ArmInfo. The project for the  reconstruction of the 32-kilometer section of the Kajaran-Agarak of  North-South transport corridor received a positive conclusion from  the State Comprehensive Expert Commission. 

ArmInfo.Armenia has announced invitation of tenders for the construction of the Sisian-Kajaran section (70-day-long qualifying stage) of the North-South transport  corridor, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated at a Cabinet meeting  on Thursday. He hopes for a legal finalization of the agreements on  the construction of a railway between Armenia and Azerbaijan.   

ArmInfo.The Management Board of the North-South motorway construction investment programme held a meeting chaired by RA Vice-Premier Hambardzum Matevosyan. 

ArmInfo. In 2021, 36,585 children were born in Armenia, which is 0.6% higher than the indicator of a year ago, while a 1.5% increase was registered in the  two-year context. According to the RA Statistical Committee, the  birth rate per 1,000 inhabitants in the reporting period amounted to  12.4 per thousand, against 12.3% in 2020 and 12.2 per thousand two  years earlier.

ArmInfo. as of January 1, 2022 The population of Armeniadecreased by 0.08% per annum or 2.3 thousand people, amounting to 2.961 million people. This is evidenced  by the data of the RA Statistical Committee.

ArmInfo. In 2021, there were 24,775 transactions for the purchase and sale of land in Armenia, which is higher than the figure of 15.4% a year ago. This is  evidenced by the data of the Real Estate Cadastre.

ArmInfo. Land purchase-and-sale deals are traditional real estate business leaders  in Armenia's regions. 

ArmInfo.Last November, a 9.7% year-on-year rise in the average market prices for housing was recorded in Armenia's regions, with a monthly rise of 1.8%, up to AMD  104,600 per 1sq meter.  

ArmInfo. For 2022, the Road Department Fund of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures is hatching ambitious plans for the volume of road  construction work. This was stated by Vahagn Stepanyan, Head of the  Program Management Division of the Road Department Fund.

ArmInfo.Our leadership could well have bypassed the threat of the "Zangezur Corridor" by declaring the country open. Former Head of the Central Bank of Armenia,  economist Bagrat Asatryan, expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.In 2021, 572 km of roads were built and repaired in Armenia, Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures Genl Sanosyan said on December 30  at the last government meeting in 2021.

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ArmInfo.Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs Vahe Hakobyan, members Mkhitar Zakaryan and Hripsime Stambulyan met with members of the delegation led by the Iran-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group of the Majlis  of Iran Seyed Mahdi Farshadan. 

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ArmInfo.As part of his working visit to Brussels, Armenia`s Vice-Premier Mher Grigoryan discussed the primary fields of long-standing Armenia-EU cooperation  with European partners.  

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ArmInfo.A 6.3% rise in real estate prices was recorded in Yerevan this October as compared with last October - up to AMD 350,400 for 1sq meter, with a monthly rise  of 1.3%. 

ArmInfo.The Armenian government approved on Thursday an application by the Pure Land Ltd for being listed among the operators of the Meghri free economic  zone.  The company plans to construct a food packages factory. No  information on investments or any other details is available. The  company will be on the operator list for ten years.  

ArmInfo.The Armenian government allocated another 400 million drams (about $ 800 thousand) to the administration of the Syunik region for the solution of  priority tasks.  And the S Urban Development Committee  expressed the  hope that in H1 2022 the construction of a residential area in  Shurnukh will be fully completed.

ArmInfo. The Armenian government is considering the possibility of building three more bypass roads in the Syunik region of the republic. Minister of  Territorial Administration and Infrastructures Gnel Sanosyan  announced this at a government session on November 25.