ArmInfo. The forecast 6.5%  economic growth is most unlikely to be recorded, Armenia`s Minister of Finance Tigran Khachatryan stated in response to an MP`s question.   Babken Tunyan, an MP of the Civil Contract faction, noted lower  economic growth rates over the last few months. Cumulative economic  growth of 5.2% was recorded this Jan-July, 4.7% this Jan-Aug and 4.4%  this Jan-Sept. 

ArmInfo.On the occasion of the completion of modernization project and extension of the operation life of the 2nd nuclear reactor of the Armenian nuclear-power plant (NPP), Alexey Likhachev, General Director of the Rosatom state corporation, visited  the Armenian NPP on November 16, the Rosatom oofficial ebsite  reports. 

ArmInfo.Armenia`s government will allocated 9.8% of the 2022 state budget expenditures to serve the government debt, Minister of Finance Tigran Khachatryan stated in Parliament in introducing the 2022 draft budget. 

ArmInfo.The second reactor of the Armenian nuclear power plant (NPP) will be connected to Armenia`s power grid on November 17. This is the longest and most important planned maintenance. In an interview with ArmInfo, Ashot Martirosyan,  Chairman of the Nuclear Safety Committee, RA Government, told about  the work to extend the Armenian NPP`s operation life until 2026. 

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ArmInfo.The borrowed funds next year will be used exclusively to finance capital expenditures for development, Armenian Minister of Finance Tigran Khachatryan said  on November 17 in parliament presenting the draft law "On the state  budget of the RA for 2022"

ArmInfo.The National Assembly of Armenia on November 17 in the second and final reading adopted the government's bill on the gradual abolition of the income tax refund  system on mortgage loans in Yerevan.

ArmInfo. The RA Ministry of Economy and the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) have signed the Country Programme for Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development for 2022-2026, RA Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan reported on his Facebook page. 

ArmInfo.Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan received the representatives of ServiceTitan, Vineti, Robomart, Krisp, SuperAnnotate, Podcastle companies operating  in the field of information technologies, the press service of the  Premier reports.

ArmInfo.From February 2022, part of the energy market in Armenia will be liberalized. This was stated by the Chairman of the Public Services Regulatory Commission  Garegin Baghramyan on November 16 at a meeting in the National  Assembly, answering a question about the fate of small hydroelectric  power plants.

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ArmInfo.An Agreement on "Technical and Economic Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People's Republic of  China" was signed at the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

ArmInfo. Armenian Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan and California State Senator Anthony Portantino, representing Senate District 25, discussed today the  possibilities of expanding economic cooperation between Armenia and  California. Head of the RA Economic Department Vahan Kerobyan  announced this on his Facebook page.

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and World Bank (WB) Vice-President for Europe and Central Asia  Anna Bjerde discussed the prospects for  further cooperation on November 15.

ArmInfo. On November 15, Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Mher Grigoryan received Vice President of the World Bank (WB) for Europe and Central Asia Anna Bjerde.

ArmInfo.Armenia`s Minister of Finance Tigran Khachatryan and Mr Stefan Kloetzli, Swiss Charg‚ d'affaires in Armenia, have signed a memorandum abolishing dueal  income and property taxation between Armenia and Switzerland. 

ArmInfo. Iranian Ambassador to Armenia Abbas Badakhshan Zohouri, at his meeting with the Board of Directors of the Tehran Stock Exchange in Yerevan, spoke of growing  Armenian-Iranian trade turnover, IRNA reports.  The bilateral annual  trade turnover could in the near future be brought from the current  $400mln up to $1bln, the ambassador said. 

ArmInfo.Converse Bank has started private sector financing in cooperation with the European Investment Bank.

ArmInfo. ACBA Bank has completed a major public placement of shares to the amount of AMD 7.5bln, with the resulting number of share-holders exceeding 5,200  and the bank showing the leading figures, the bank's press service  told ArmInfo. The issue commenced this September, with 500,000 shares  offered and 5,639 bids recorded.