ArmInfo. Guests from 36 countries, including Portugal, Japan, Argentina, India, and African countries have registered for the UN Global Wine Tourism Conference. This was stated by Sona Harutyunyan, Head of the International Cooperation Department of the Tourism Committee of Armenia, during a press conference on September 4.

ArmInfo."Electric Networks of Armenia" have been and will remain outside of politics. This was  stated at a press conference on September 4 by Vice President of the Tashir Group of Companies, Chairman of the Board of Directors of "ESA" Karen Darbinyan, commenting on the possibility of nationalization of the CJSC by the state.

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ArmInfo.A political decision has been made in Armenia not to revise cadastral prices close to market prices, which are supposed to be used for taxation, at this stage. This was stated by the head of the RA Cadastre Committee Suren Tovmasyan at a meeting of the NA Standing Committee on Economic  Affairs on September 4. 

ArmInfo.The Armenian government will soon present for discussion an action plan aimed at introducing storage capacities in the energy sector of the Republic of Armenia. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Hakob Vardanyan at a meeting of the NA Standing Committee on Economic Issues on September 4. 

ArmInfo. On September 3, a direct flight between Armenia and China was opened for the first  time. Flights on the Urumqi-Yerevan-Urumqi route will be operated twice a week - on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

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ArmInfo.Armenia's gross international reserves (GIR) decreased by 17.3% annually, or $715  million by August 2024 reaching to $3.411 billion. A year earlier, there was an increase of 16.3% or $580 million.

ArmInfo. Armenia has been left out of the trans-border The Black Sea submarine cable project,  which spans the South Caucasus region. This information was published on Twitter (X) by the press secretary of the Hungarian Prime Minister Zoltan Kovacs.

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ArmInfo. The Minister of Economy of Armenia stated at a meeting of the parliamentary  commission on September 2 that issues with the supply of Armenian products to the Russian Federation are addressed in the working order.  

ArmInfo.Economic activity in Armenia remains at a fairly high level. This was stated by the RA Minister of Finance Vahe Hovhannisyan on September 2 at a meeting of the parliamentary committee on financial and budgetary issues, presenting the execution of the state budget for January-June of this year. 

ArmInfo. In 2025, Armenia will have to repay a little more than $300 million out of the $500 million  issued in 2015. I think we will not have problems with this. This was stated by the RA Minister of Finance Vahe Hovhannisyan on September 2 at a meeting of the parliamentary committee on financial and  budgetary issues, presenting the execution of the state budget for January-June of this year. 

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ArmInfo. Income tax refunds for mortgage lending in the first half of 2024 increased by 8 billion  drams compared to the same period in 2023. This was stated by the head of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) of Armenia Rustam Badasyan on September 2 at a meeting of the parliamentary committee on  financial and budgetary issues while discussing the report on the state budget execution for the first 6 months of this year.

ArmInfo.The Masrik-1 solar station is scheduled to be operational by October 2024. According to  the press service of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure, Gagik Babayan, chief engineer at Shtigen company, stated this in an interview with the Public Television.  

ArmInfo.Days ago, the third charitable ascent to the southern peak of Aragats by the 4090 Charitable Foundation took place. The main sponsor of the event was AraratBank.

ArmInfo. On August 30, at about 21:55 local time, the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant was  disconnected from the power system in emergency "safe stop mode".  This was reported by the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of the Republic of Armenia.  

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