ArmInfo.Armenia's authorities will introduce cash-back on cashless deals by pensioners and people receiving benefits. Next week the beneficiaries will get 10%  cash-back (up to AMD 5000 or about $10) on their cards in effecting  payments by mans of card of partner-banks.

ArmInfo. As part of its strategy aimed at promoting educational programs, Team Telecom Armenia is starting to cooperate with the annual Koreez Online School  Competition, becoming its technology partner. 

ArmInfo. Armenia has not so far received its share, over $20mln, due to it from the customs duties collected in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Rustam Badasyan,  Chairman of the RA State Revenue Committee, told reporters on Wednesday. 

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ArmInfo. RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received Robin van Puyenbroeck , Executive Director of the World Trade Centers Association, Eduard Marutyan, Founder of RENSIN Urban Development Investment Company, and Levon Kasparov, Director of the company.  

ArmInfo. According to the goals set, the "Dry Port" being established in Gyumri will provide 3% of Armenia's GDP. Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan announced this  during the meeting with the heads of the regional and city  authorities of the Shirak region.  He said that the industrial park  is planned to be built on an area of 400 hectares, which will border  the airport, the railway, as well as the North-South highway.

ArmInfo.Evocabank replenished its share capital by 3 billion drams. This is stated in the message of the Bank, published on its official page.

ArmInfo.The increase in tax collection becomes a burden on the economy, slowing down its development. The experts of the Luys Foundation stated.  Earlier, the  State Revenue Committee reported that the actual revenues from tax  revenues and state fees of the state budget for Q1 2022 amounted to  400.6 billion drams, that is, by 5.2 billion drams or 1.3% more than  the program target of 395.4 billion drams.

ArmInfo.On May 19, Armenia will host a presentation of a new business portal, Investin.am, which was created to link investment proposals with potential investors and local producers with wholesale buyers and distributors in more than  100 countries.

ArmInfo. Inflation in the consumer market of Armenia in January- April 2022 amounted to 5.8%, compared to 5.1% inflation in the same period of 2021. According to the RA  Statistical Committee, this was provoked by an increase in the prices  of food products (including alcohol and cigarettes) by 9.7% (against  8.6% a year earlier), non-food products - by 3.3% (against 5% a year  earlier) and tariffs for services - by 3% (against 1.1% a year  earlier).

ArmInfo.A branch of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) has been opened in Armenia. The ICF regulates the certification of coaches, coaching schools and  courses.  Armenia became the 100th country where the office of the  International Coaching Federation was opened.

ArmInfo.Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of Armenia (MTAI) Gnel Sanosyan discussed a new agreement on a gas-for-electricity program with  Iranian Petroleum Minister Javad Owji, within the framework of his  working visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran.

ArmInfo.Minister of High-Tech Industry of Armenia Robert Khachatryan, at a meeting with Ambassador of France to Armenia Anne Louyot , highly appreciating the French  rich experience in the technological field, as well as the  effectiveness of previous programs implemented with the Ministry,  stressed the need to deepen bilateral mutually beneficial  cooperation.

ArmInfo. The prospects for cooperation in areas consonant with the policy pursued in the field of agriculture in Armenia were discussed at the Ministry of Economy  of Armenia, with the participation of the World Bank delegation  headed by director of the World Bank (WB) Office in Armenia Carolyn  Geginat.

ArmInfo.Prices for food and energy are expected to stay at high level. This forecast was made by Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Hovhannes Khachatryan on May 16 at a meeting of the RA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs  during the presentation of the annual report on the activities of the  Central Bank of Armenia.  

ArmInfo.In Armenia, the number of vehicles with a CMPTL policy increased in January-April 2022 more significantly than in the pre-Covid comparable period, which allowed the volume of insurance premiums to exceed the upward trend of two  years ago.

ArmInfo. Evocabank is starting to implement a number of digital projects aimed at providing financial services within the framework of innovative financial  technologies.  This became known within the framework of the  memorandum of cooperation signed today by Chairman of the Management Board of Evocabank  Karen Yeghiazaryan.

ArmInfo. Remittances of Armenian labor migrants from Russia decreased, while transfers of Russians staying in the RA increased. Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Hovhannes Khachatryan stated on May 16 at a meeting of the RA Standing  Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs.

ArmInfo.Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of Armenia (NTAI) Gnel Sanosyan on May 16, within the framework of his working visit to the Islamic  Republic of Iran, met with Minister of Roads and Urban Development of  Iran Rostam Ghasemi.

ArmInfo. Wildberries opened the company's first logistics center in Armenia, thanks to which local business representatives got the opportunity to sell their goods on  the online platform using the <Marketplace> model (from sellers' own  warehouses).