ArmInfo.The profit of the insurance sector of Armenia decreased by 79.2% in 2021 - to 849.4 million drams ($1.8 million), while for  Q4 alone it decreased by  60.1%.  

ArmInfo.On February 14, Ameriabank will start the primary distribution of  a regular tranches of USD and AMD registered, coupon and non-documentary bonds with  issue volumes of $8 million and 3 billion drams. The official website  of the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia reports.

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ArmInfo. In 2021, 36,585 children were born in Armenia, which is 0.6% higher than the indicator of a year ago, while a 1.5% increase was registered in the  two-year context. According to the RA Statistical Committee, the  birth rate per 1,000 inhabitants in the reporting period amounted to  12.4 per thousand, against 12.3% in 2020 and 12.2 per thousand two  years earlier.

ArmInfo.At the February 8, 2022 meeting of the Board, the Central Bank approved a package of by-laws regulating investment-based crowdfunding services  (crowdfunding through the sale of securities). Under these  regulations, investment services providers licensed by the Central  Bank will be able to offer services of a crowdfunding platform  operator to the public.   The official website of the Central Bank of  the Republic of Armenia reports.

ArmInfo.Armenia and Lithuania intend to intensify cooperation in the trade and economic sector.

ArmInfo.U.S. Deputy Ambassador to Armenia Chip Laitinen visited the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant this week and learned about the critical role it plays to  power the country. This is stated on the official Facebook page of  the US Embassy in Armenia.

ArmInfo.The Ministry of Economy of Armenia, with the financing of the Good Governance Fund of the Government of the United Kingdom and with the assistance of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), launched the  Green Growth for SMEs in Armenia project 

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ArmInfo. as of January 1, 2022 The population of Armeniadecreased by 0.08% per annum or 2.3 thousand people, amounting to 2.961 million people. This is evidenced  by the data of the RA Statistical Committee.

ArmInfo. In 2021, 57,472 cases of population migration were registered in Armenia, which is 18% higher than a year ago. This is evidenced by the data of the RA  Statistical Committee.

ArmInfo.In Armenia, the service sector reached a 7.8% growth in 2021 (from a 14.7% decline in 2020), increasing revenue to 1.8 trillion drams ($3.7 billion). This  is evidenced by the data of the RA Statistical Committee, according  to which an upward trend was recorded in all segments, with the  exception of the sector of culture, entertainment and recreation.

ArmInfo. In 2021, the turnover of Armenia`s trade sector totaled AMD 3,900bln ($6.7bln) - a 7.5% increase against a 14% decrease in 2020. 

ArmInfo.RUSAL (SEHK: 486, Moscow Exchange: RUAL), a leading global aluminium producer, announces its operating results for the fourth quarter of 2021 ("4Q21") and for the 12 months ending 31 December 2021 ("12M21"), the press service of the company  reports.

ArmInfo.In 2021, 870,308 tourists visited Armenia, which is 2.4-fold higher than a year ago (against a decline of 80.2% in 2020). But even with such growth, it  was not possible to restore the pre-Covid level of tourist flow.

ArmInfo.Armenia's Parliament, on Wednesday, adopted, at its second reading, a bill on the recipients of compensations for damages caused to servicemen's health  and of servicemen's life insurance indemnities.

ArmInfo. A premier-chaired Cabinet meeting discussed a draft on- budget expenditure programme for 2023-2025. 

ArmInfo. Armenia and Russia intend to expand cooperation in the field of tax and customs administration. This became known following the meeting of Chairman  of the State Revenue Committee of Armenia Rustam Badasyan and  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian  Federation to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin.

ArmInfo.Information and telecommunications technology (ICT) revenue accelerated the y-o-y growth rate from 2.8% to 7.4%, providing a revenue volume of 344.7  billion drams (about $684.3 million).

ArmInfo.The volume of cargo transportation in Armenia in 2021 increased by 15.8% (against an increase of 0.7% in 2020), amounting to 17,243 thousand tons. Of  these, 12,067.2 thousand tons (69.9% of the total volume) fall to  road transport, growing 23.1% by y-o-y terms  (against an increase of  0.9% in 2020). This is evidenced by the data of the RA Statistical  Committee.