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ArmInfo.Sevak Sarukhanyan, Director at the Directorate of Digital Initiatives of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), participated in the panel session titled Digital Transformation of Transport: Key Trends and Synergetic Effect at the 11th Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Forum, held under the auspices of ESCAP in Samarkand from 2 to 5 April 2024, the EDB Media Centre reports.

ArmInfo.During the reign of the current government, Armenia's dependence on Russia increased from  25% to 45%, stated Armenia's former premier Hrant Bagratyan, commenting on the results of the meeting in Brussels in the EU-Armenia-US format.

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ArmInfo. The transaction to acquire 90% of the shares of Ameriabank by the BOGG PLC international financial group, the main asset of which was Bank of Georgia, was completed last Friday.  Now a second major asset in the form of Ameriabank has joined the Group. As previously reported, the total transaction amount was $303.6 million.

ArmInfo.The common energy markets of the EAEU have great potential for successfully confronting  the main challenges in the energy sector in the Eurasian space. This was stated by the director of the energy department of the Eurasian Economic Commission, Vadim Zakrevsky, at the round table "Economic  and legal regulation in the energy sector", held in Kazan as part of the Tatarstan International Forum on Energy and Energy and Resource Efficiency.

ArmInfo. We've had extensive conversations with all the countries in the region, from Turkiye, frankly, through to  Central Asia about the importance of building a strong transport corridor.  And I believe there's great willingness and interest in seeing movement in that direction.    US Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Ambassador James O'Brien stated at a briefing at the Department of State.

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ArmInfo.Today, April 5, a trilateral meeting will take place in Brussels between Prime Minister  Nikol Pashinyan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, at which economic issues will be discussed.

ArmInfo. A "smart" economy requires Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, and in this regard, the readiness of banks to implement AI is extremely important. Brett King - world-renowned futurist, the founder of a new  banking concept and bestselling author (Bank 2.0, Bank 3.0, Breaking Banks, Bank 4.0, The Rise of Technosocialism) stated on April 3 during a briefing on the sidelines of the Doing Digital forum in Yerevan.

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ArmInfo. There is no alternative to digital transformation.  Davit Hovhannisyan, Chief  Information Technology Officer at Ameriabank stated on the sidelines of the Doing Digital forum on April 3 during a conversation with journalists.

ArmInfo. Over the past 3 years, Ameriabank has been intensively pursuing the path of digital  transformation, which is already reflected in the form of concrete results.  Arman Barseghyan, Retail Banking Director at Ameriabank, told reporters on the sidelines of the Doing Digital forum on April  3, noting that digital transformation has been on their agenda for about 8 years.  "According to our understanding, Ameriabank is already a Fintech company," he emphasized.

ArmInfo. Moscow notes with regret that Yerevan bowed to West's pressure on the issue of servicing cards of the MIR payment system. This was stated on April 3 during a weekly briefing by spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, when asked to comment on the termination of service of MIR cards in Armenia.

ArmInfo. "Ucom" and "Team Telecom" and "Rostelecom", synchronously with the Ministry of High-Technological Industry, turned off the broadcast of a TV show with the participation of Vladimir Solovyov on "Russia 1". Chairman of the "In the Name of the Republic" party, Arman Babajanyan, wrote on his Facebook page.

ArmInfo.The Board of the Central Bank of Armenia has given preliminary consent to the acquisition of a significant participation in the authorized capital of Ameriabank CJSC by Bank of Georgia Group PLC (BOGG) and Bank of Georgia JSC.

ArmInfo. It is necessary to take effective steps to improve the quality of products produced in  the country. Deputy Chairman of the RA National Assembly Committee on Regional and Eurasian Integration  Vagharshak Hakobyan told reporters on April 1, answering a question about the increasing number of cases  of refusal to allow products of domestic producers to cross the borders of the EAEU countries.

ArmInfo. Armenia intends to join the December 11, 2009 protocol on making changes to the protocol  of electronic exchange of information on the paid amounts of indirect taxes between the tax authorities of the EAEU states. 

ArmInfo.The Kremlin does not regard the refusal of Armenian banks to service Russian Mir cards as  an unfriendly step, but explains this decision by pressure from the United States, follows from a statement by spokesperson of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov.