ArmInfo. After the final decommissioning of the second power unit of the operating nuclear  power plant (NPP) in Metsamor, Armenia will not be able to provide  domestic electricity consumption without commissioning additional  generating capacities.

ArmInfo.An interdepartmental working group is being created in Armenia to discuss issues related  to the construction of a new nuclear power unit. The corresponding decision was signed by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

ArmInfo.The increase of the share of domestic debt in the total government debt up to 47% in Armenia by  May 2023 can be considered from two aspects - both as an achievement by Armenia's economic authorities and their "involuntary" torpedoing economic progress, Armenia's former minister of finance, international expert Vardan Aramyan said in an interview with ArmInfo. 

ArmInfo.Money transfers of individuals through banks in Armenia show a significant increase in  inflows from Russia and outflows to the US in January-April 2023. At the same time, the inflow of transfers from the United States began to decline, while the outflow of remittances to Russia shows a moderate increase.

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ArmInfo. The 12-month inflation has increased significantly since March 2022, reaching 10.3% at the  end of the second quarter, and then, as a result of the implemented monetary policy, it gradually decreased and reached 8.3% at the end of the year. This was stated by the Deputy Governor of the Central  Bank Armen Nurbekyan at May 15 sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs, presenting the annual report on the activity of the RA Central Bank.

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ArmInfo. The Armenian Environmental Front initiative of volunteers and Green Armenia NGO  issued a statement, which reads: 

ArmInfo. With the assistance of the European Union, a new checkpoint will be built in Meghri. On May  3, RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan statedfrom the rostrum of the RA National Assembly.

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ArmInfo.External shocks have become an incentive to strengthen integration into the EAEU. This was  stated by Minister in charge of  Integration and Macroeconomics of the EEC Sergey Glazyev at the parliamentary hearings of the State Duma on the priorities of the Russian chairmanship in the EAEU in  2023.

ArmInfo.The Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) of Armenia has banned the acquisition  of a 100% stake in MTS Armenia by Fedilco Group Limited.

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ArmInfo.MTS Armenia Telecommunications company will not be sold, the Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) of Armenia intends to reject the  company's application for permission to conclude a transaction to  transfer control over the communications operator.

ArmInfo.By banning the import of dairy products from Armenia, Russia in the form of "demo sanctions" is trying to demonstrate what can happen to the RA economy. Haykaz  Fanyan, director of the Modex consulting company, shares this opinion.