ArmInfo. The 12-month inflation has increased significantly since March 2022, reaching 10.3% at the  end of the second quarter, and then, as a result of the implemented monetary policy, it gradually decreased and reached 8.3% at the end of the year. This was stated by the Deputy Governor of the Central  Bank Armen Nurbekyan at May 15 sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs, presenting the annual report on the activity of the RA Central Bank.

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ArmInfo.1,024 real estate purchase and sale transactions were made by foreign citizens in  Armenia, in Q1 2023, which is 2.1% lower than a year ago. Moreover, 9.4% of the total number of transactions were made by foreigners (against 8.6% a year earlier). Usually, the number of foreigners  selling real estate in Armenia prevails over the number of buyers. This is evidenced by the data of the RA State Committee for Real Estate Cadastre.

ArmInfo.The average market value of real estate in multi- apartment buildings in Yerevan in Q1  2023 amounted to 405.2 thousand drams / 1 sq.m., which is higher by 10.6%, than the same period in 2022, with a quarterly growth of 1.8% alone. This is evidenced by the data of the State Committee for Real Estate Cadastre.

ArmInfo. The reputation  of the European Union has significantly improved in Armenia after the EU decided to send an observation mission to Armenia. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview with the Czech "Respekt" magazine. 

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ArmInfo. "We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon," the great German politician Konrad Adenauer said, in a tough discussion with the United States on the issue of restoring Germany destroyed by the WW2 and insisted on canceling the initial scenario of turning it into a country with an agriculture-led economy, forcing the ally to the implement the Marshall Plan, aimed at restoring the infrastructure and industrial power of Germany. 

ArmInfo.Capital investments of $800 million and bringing the capacity of solar plants to 2000 MW  from the existing 400 MW will make solar energy the main source of energy in Armenia. President of New Energy Group, former Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources  of Armenia Hayk Harutyunyan, shares this opinion.

ArmInfo. The Eurasian Development Bank discusses and implements a number of energy projects  in Armenia. Nikolai Podguzov, Chairman of the EDB Management Board stated on May 15 in Almaty on the sidelines of a conference of investors-members of the Association of Development Financing  Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP)in an interview with journalists in response to a question about the Bank's infrastructure projects in the Republic of Armenia.

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ArmInfo.The Eurasian Development Bank is ready to support the project to develop the Amulsar gold  mone. On May 15, in Almaty, on the sidelines of a conference of investors-members of the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP), Chairman of the EDB Nikolai Podguzov said in an interview with journalists, answering a question from ArmInfo.

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ArmInfo.The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic hosted a business forum,  which discussed the development of Armenian-Czech trade, cooperation in investment and business ties.

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ArmInfo. The delegation of the Ministry of Finance of Armenia headed by Deputy Minister of Finance  Arman Poghosyan participated in the experience exchange events,  organized by the  Institute of Chartered Accountants in England &  Wales  (ICAEW) on May 9-12 in London.

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ArmInfo. By the signing of an agreement on the establishment of a free trade zone with Iran, the  EAEU expects to increase the volume of trade from the current $6 billion to $20 billion within 5-7 years, Andrey Slepnev, Minister for Trade of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), said on May 12  during a press conference the format of a Moscow - Minsk - Astana - Bishkek - Yerevan video bridge. "These are quite real numbers," he stressed.