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Monthly Archives: September, 2022

Armenian finance minister and head of central bank to participate in meetings of WB Group and IMF in Washington

Armenian Finance Minister Tigran Khachatryan and Central Bank Chairman Martin Galstyan will take part in the annual meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C

About 27 thousand pensioners and recipients of benefits awarded 800 million drams of cashback in August

About 27 thousand pensioners and recipients of benefits in Armenia used their bank cards in August 2022 to make  non-cash payments and become eligible to 10% cashback, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs reported

I hope I will walk again – Norayr Avagyan, participant of Shushi battle

Norayr Avagyan, a participant of the 44-day war (in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone in the autumn of 2020), volunteered to join the army in the first days of the war. The battle for Shushi was decisive. There he was wounded in the spine. Now Norayr is doing rehabilitation exercises at home with a MetaGait device

The number of bank card frauds increased dramatically in Armenia

The number of bank card frauds has sharply increased in Armenia, the Office of Prosecutor General said, urging citizens not to provide information about their bank cards to other persons

Yerevan Mayor’s Office and Asian Development Bank expand cooperation framework

Yerevan Mayor Hrachya Sargsyan and Paolo Spantigatti, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Armenia Country Director, discussed today ways to expand cooperation framework

First snail breeding farm established in Armenia

Vahe, a director by profession, has founded a snail breeding farm in Byurakan for the snails imported from Europe. It is the first in Armenia; special conditions were created for the snails, Acba bank said in a press release

Acba Bank in cooperation with EBRD to direct $25 mln to Armenian private sector financing

As a result of the cooperation between Acba bank and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) USD 25 million will be directed at the development of Armenia’s economy  through financing micro, small and medium enterprises, as well as companies led by women, Acab bank said today in a press release

IMF ready to participate in all current programs with Armenian Ministry of Finance

Armenian Finance Minister Tigran Khachatryan had a working meeting on Monday with a delegation led by the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission in Armenia mission Iva Petrova, the ministry's press service reported

Armenian dram/Russian ruble pair trading at Moscow Exchange reaches hundreds of millions a day

Armenian dram/Russian ruble pair trading at the Moscow Exchange reach hundreds of millions a day, Russian Deputy Minister of Economic Development Dmitry Volvach said in an interview with the Public Television of Armenia

ADB forecasts inflation in Armenia at 8.5% in 2022 and its reduction to 7.2% in 2023

The average annual inflation in Armenia jumped to 8.3% in January– July 2022 from 6.1% a year earlier, reflecting increases of 13.1% for food, 6.4% for other goods, and 3.9% for services, the Asian Development Bank said in its September update of the Asian Development Outlook report

Tinkoff Bank clients will be able to receive SWIFT money transfers in US dollars and euros from Armenian banks

Starting from October 12, 2022, Tinkoff Bank's clients will be able to receive SWIFT money transfers in US dollars and euros from banks of three CIS countries - Armenia  Azerbaijan, as well as Halyk Bank of Uzbekistan, Russian business daily Kommersant reported

All government benefits to be paid in cashless way in Armenia

The Armenian government on Thursday adopted a decision whereby starting from January 1, 2023 all types of government benefits paid to needy families, the unemployed etc. will be paid in cashless way in urban and rural communities with a population over 1,000 people, and from 2024 in the rest of the villages