ArmInfo.  Armenia plans to once again extend the ban on export of some agricultural products. The draft government resolution is posted on the single portal of legal acts.

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ArmInfo. Chairperson of the  Tourism Committee of Armenia Lusine Gevorgyan visited the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry, where she met with her Qatari counterpart, member of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Sheikh Haban bin Ahmed Al Thani.

ArmInfo. The Central Bank of Armenia once again considered it appropriate to keep the refinancing rate at 6.75%. This decision was made on May 6 at a meeting of the Board of  the Central Bank of Armenia.

ArmInfo.  The entry and exit of freight vehicles at the Gogavan-Guguti checkpoint on the Armenian-Georgian border has been temporarily suspended. This was stated in a statement by the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia.

ArmInfo. The Armenia-Iran Cooperation Development Fund has developed the <Syunik: Economic Hub  of the South Caucasus> program, which was presented at the Ministry of Economy of Armenia.

ArmInfo.A meeting was held under the leadership of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to discuss the progress  of the state support program for providing affordable housing to families in border settlements of the Republic of Armenia for 2022-2025.

ArmInfo. The State Revenue Committee (SRC) of the Republic of Armenia reported that in January-April 2025,  they provided 948.7 billion drams in tax revenues and state duties. 

ArmInfo.  Compared to January-April of last year, tax revenues to the state budget in January-April 2025 increased by 14.5% or 120 billion drams. This was posted on Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's Facebook page.   Pashinyan noted.  

ArmInfo. Armenian music lovers are in for an extraordinary cultural experience sponsored by AraratBank, as the internationally acclaimed Belgian band Hooverphonic takes the stage at the Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall on May 7th to celebrate the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra's 100th anniversary.

ArmInfo.  Over the past six years, life in Armenia has become more expensive than the minimum pension has increased. This was written on his Facebook page by the leader of the "Country for Life" party Mesrop Arakelyan.

ArmInfo. The Armenian authorities want to create an effective system for protecting consumer rights and the necessary environment for the development of fair competition and  entrepreneurship in the domestic market of the republic. The  Committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia on Economic Affairs at an extraordinary session on May 5 issued a positive conclusion on the amendments to the Law "On the Protection of Economic Competition" and a package of related laws submitted by the Government of the Republic of Armenia in the first reading.

ArmInfo. The Main Department for Investigation of Economic Crimes and Smuggling of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia continues the investigation of the criminal case initiated against the owners of a number of gas  stations V.K. and N.G., as well as a group of individuals for  non-payment of taxes on an especially large scale.

ArmInfo.  On May 2, RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visited the Lori region  to familiarize himself with both completed and ongoing programs.

ArmInfo.  Dollar transactions resumed on the Armenian interbank foreign exchange market from April 28 to  May 2, 2025 (after a week long absence), while ruble transactions continued to decline. Euro transactions have not been carried out for nearly two months. The downward weekly trend of ruble transactions slowed from 55% to 22.2%. As a result, the total weekly volume of dollar transactions began to exceed ruble transactions by 2 times. In parallel with this, in the intra-bank foreign exchange market for the reporting week (28.04-02.05.25 compared to 21-25.04.25) the purchase  of dollars continued to decline, while sales saw an increase. In euro transactions purchases began to grow while sales growth slowed down, and in ruble transactions   purchases and sales were in decline.  As a result, from  April 28 to  May 2 , 2025, the dram slightly weakened against the dollar - from AMD 389.3 to AMD 389.5/$1, while remaining stable against the euro at AMD 441 /1 EUR, and  the ruble at AMD 4.64 /1RUB. 

ArmInfo. The issuance of $750 million in Eurobonds by Armenia  in March 2025 with an interest rate of 7.1%  indicates that foreign investors perceive the risk associated with the RA to be quite high.

ArmInfo.Such an end was predictable, according to Tigran Jrbashyan, the head of America Management  Advisory. He was referring to the Ministry of Economy of Armenia's announcement that the < Highly Qualified Specialists Engagement Program > has been frozen, and the department is currently reviewing  the amounts paid under this program in recent years.

ArmInfo. Entrepreneurs from Lyon are interested in investing in the real sector of Armenia, as well as in establishing mutually beneficial cooperation. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Economy, citing the results of the meeting of Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan with a delegation  of Lyon entrepreneurs. 

ArmInfo. For  the first 3 months of 2025, Armenia  has spent almost 50 billion drams more than it did for the same period last year. This  information is detailed in the RA Ministry of Finance's bulletin on the execution of the state budget for January-March of this year.  According to the information, during the reporting period, the revenues of the state budget of the Republic of Armenia amounted to 597.4 billion drams, ensuring 102.1%  execution of the indicator projected by the revised program for the first quarter. Compared to the same period last year, the revenues of the state budget increased by 13.8% or about 72.4 billion drams.

ArmInfo.  The Ministry of Finance of Armenia has introduced a new draft law , which includes a provision that loans issued under government guarantees will not be considered as part of the government debt. Vahe  Hovhannisyan, the head of the department, made this announcement during a press conference in response to a question from Arminfo.   to reflect globally recognized definitions,> he noted.