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ArmInfo.The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has improved its forecast for Armenia's GDP for  2024 from the previous 5% to an updated 6% (versus actual 8.7% growth in 2023), with a slowdown to 5.2% in 2025. This is noted in the IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2024; Steady but Slow: Resilience amid  Divergenc."

ArmInfo.On April 17, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Tigran Khachatryan received  Philippe Guitard, the Senior Executive Vice President of Central & Eastern Europe at Veolia Environnement. The meeting was also attended by Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Vache Terteryan and  General Director of Veolia Djur Marianna Shahinyan.

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ArmInfo.The Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission has made changes to the regulation of  issues of import/export of precious metals and commodities containing precious metals.

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ArmInfo.The Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) prepared a new working paper,  "Assessing the Potential Impact of Natural Disasters on Debt Sustainability in Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan."

ArmInfo. On April 17, Converse Bank began the initial placement of dram and dollar bonds in the  amount of 5 billion drams and $10 million in 2024. This is noted in the Bank's statement.

ArmInfo.The following fact sheet was released in partnership with the U.S. Department of State,  the United States Agency for International Development, and the United States International Development Finance Corporation during the Joint EU-US-Armenia High Level Meeting in Support of Armenia.

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ArmInfo. There are encouraging preconditions for Armenia to receive a high-quality and abundant  harvest of apricots this year. Former Minister of Agriculture of Armenia Ashot Harutyunyan expressed a similar opinion during a press conference on April 16.

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ArmInfo.The Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) has prepared a new working paper  "Assessing the potential impact of natural disasters on debt sustainability of Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan." Due to their geographical location, relatively small territory and highly concentrated economy, natural disaster risks can have a significant impact on the macroeconomic indicators of these countries.

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ArmInfo. Armenia is considering appointing an attach‚ in Silicon Valle. Minister of High-Technological Industry of Armenia, Mkhitar Hayrapetyan, stated this during a press conference on April 15.

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