ArmInfo. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) withdrew from the capital of INECOBANK by selling its share (23,002 shares or 12.6%) to the  majority shareholders Avetis Baloyan and Karen Safaryan. This is  evidenced by the information posted on the website of the Central  Bank of the Republic of Armenia on actual changes in the share  capital of INECOBANK.

ArmInfo.  Until the end of March 5, the issue of the transportation of Iranian goods by Armenian wagons through the territory of Georgia will be resolved. The  Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia Tigran Khachatryan  announced this at a government meeting on March 5.

ArmInfo. In 2019, 5,825 kg of gold (including galvanic deposition) was exported from Armenia, which in quantitative terms is 16.3% higher than the y-o-y indicator.  According to the report of the RA Customs Service, the customs value  of exported gold in 2019 increased by 27.4% per annum to $ 223.7  million.

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ArmInfo.Moody's Investors Service international rating company is interested in evaluations of mining enterprises in Armenia. This was announced during a meeting of  Moody's representatives with RA Deputy Minister of Territorial  Administration and Infrastructure Lilia Shushanyan.

ArmInfo. In terms of risks in 2020, the most risky sectors in terms of compliance with the legislation in Armenia are the sales of gasoline and diesel fuel,  liquefied petroleum gas, CNG filling stations, the production of toys  and other goods intended for children and adolescents.

ArmInfo. In 2019, Armenia increased the export of aluminum foil by 15.1% (against the 14.6% decline a year earlier), amounting to a total of about 32.6 thousand  tons.  According to the RA Customs Service, aluminum foil is in the  TOP-10 of the most expensive goods in the export line of Armenia.

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ArmInfo. ArmSwissBank and the Armenian Leasing Company will cooperate in the provision of financial services. The heads of the two structures Gevorg Machanyan and Arsen Bazikyan signed the cooperation agreement yesterday.

ArmInfo.  As of the end of December 2019, the number of labor force in Armenia has increased since April 2018 by 88 thousand people or 16%, amounting to a total  of 629 thousand people. Head of Monitoring, Control, and Tax  Administration of the State Revenue Committee of Armenia (SRC) Karen  Tamazyan announced this during a press conference on March 4.

ArmInfo.Armenia ranks 10th in Trojan attacks on mobile applications in the world, the local representative office of Kaspersky Lab reports. According to the company, in 2019, banking Trojans attacked 0.16% of mobile users in Armenia. In 2018, this  indicator was slightly higher - 0.51%, in 2017 - 0.12%.

ArmInfo. At the March 4 meeting, with a reservation in the second and final reading, the  Armenian parliament voted against the amendments to the law "On  Energy".

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ArmInfo. The prices for precious metals decreased by 0.1% this week, against a 4.3% growth a week earlier, which was caused by a change in the trend of silver and  platinum prices from upward to downward, a slowdown in the growth of  palladium prices amid an accelerated rise in the price of gold.

ArmInfo.The deal announced by the alcohol distributor "Luding" on acquisition of 50% of the Ararat Cognac Factory was canceled, Kommersant newspaper informs. The reason could be an insufficient number of vineyards owned by the enterprise, so  that brandy produced by it could be called Armenian. Recently, the  Armenian authorities have been conducting an audit of the raw  materials base of local manufacturers.

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ArmInfo.As it is known, a program is being implemented at the Armenian  Nuclear Power Plant to extend the life of the second power unit, the  most important component of which is to increase the safety level of   the ANPP.  ArmInfo correspondent Alexander Avanesov's interview with  Ashot Martirosyan, Chairman of the RA Nuclear Security Regulatory  Committee, on the process of the project implementation and other   relevant issues.