ArmInfo. The net flow of total foreign investment in the real sector of the Armenian economy decreased in January-March 2025 by 14.3% year-on-year, to positive $98.1 million (38.4 billion drams) from positive $114 million (44.8 billion drams). At the same time, the net flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) went from negative $73.3 million (28.8 billion drams) to positive $14.6 million (5.7 billion drams), increasing 2.2 times year-on-year. This is evidenced by the data of the RA Statistical Committee, indicated as a net flow, meaning the difference between attracted and repaid foreign investments.

ArmInfo. RA President Vahagn Khachaturyan signed a package of laws aimed at nationalizing Electric Networks of Armenia CJSC.

ArmInfo.  In a global sense, it is not obvious how risk management will be carried out in crypto transfers. This was stated by Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia Armen Nurbekyan during a panel discussion on the topic "The  financial future of Armenia: banks, fintech and web3 - to fight or to combine?", which was held as part of Tech Week Vanadzor-2025.

ArmInfo.  Chairman of the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia Eduard Hakobyan and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Oriental Republic  of Uruguay to Armenia Silvana Lesca Barolin discussed the  possibilities of increasing the volume of mutual trade turnover  between the two countries.

ArmInfo. Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan took part in the regular meeting of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission yesterday.

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ArmInfo.  On July 8, RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received the visiting delegation of the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank  Board of Governors, led by the  Bank's President Serhat Koksal.

ArmInfo. On July 8, RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visited the Hrazdan community in the Kotayk region, where the launch of the Solid Municipal Waste Management project for Kotayk and Gegharkunik regions took place.

ArmInfo.  Compared to neighboring countries in the region, the production segment of Armenian IT is quite developed. This was stated by Aram Kocharyan, co-founder and director of Layerswap, in an interview with an ArmInfo correspondent  on the sidelines of Tech Week Vanadzor-2025.

ArmInfo. Another large-scale parade of searches has begun in Armenia. This was announced to journalists on July 8 by lawyer Aram Vardevanyan.

ArmInfo. AraratBank participated in the UN Women regional workshop titled “Workshop – WEPs Exchange: Developing the capacity of private sector to implement WEPs."

ArmInfo. Since the beginning of summer and as of July 7, 1,507 trucks with apricots have left Armenia for Russia. This was written on his Facebook page by Economy Minister  Gevorg Papoyan.

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ArmInfo. For the past three days, Vanadzor has brought together the Armenian high-tech community on one platform, thereby securing its place in the country's technological agenda. From July 4 to 6, the largest IT event, TechWeek 2025, took place in the heart of the Lori region traditionally outside the capital.

ArmInfo. In Q1 2025, the unemployment rate in Armenia decreased to 13.9% from 15.5%  in the same period of 2024, as evidenced by the data of the RA Statistical Committee.

ArmInfo. Moody's Ratings has upgraded Converse Bank CJSC's long-term local and foreign currency bank deposit ratings to Ba3 from B1, aligning the Bank’s rating with Armenia’s sovereign rating.

ArmInfo.  From January to May 2025, Armenia's industrial sector experienced a significant decline of 14.1%  (compared to a 22% growth for the same period the previous year), resulting in a total volume of more than 1 trillion drams (over $2.6 billion). In May alone, industrial production grew by 2.9% to 218.6 billion drams ($565.4 million), as evidenced by data from the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia.

ArmInfo.  In Armenia, power generation in January-May 2025 accelerated in annual growth from 3% to 3.6%, amounting to 3,992.9 million kWh. However, in May alone, power generation decreased by 7% - to 659.3 million kWh, as evidenced by data from the RA Statistical Committee.

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ArmInfo. The State Revenue Committee (SRC) of Armenia proposes to defer the payment of environmental tax,  road tax and state duty paid at land checkpoints upon entry of  vehicles across the state border. The corresponding initiative is  posted on the single portal of legal acts.