ArmInfo. On 18 March 2019  Lawrence Meredith,  Director for Neighbourhood East at the European Commission and  leading International Financing Institutions (IFIs) are on a joint  mission in Yerevan to discuss policy priorities and sustainable  investment solutions for energy efficiency in buildings, both public  and private.

ArmInfo. Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan received Cyril Muller, Vice-President of the World Bank  (WB) for Europe and Central Asia for Europe and Central Asia.As  reported by the press service of the Prime Minister of Armenia, the  Prime Minister, stressing the importance of financial and technical  assistance of the WB to our country, noted that the government is  interested in deepening further cooperation and increasing the  efficiency and focus of the programs implemented. 

ArmInfo.Armenian President Armen  Sargsyan received a delegation led by World Bank (WB) Vice President  for Europe and Central Asia Cyril Muller.Noting that Armenia and the  World Bank have a rich history of partnerships, the Vice-President of  the World Bank recalled the meeting with the President of Armenia,  which took place in 1996. At that time, as Muller pointed out, he  presented the first document on the strategic directions of  development of the Armenian economy at that time to Prime Minister  Armen Sargsyan.

ArmInfo. On March 15, Chairman  of the Central Bank of Armenia Artur Javadyan received a delegation  of the World Bank headed by Vice President of the World Bank in  Europe and Central Asia Cyril Muller. This was reported to ArmInfo in  the press service of the Central Bank of Armenia.

ArmInfo.A meeting was held in the Armenian government under the leadership of Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan, dedicated to the issues of improving the position of the RA in the World Bank Doing Business ranking.

ArmInfo. Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan received yesterday the delegation led by the World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Cyril Muller

ArmInfo."Armenia has a high  potential for economic development, which can be realized," said RA  Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan during a meeting with a  delegation of the World Bank (WB), led by the Vice President of the  World Bank (WB) in Europe and Central Asia, Cyril MullerAccording to  the press service of the government, the vice-premier introduced to  the guests the planned reforms, the implementation of which, he said,  will contribute to the development of the country. 

ArmInfo. The implementation of the program "Trade Promotion and Quality Infrastructures" was the subject of discussions on March 12 between the Minister of Economic Development and Investments of Armenia Tigran Khachatryan and the  World Bank mission.  

ArmInfo. There is a high  potential for effective cooperation in the field of high technologies  and innovations between Armenia and the World Bank. RA President  Armen Sargsyan expressed this opinion during a meeting with the head  of the WB Armenian office Sylvie Bossutro.

ArmInfo. The share of public debt of Armenia in GDP decreased in 2018 from 58.9% to 55.8%. This indicator is calculated on the basis of absolute values of state debt and GDP published by the RA Statistical Committee on the results of 2018.

ArmInfo. On February 22, Armenian Minister of Economic Development and Investments Tigran Khachatryan accepted the mission of realizing technological potential and the Operational Development Policy of the World Bank (WB).As reported by the press service of the Ministry of Economic Development and Investments, Tigran Khachatryan presented the key points of the RA government program to the mission representatives. According to him, increasing the productivity and competitiveness of the Armenian economy is impossible without financial investments for technical and technological modernization.According to Khachatryan, there are several tools that suggest in which direction the government of Armenia should move. In particular, as the minister pointed out, a number of WB reports are a good indicator in terms of the reforms implemented in the republic, since they reflect the position of the private sector, and not the executive body.

ArmInfo. Any income in Armenia should be subject to taxation.  This opinion was expressed by Deputy Head of the Legal Department of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) of Armenia Naira Avanesyan at a meeting with representatives of show business, convened today at the initiative of the Tax and Customs Committee.However, as it turned out, not all representatives of the showbiz share.

ArmInfo. Mining companies of Armenia are obliged to indicate the names of all owners of these companies. The amendments to the Subsoil Code and the package of  related laws were approved at the February 21 sitting of the RA  Government.  

ArmInfo. In recent years, Ameriabank has raised over $ 100 million from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for energy efficiency projects.  Head of Corporate Lending Department at Ameriabank Vahan Kajayan said  to journalists on the fields of the event, dedicated to awarding the  best partners of EBRD on green financing.

ArmInfo.The year 2018 was the most difficult for Armenia in economic terms for all the years of its independence due to the political processes in the country and  their impact on the economy. Such an opinion in the report <Armenian  Economy in 2018 and priorities in the context of the country's  membership in the EAEU> expressed a member of the Eurasian Expert  Club, Professor Tatul Manaseryan.

ArmInfo.Since 2019, Ameria CJSC has become the exclusive partner of the Global Association for Entrepreneurship Research (GERA) in Armenia for a period of 5 years.  As ArmInfo explained to the press service of Ameria Group, this means  that during the current year Armenia will conduct in-depth and  comprehensive research in the field of entrepreneurship for the  Global Entrepreneurship Monitoring Report (GEM).

ArmInfo.In 2019, Armenia will pay about 356.9 billion drams ($ 733 million) to repay and service the government debt, which at the end of 2018 amounted to $ 6,372.9  million.  The Department of Public Debt Management of the Ministry of  Finance of the Republic of Armenia reported this to ArmInfo  correspondent.

ArmInfo. The growth of economic activity in Armenia in January- December 2018 slowed to 5.8% per annum, against acceleration in 2017 to 7.7% from 0.5% in 2016.

ArmInfo. In Armenia, the growth of economic activity in January- December 2018 slowed down to 5.8% per annum, against acceleration in 2017 to 7.7% from 0.5% in 2016.  

ArmInfo. Mining companies have  the will to introduce the Extractive Industries Transparency  Initiative (EITI) standards. Senior Mining Specialist of the World  Bank (WB) Kirsten Hund expressed this opinion, answering the question  of ArmInfo, on January 30 in the framework of the conference  dedicated to the first national report of the republic on EITI.