Armenia’s ministry of finance buys mid-term government bonds worth 1bln drams

Taxpayers will receive 409 billion drams in refunds in 2025, a 4.2% increase compared to 2024, Eduard Hakobyan, Chairman of State Revenue Committee, announced at a press conference on the 2025 results.

On February 10, the Armenia Stock Exchange (AMX) executed a government bond placement auction amounting to 20 billion drams, alongside a government bond redemption auction totaling 8.3 billion drams.

At its meeting on Monday, the Standing Committee on Financial, Credit, and Budgetary Affairs of the Armenian National Assembly approved the ratification of a €120.5 million loan agreement with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, a World Bank entity) for the Tourism and Regional Infrastructure Development Program (TRIP) in Armenia.

The Board of the Central Bank of Armenia has set maximum fees for certain business entities for non-cash payments, in particular, card payments made through physical POS terminals.

The Armenian Ministry of Finance is establishing a list of incomes not subject to taxation.