ArmInfo.  In the first quarter of 2025, the average market price of real estate in apartment buildings in Yerevan increased by 1.5%, reaching an average of 464.3 thousand drams / 1 sq. m.

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ArmInfo. In Armenia, the per capita debt burden exceeded $4.4 thousand by April 1, 2025 (compared to $4 thousand a year earlier), showing a growth rate of 10%.  Moreover, the per capita debt burden from external debt increased from $2.1 thousand to $2.3 thousand (a 9.5% increase), and from  internal debt it rose from $1.9 thousand to $2.1 thousand (a 10.5% increase). This increase occurred as the population growth in Armenia slowed down over the year by 1.4% or  41.4 thousand people, reaching 3.081 million people by April 1, 2025. In comparison, the previous year saw a lower growth rate in the per capita debt burden of 8%, accompanied by a more significant population growth of 3.4% or 98.2 thousand people. 

ArmInfo. The Ministry of Economy of Armenia has submitted a draft law "On Investments" to the public. The relevant initiative has been posted on the unified portal of legal acts. As stated in the explanatory note to the document, the investment policy is currently implemented on the basis of outdated and partially applied legal acts, in particular, the Law "On Foreign Investments" adopted in 1994, and does not ensure full regulation of the investment process in accordance with modern requirements. 

ArmInfo.  The Ministry of Economy of Armenia proposes to create a Textile Industry Operator Fund, which will be entrusted with the functions of the industry operator. The relevant initiative is posted on the unified portal of legal acts.

ArmInfo.  The second stage of the service quality improvement program was held at Ameriabank, where the invited trainer was Aneta Korobkina, a certified emotional intelligence coach (MSCEIT, USA) and a certified service master trainer (Service Quality Institute, USA).

ArmInfo.  May 5 to 8, 2025, in Armenia's interbank foreign exchange market, USD transactions showed a decline, while RUB ones showed a growth, with no EUR transactions  effected for two months. RUB transactions showed a 64.3% growth against a 22.2% decline the previous week USD transactions showed a 38.2% decline.. The total amount of RUB transactions exceeded that of USD transactions 1.3-fold, whereas the total volume of USD transactions exceeded that of RUB ones 2- fold. 

ArmInfo. The information and communication technology (ICT) sector in Armenia grew by 9% annually in Q1 (compared to 17.3% growth the previous year), resulting in revenue of 284.1 billion drams ($718.5 million).

ArmInfo. In Armenia, the service sector  saw a significant   annual growth rate increase from 5% to 11.5%, generating revenue of 865.3 drams ($2.2 billion) in the first quarter of 2025. According to  data from the RA Statistics Committee, in March alone, the revenue of the service sector also saw an  11.5% increase, reaching 309.2 billion drams ($787.1 million).

ArmInfo. On May 8, the Government of Armenia approved the establishment of the free economic zone (FEZ)  in the Yegipatrush settlement  in the Aragatsotn region.

ArmInfo.  Industry courses will be organized within the framework of the Indian Technical and Economic  Cooperation (ITEC) program for 2025-2026.

ArmInfo.  "Electric Networks of Armenia" CJSC is currently carrying out an investment program to upgrade the power supply network in the center of Yerevan.

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ArmInfo.  Ameriabank is launching the project “My Ameria, My Family”, the logical continuation of the project “My Ameria, My Armenia” implemented at the end of last year.   

ArmInfo.  Minister of High-Tech Industry of Armenia Mkhitar Hayrapetyan received the Chairman of the Technical Committee of the international organization of the digital  radio industry WorldDAB and the chief architect of the BBC digital systems Lindsay Cornell and the communications manager William Jackson.

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ArmInfo.  On May 8, the Government of Armenia approved the ratification of the Convention .

ArmInfo. Armenia is going to join the Agreement on the Establishment of the International Transport and  Transit Corridor between the Governments of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Sultanate of Oman, Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan (Ashgabat Agreement). This, as stated in the Cabinet decision of May 8, will create new opportunities for integration into the transport corridor between the Central Asian countries and the ports of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman and the use of the transport and transit potential of the participating states.