee, unveiled the sweeping reforms during a meeting  with construction and technical oversight organizations today on  April 30.

ArmInfo.The Honest Sign labeling system, on behalf of Rospotrebnadzor, has blocked the sale of nearly 1.1 million more bottles of Jermuk mineral water produced in Armenia, as reported by RBC, citing the Rospotrebnadzor press  service.

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ArmInfo. The current situation on the liquefied gas market in Armenia was caused by the closure of the Upper Lars border checkpoint, as announced  by Gegham Gevorgyan, Chairman of the Competition and Consumer  Protection  Commission, during a press-briefing.

ArmInfo. The Bargushat Tunnel in Armenia will be built by a consortium of two French  companies – Vinci Construction Grands Projects and Razel-Bec Sas. At  a meeting on April 30, the Armenian government  officially greenlit a  Memorandum of Understanding between the RA Ministry of Territorial  Administration and Infrastructure and the consortium.

ArmInfo. The construction timelines for nuclear power plants with small modular reactors are much shorter than for traditional units. RA Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan stated this at a briefing on April 30, responding to a  question about the Civil Contract party's election platform, which  stipulates that a construction technology must be selected by the end  of 2027.

ArmInfo. In Armenia, steps have been taken to address the issue of changing the taxation of dividends received by shareholders of commercial banks. On April 30, the Government of the Republic of Armenia approved amendments to the Tax Code and the Law "On State Duty."

ArmInfo. 1.059 billion drams will be allocated to co-finance subvention programs implemented in various regions of Armenia. The decision was made at a government  meeting on April 30.

ArmInfo.  The state will increase support for companies engaged in R&D. The corresponding draft law was approved at a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing  Committee on Economic Affairs.

ArmInfo.  The process of community consolidation will continue in Armenia. At its April 30  meeting, the National Assembly's Committee on Territorial  Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture, and Environmental  Protection issued a positive opinion on the amendments to the Law "On  Administrative-Territorial Division" submitted by the RA government.

ArmInfo.  On April 29, the Armenia-Austria Business Forum was held at the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber in Vienna, bringing together representatives from  the Ministries of Economy of Armenia and Austria, Enterprise Armenia,  and the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, as well as representatives  from approximately a dozen Armenian companies and nearly forty  Austrian companies, providing a dynamic platform for bilateral  business engagement.

ArmInfo.  RA Ambassador to the U.S. Narek Mkrtchyan hosted Matt Haller, President and CEO of the International Franchise Association, at the embassy, along with the  organization's Chief Advocacy Officer, Mike Layman.

ArmInfo. The mathematical knowledge of the ruling power in Armenia is limited to the 5th grade if they believe that, mathematically speaking, creating 300,000 new jobs in 5 years is unrealistic. This was stated today at a press conference by Samvel Karapetyan, the leader of the largest opposition party "Strong Armenia," a renowned businessman and philanthropist.

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ArmInfo. The 15th international seminar, “Faces of Memory: Newest Technologies for Preservation and Restoration of Manuscript and Printed Heritage”, has officially been launched at the Matenadaran, with the co-financing of AraratBank and the support of the RA Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, as well as the Delegation of the European Union to Armenia.

ArmInfo.   Minister of Health Anahit Avanesyan announced on April 29 that there are  currently no initiatives to revise insurance premium amounts for  2027. Speaking at a press conference, the Minister clarified that in  accordance with established procedure, the Ministry submits an annual  report to the National Assembly for the previous year, along with  conclusions for the following year regarding the need to revise the  amount of insurance payments.