ArmInfo.  Minister of Economy of Armenia Vahan  Kerobyan received U.S.  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary  to Armenia Lynne Tracy yesterday. The press service of the department  reports.  It is reported that Deputy Ministers Varos Simonyan, Narek  Teryan, Deputy Ambassador Chip Laitinen, USAID Mission Director for  Armenia John G. Allelo and other officials, also attended the  meeting.

ArmInfo.On 1 October 2021, a two-year project titled "Skillful Youth for Community Development", funded by the HSBC Group and to be implemented by the Orran Benevolent Non-Governmental Organisation, was officially launched. The total budget of the project is USD111,000 of which USD100,200 is donated by the HSBC Group.

ArmInfo.Within the framework of the international forum "Russian Energy Week", Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Suren Papikyan met with Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak and Director General of Rosatom  State Corporation Alexey Likhachev.  

ArmInfo.A delegation of the Armenian government will take part in the Russian Energy Week international forum.

ArmInfo. The joint project of the Fund for Armenian Relief (FAR) and HSBC Bank Armenia cjsc (HSBC Armenia) named "Boosting Responsible Financial Behaviour and Kick Start Business Activism among Rural Population" presented its results on 1 October. The concluding event took place in the Tavush regional administration. Representatives of the project and beneficiaries of the 4  rural communities of the Tavush region participated during the event.

ArmInfo. A presentation of the Market Liberalization and Electricity Trade (MLET) Program took place in Yerevan, prepared jointly with specialists involved in this work from  the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which  previously allocated a grant to Armenia in the amount of $ 8.5  million.

ArmInfo.On September 24, the RA government approved a program of measures to alienate state reserves of precious metals and precious stones of the "State  Treasury of Precious Metals and Stones" agency of the Ministry of  Finance of Armenia for 2022-2024. The project was approved without a  report or discussion.

ArmInfo. On September 16, the Armenian government approved the ratification of the Agreement on Cooperation between the Member States of the Commonwealth of  Independent States in the fight against crimes in the field of  information technology, signed in Dushanbe on September 28, 2018.

ArmInfo.Negotiations with Gazprom on the gas price are permanent, we are trying to consider at least maintaining the tariff, Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan  said during the government hour in parliament on September 15,  referring to the record rise in gas prices in Europe.  

ArmInfo.A regular meeting of the Armenian-German intergovernmental commission on financial and technical cooperation was held in the capital of Germany yesterday.

ArmInfo. The Public Services Regulatory Commission of Armenia (PSRC) gave its positive opinion on the transfer of 100% of shares of Electric Networks of  Armenia (ENA) CJSC, owned by Liormand Holding Ltd (30%), Tashir  Capital CJSC (70 %) in favor of the European Bank for Reconstruction  and Development (EBRD), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the  International Finance Corporation (IFC).

ArmInfo. A meeting with the newly appointed regional representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mehdi Raissi was held at the Ministry of Economy of  Armenia.

ArmInfo. The financial authorities of Armenia, represented by the Ministry of Finance of  Armenia, are in favor of the gradual abandonment of the income tax refund program within the framework of mortgage lending in Yerevan. Corresponding amendments to the tax code of Armenia were approved at a government meeting on August 12.

ArmInfo. It happened, of course, that you called the bank with a thousand questions and urgently found out some information. Have you ever wondered how important and responsible the work of a call center employee is?

ArmInfo.The Institute of Economics and Business of the Russian-Armenian University and IDBank signed a memorandum of cooperation, within the framework of which, with the support of the Bank, the master's educational program "Data Analytics" will be developed and implemented.

ArmInfo.A four-day mission was carried out at the State Revenue Committee (SRC) of Armenia within the framework of the "Support to the Tax Administration of the  Republic of Armenia " program, funded by the French Development  Agency (AFD) and implemented by the French "Expertise France"  international technical cooperation agency.

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ArmInfo.Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan held a consultative meeting to discuss the development programs implemented in agriculture. The press service of the Acting Prime Minister of Armenia reports.

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ArmInfo. In January-May 2021, Armenia's public debt increased by $ 848 million - up to $ 8,816 billion. To note, as of April 2018, that is, before the "Velvet  Revolution", the national debt was at $ 6,867 billion.