ArmInfo.  On August 28, RA Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan received Alexander Subbotin, Minister of Technical Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission.

ArmInfo.  Non-cash transactions have been steadily gaining ground in the Armenian plastic card market, increasing to 60.7% of the total by July 2026 (from 55.8% a  year ago), exceeding AMD 2.3 trillion ($6.3 billion) in absolute  terms in the first half of the year. This is evidenced by data from  the Central Bank of Armenia on transactions made in Armenia and  abroad using cards issued by Armenian banks.

ArmInfo. Construction of a second tunnel bypassing the city of Meghri continues in Armenia. This was announced in a statement by the Road Department Foundation.

ArmInfo. In January-July 2026, economic activity in Armenia remained high. However, in recent months, a gradual slowdown and a deepening imbalance in the growth structure have been observed. This is stated in an analytical report on the socio-economic development of the Armenian economy for January-July 2026, prepared by the LUYS Foundation.

ArmInfo. Armenia will lose up to 25-27% of its exports if it withdraws from free trade agreements with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Anton Sviridenko, Executive Director of the P.A. Stolypin Institute for Growth Economics, told TASS.

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ArmInfo. There are currently no written offers from investors willing to pay $400 million for the Armenian Railway concession. RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this at a briefing on August 27.

ArmInfo. Starting next month, Armenia plans to export up to 40 tons of fresh fruits and vegetables per week to the UAE. The supply agreement was formalized in a memorandum signed on August 27 by RA Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan and Omar Mohammed Hamdan Abdullah Alshamsi, founder and CEO  of Watermelon Ecosystem. The press service of the RA Ministry of Economy reported this.

ArmInfo. At the August 27 government meeting, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called on the  authorities to quickly launch a renovation program for Armenia's  housing stock.

ArmInfo.  The Armenian government will allocate 67.456 million drams for the overhaul of the  basement of the Probation Service of the RA Ministry of Justice. The  decision was made at a Cabinet meeting on August 27.

ArmInfo. By July 2026, the number of virtual POS terminals (vPOS) in Armenia reached 6,258,000,  of which 50.6%, or 3,169,000, were used in retail, catering, and  service outlets. The number of vPOS terminals increased by 17.8%, or  945 units, and traditional POS terminals by 16.1%, or 14,349 units.  This is clearly explained by the increased use of cashless payments,  which became mandatory with the introduction of legislative  restrictions on cash transactions in July 2022.  This is evidenced by  data from the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia.

ArmInfo. 1.174 billion drams will be allocated to co-finance the construction of various road  sections of the North-South Transport Corridor. The decision was made  at a government meeting on August 27.

ArmInfo. 1.256 billion drams will be allocated for the implementation of subvention programs in  Armenia. The decision was made at a government meeting on August 27.

ArmInfo. Luxembourg holding company AGE S.A., operating within the Arins Group LLC ecosystem, announces the entry into a binding agreement with Dhabi Group to acquire Terabank JSC (JSC Terabank) and The Biltmore Tbilisi Hotel in Georgia. As noted in a statement provided to ArmInfo by Ardshinbank, AGE S.A. is subject to regulatory approval.

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ArmInfo.On August 26, RA Deputy Minister of Economy Anushik Avetyan received a delegation from the Netherlands Enterprise Development Agency (CBI). This was reported by the press service of the RA Ministry of Economy.

ArmInfo.On August 26, RA Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan attended the official opening ceremony of the modern greenhouse complex for growing tomatoes, "Agro Prom," in the Aragatsotn region.

ArmInfo. On August 26, RA Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure  Kristine Ghalechyan received a delegation led by Khalil Shirgolami,  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic  of Iran to Armenia.

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