At a meeting on Thursday, the Government of Armenia approved a loan agreement between the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Armenia - Sustainable Syunik program, the Special Investment Window of the Neighborhood and Enhanced Partnership Instrument+ (NIP+) in the amount of EUR 50 million.
About 1 billion drams have been allocated in Armenia for the program to support individuals with bad loans in Armenia, RA Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Arsen Torosyan announced at a government meeting on Thursday.
In the village of Areni, located in the Vayots Dzor region, the Stepanyan family has established a distinctive gastro yard within their ancestral home, honoring traditions while integrating modern practices.
The combined loan portfolio of 17 Armenia-based commercial banks upped by 6.11% in Q2 2025 compared to Q1 2025, amounting to AMD 6.82 trillion, according to a ranking compiled by the ARKA news agency.
Moody's Ratings has upgraded Converse Bank CJSC's long-term local and foreign currency bank deposit ratings to Ba3 from B1, aligning the Bank’s rating with Armenia’s sovereign rating.
n the consumer market of Armenia, 12-month inflation in August of this year amounted to 3.6%, according to the report of the National Statistical Committee (NSC) of Armenia.
Armenia will receive 45.3 million euros from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to improve healthcare quality, said First Deputy Minister of Health of the Republic of Armenia Lena Nanushyan during a meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on financial, credit and budgetary issues.
As of July 31, 2025, Armenia's total public debt was recorded at $14,098.6 million, an increase from $13,852.1 million as of June 30, 2025,according to the Ministry of Finance.
ARKA news agency spoke with Freedom Broker Armenia Director Ovak Ovakimian about the transformation of investment thinking, company strategy and trust as an economic value.
Armenia's investment market is experiencing a period of active development: the number of issues is growing, digital technologies simplify access to financial instruments.
At a meeting on Thursday, the Government of Armenia approved a loan agreement between the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Armenia - Sustainable Syunik program, the Special Investment Window of the Neighborhood and Enhanced Partnership Instrument+ (NIP+) in the amount of EUR 50 million.
About 1 billion drams have been allocated in Armenia for the program to support individuals with bad loans in Armenia, RA Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Arsen Torosyan announced at a government meeting on Thursday.
In the village of Areni, located in the Vayots Dzor region, the Stepanyan family has established a distinctive gastro yard within their ancestral home, honoring traditions while integrating modern practices.
The combined loan portfolio of 17 Armenia-based commercial banks upped by 6.11% in Q2 2025 compared to Q1 2025, amounting to AMD 6.82 trillion, according to a ranking compiled by the ARKA news agency.
Moody's Ratings has upgraded Converse Bank CJSC's long-term local and foreign currency bank deposit ratings to Ba3 from B1, aligning the Bank’s rating with Armenia’s sovereign rating.
n the consumer market of Armenia, 12-month inflation in August of this year amounted to 3.6%, according to the report of the National Statistical Committee (NSC) of Armenia.
Armenia will receive 45.3 million euros from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to improve healthcare quality, said First Deputy Minister of Health of the Republic of Armenia Lena Nanushyan during a meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on financial, credit and budgetary issues.
As of July 31, 2025, Armenia's total public debt was recorded at $14,098.6 million, an increase from $13,852.1 million as of June 30, 2025,according to the Ministry of Finance.
ARKA news agency spoke with Freedom Broker Armenia Director Ovak Ovakimian about the transformation of investment thinking, company strategy and trust as an economic value.
Armenia's investment market is experiencing a period of active development: the number of issues is growing, digital technologies simplify access to financial instruments.
International rating agency Fitch expects inflation in Armenia to remain within the target level until 2027, although soft fiscal policy and the projected moderate weakening of the dram create certain risks.
Fitch Ratings has affirmed ACBA Bank OJSC's (ACBA) Long-Term Foreign-Currency (LTFC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BB-' and its Viability Rating (VR) at 'bb-'.
Armenian authorities are planning to issue Eurobonds in the first quarter of 2025 to repay a $313 million Eurobond maturing in March 2025, Fitch Ratings said in a report.
Fitch Ratings has revised Armenian ACBA BANK Open Joint-Stock Company's (ACBA) Outlook to Positive from Stable. Its Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) has been affirmed at 'B+, Acba Bank said today
The sector outlook for 2022 for banks in the CIS+ region is neutral, Fitch Ratings said. According to it, business conditions will remain supportive for lenders in the region (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan)
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Armenia's Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'B+' with a Stable Outlook, saying also that inflation accelerated to 8.8% yoy in August 2021, above the Central Bank of Armenia's (CBA) target of 4.0%, driven primarily by global pressures on food prices (15.1% yoy), rebounding demand from the 2020 recession, and bottlenecks in supply chains
Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Armenia's ACBA BANK Open Joint-Stock Company's (ACBA) Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'B+' with a Negative Outlook. A full list of rating actions is at the end of this commentary
The impact of the twin Covid-19 pandemic and conflict shocks saw Armenian government indebtedness reverse its prior downward trend, with general government debt/GDP rising 13.8pp to 67.3% at end-2020, overtaking the current 'B' median (63.8%), Fitch Ratings said last week after affirming Armenia's Long-Term Foreign-Currency (LTFC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'B+' with a Stable Outlook
