ArmInfo. The first shipment of Kazakh grain will soon arrive in Armenia via the  Aktau-Baku railway, as announced by Armenian Economy Minister Gevorg  Papoyan  on his Facebook page.

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ArmInfo.  The Koreez intellectual competition, organized in technological partnership with  Team Telecom Armenia, has concluded. This year, approximately 25,000  schoolchildren from various schools across the Republic of Armenia  participated in the competition, which was based on school curricula  and specially selected topics.

ArmInfo.  The Government of the Republic of Armenia has officially appealed to the  Government of the Russian Federation to change the duration of stay  for truck drivers of Armenian transport companies'  s stated by RA  Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan in the National Assembly on  October 21.

ArmInfo. The Black Sea region has always been a crossroads of civilizations, trade, and  geopolitical interests, serving as an important link between Europe,  the South Caucasus, and Central Asia.

ArmInfo. The active lending in the Armenian banking sector is driving double-digit growth  in net profit. According to the Express Ranking of Armenian Banks as  of September 30, 2025, prepared by ArmInfo Investment Company, credit  investments and other loans saw a year-on-year increase from 22% to  26.2%. This growth allowed net profit to continue its double-digit  growth, although at a slower pace, going from 25% to 15%. The total  volume of  credit investments and other loans reached 7.3 trillion  drams ($19 billion), resulting in a net profit of 308 billion drams  ($805 million) for the nine month reporting period.

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ArmInfo.  Vassilis Maragos, Head of the EU Delegation, the EU Ambassadors, familiarized themselves with the projects being implemented in southern Armenia as  part of the "Resilient Syunik Team Europe Initiative."

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ArmInfo.  Cargo carriers in Armenia are holding another protest  demanding a  resolution to the situation that has arisen following the  implementation of the Russian Federation's Federal Law on the Legal  Status of Foreign Citizens. According to the law, citizens of visa-  free countries entering Russia for purposes other than employment  (i.e., without a corresponding stamp on their immigration card) may  stay in the country for up to 90 days within a 180-day period. This  restriction also applies to drivers involved in cargo and passenger  transportation, even though they are actually performing work duties.  Violations of the law will result in drivers being banned from  entering the Russian Federation for a period of 3 to 10 years.

ArmInfo.  The Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of the Republic of  Armenia, in cooperation with the Astana Diplomatic Club, held a final  roundtable discussion on the prospects for developing the  Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran-Armenia logistics route.

ArmInfo.  On October 16, Ambassador Narek Mkrtchyan met with Congressman Pat Harrigan.

ArmInfo.  Armenian farmers have harvested 205,000 tons of grapes to date, Armenian Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan wrote on his Facebook account. 

ArmInfo.The IMF team and the Armenian authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on policies for the completion of the sixth review under the three-year  SBA as well as for a new 36-month, SDR 128.8 million (about US$175  million) SBA, which will continue to support Armenia's economic  reform program.

ArmInfo. From October 13-17, 2025, dollar transactions in Armenia's interbank foreign exchange market increased, while ruble transactions grew by  double-digits.  

ArmInfo.The United Kingdom is willing to enhance collaboration with Armenia, elevating economic and investment cooperation to a new level, as stated by the  British Ambassador to Armenia, Alexandra Pamela Cole, during a  meeting with RA Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan.

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ArmInfo.On October 17, 2025, IDBank placed registered coupon bonds under the abbreviation AMANLBBM3ER4 through a public offering on the following terms: 

ArmInfo.Over the past 2-3 years, a growing interest in Armenia's investment environment  has been observed, as stated by Hovsep Patvakanyan, Chairman of the Investment Council of the European Bank for Reconstruction and  Development (EBRD), in response to a question from an ArmInfo  correspondent on the sidelines of the International Trade and  Investment Forum (ITIF) on October 17.

ArmInfo. The Central Bank of Armenia informs informs that the Central Bank of Armenia has not granted the mentioned company any license to conduct financial activities. Therefore, this company operates outside the scope of supervision of  the Central Bank of Armenia, as noted  in a statement by the Central  Bank of Armenia.