Arminfo. As part of his annual visit to Syunik Province, Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin visited Armenia’s leading mining enterprises—the Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Combine and the Agarak Copper-Molybdenum Combine. The Russian Embassy in Armenia reports this.
Arminfo. Eduard Hakobyan, Chairman of the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia, will participate in a meeting of the Executive Council of the Intra-European Organisation of Tax Administrations, which will be held in Budapest. The decision to send the SRC chief on a business trip was signed by RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
ArmInfo. On Armenia’s foreign exchange interbank market, both dollar and ruble transactions were actively conducted from September 14 to 18. At the same time, euro transactions have not been conducted for the third consecutive week. In particular, the trend in dollar transactions shifted from a 13.3% decline to 31% growth, while the growth in ruble transactions sharply accelerated from 30.2% to 94%. This allowed the weekly volume of ruble transactions to retain its predominance over dollar transactions, with the gap increasing from 2.2 times to 3.3 times.
ArmInfo. Complex calculations, tough competition and major victories: the popular among children Junius Financial Tournament has come to an end. In an interactive and dynamic environment, participants learned how to manage and save money wisely, recognize and protect themselves against modern financial scams, and effectively use digital financial tools.
ArmInfo. The Armenian government will allocate 3.5 billion drams to ensure the subsidization of contributions paid into the universal health insurance system. The decision was made at a government meeting on September 17.
ArmInfo. The loss ratio for mandatory motor third-party liability insurance (MTPL) in Armenia decreased to 73.2% in January-August 2026 from 74% over the same period in 2025. This was observed against the backdrop of an acceleration in the annual growth of the number of active policies from 7.8% to 9.6%, insurance premiums from 17.5% to 17.8%, and a more noticeable acceleration in the growth of claims paid from 6.6% to 18.7%.
Arminfo. The poverty rate in Armenia at the end of 2025 will be lower than the 2024 figure. Minister of Labor and Well-Being Arsen Torosyan said this during the government question-and-answer session in Parliament, responding to questions from lawmakers.
ArmInfo. In January-August 2026, Armenia was visited by 1.467 million tourists, 1.7% below the figure recorded a year earlier.
ArmInfo. The Armenian Firebird project, combined with TRIPP (Trump’s Route for International Peace and Prosperity), could change not only the transportation but also the digital map of the South Caucasus. This is reported by the Turkish publication Turk-Internet.com.
ArmInfo. The global economy remains resilient despite the impact of the energy shock. In the United States, domestic demand and investment remain strong; in the eurozone, signs of stabilization have emerged after a weak start to the year; and China is maintaining high growth rates through exports and the development of high-tech industries. This is stated in the new issue of the Macroeconomic Review prepared by the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB).
ArmInfo. On the sidelines of the 70th anniversary session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of the Republic of Armenia David Khudatyan held a meeting in Vienna with IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi.
ArmInfo. From September 15 to 25, supplies of Russian natural gas to Armenia will be temporarily suspended. This was reported by Gazprom Armenia.
ArmInfo. On the sidelines of the “Advancing the Agentic World” forum taking place in China, Huawei Technologies and Armenia’s Enterprise Incubator Foundation signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MoU) to expand cooperation in the areas of artificial intelligence, advanced digital technologies, research, innovation, talent development and industrial transformation. This is stated in a foundation release.
ArmInfo. Team Telecom Armenia is the technology partner of the international professional multi-day cycling race Tour of Armenia, which brought together 16 teams from around the world.
ArmInfo. The Armenian delegation, led by Suren Tovmasyan, Head of the Cadastre Committee, will participate in the 48th session of the Interstate Council on Geodesy, Cartography, Cadastre, and Remote Sensing of the Earth of the CIS Member States in Moscow. The decision to send Tovmasyan was signed by RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the government press service reported.
ArmInfo.During the first half of 2026, the average market price for multi-apartment housing in Yerevan grew by 9.1% year-on-year—a sharp acceleration compared to the modest 0.9% growth recorded during the same period last year—reaching an average of 505,900 drams per square meter.
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