ArmInfo. Armenia is negotiating with Gazprom subsidiary "Gazprom" to develop fixed-pricing mechanisms for gas for a period of 10 years in case the  company declares a tariff increase. This was announced on Saturday by  Chairman of the Commission for the Regulation of Public Services  Garegin Baghramyan.

ArmInfo.  In the currency interbank of Armenia for the first 8 working days of 2020 (for January 8-10 and 13-17), a total of $ 31.6 million transactions were  made, which exceeds the volumes of the same period a year ago ($  21.079 million for 8-11 and 14- January 18, 2019).

ArmInfo.  The Union of Banks of Armenia (UBA) summed up the results of the previously announced competition "Best Financial and Banking Publication of the Year", in which the selection was carried out from 50 submitted materials.

ArmInfo. VTB Bank (Armenia) leads in the number of ATMs and holds the lead in terms of coverage of the branch network. According to the press service of the bank,  according to the results of 2019, VTB Bank (Armenia) had 188 ATMs, of  which 88 were installed in the capital, and 100 in the regions of  Armenia. And today another ATM is used, which is installed on the  territory of MegaMall Armenia.

ArmInfo. Armenian President Armen Sarkissian, as part of a working visit to the United Arab Emirates, met with Minister of State of the United Arab Emirates,  co-chair of the Armenian-Emirate intergovernmental commission, Ahmed  Ali Al Sayegh.

ArmInfo. Gazprom Armenia  CJSC does not exclude the possibility of applying to the Public  Services Regulatory Commission with a request to review gas tariffs. 

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ArmInfo. Subsidizing programs for the development of the social and economic  infrastructure of the Armenian communities provides for the  application of effective and modern solutions. Deputy Prime Minister  Tigran Avinyan announced this at the first meeting of the interagency  subsidy assessment committee this year.

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ArmInfo.Armenia will join the Marrakesh agreement on facilitating access for the blind and people with disabilities to print information. At the meeting of  January 16, the RA Government approved the draft of the relevant law,  which will be submitted for ratification to the National Assembly in  the established manner.

ArmInfo. Rating-Agentur Expert RA confirmed the  sovereign government credit rating (SGC) of Armenia at 'BB-'  (Sufficient level of creditworthiness of the government) in national  currency and at 'BB-' (Sufficient level of creditworthiness of the  government) in foreign currency.

ArmInfo.HSBC has announced the appointment of Irina Seylanyan as Chief Executive Officer Designate of HSBC Bank Armenia cjsc, with effect from 2 March 2020. The appointment is subject to regulatory registration. Irina succeeds Paul Edgar, who will take up a new role outside HSBC Armenia.

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ArmInfo. Nicola International Armenia LLC will invest 1.6 billion drams in the  expansion of production. At the January 16 meeting, the Government of  the Republic of Armenia approved the application of the company to  exempt it from customs payments for imported equipment and raw  materials.

ArmInfo.Revenues of the communication field of Armenia in January-November 2019 amounted to 134.3 billion drams, having increased in y-o-y terms by 0.9% (against  growth by 0.8% a year earlier). According to the RA Statistical  Committee, the telecommunications segment, which dominates the  communications sector (90.2%), provided revenue of 121.1 billion  drams, having reduced it by 2.6% per annum (against the growth by  0.5% a year earlier).

ArmInfo. The volume of cargo transportation in Armenia in January-November 2019 compared to the same period in 2018 decreased by 50.7% - up to 13,272.8 thousand  tons. Of these, 8 707.5 thousand tons (65.6% of the total) accounted  for road transport, which decreased by 61.5% y-o-y. This is evidenced  by the data of the Statistical Committee of RA.

ArmInfo. In January-November 2019, Armenia increased the production of all alcoholic beverages produced in the country, in particular brandy, wine (including  sparkling wine), beer, vodka and whiskey. Whereas a year earlier over  the same period, production growth was registered only in the  production of brandy and beer.