ArmInfo.Ardshinbank and Visa international payment system extend the card-to-card money transfers campaign for a month. In addition, they have improved the conditions offered to the winners.

ArmInfo.According to the new forecast of the Central Bank of Armenia, the unemployment rate in 2021 will decrease to 17.9% (from the actual 18.1% in 2020), which is due to higher rates of productivity growth. And in the medium term,  this indicator will decrease annually by 0.3-0.4 percentage points  and will reach 17.2% by the end of the period.

ArmInfo.Delegation of the Ministry of Economy of Armenia headed by acting Head of the department Vahan Kerobyan will take part in the international industrial exhibition  "Innoprom-2021" in the Russian Federation (Yekaterinburg).

ArmInfo. In the period from 2020 to May 31, 2021, the Insurance Foundation for Servicemen made payments in the total amount of 38.5 billion drams, of which 36.9  billion to the main beneficiaries, and 1.5 billion drams - within the  framework of the "Kamurj" program. This is stated in the official  statement of the Foundation.

ArmInfo.For the prompt solution of the problems of farms, the implementation of systematic work and the provision of institutional solutions in the agricultural field acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on June 29, during a meeting dedicated  to irrigation problems, instructed to create a working group.

ArmInfo.he EU Council today gave the go-ahead for the signing of three neighbourhood aviation agreements - with Ukraine, Armenia and Tunisia - as well as an air  transport agreement with Qatar, the press service of the Council  informs. 

ArmInfo. Acting Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia Vahan Kerobyan and Deputy Minister Narek Teryan took part in the Armenian-Iranian business forum  organized by Prom Expo and IPM companies.

ArmInfo.The hospitality and sense of humor of Gyumri residents are undeniable. And in many cases, these two characteristics become the basis for business in Gyumri and serve as a key to success

ArmInfo.IFC has appointed Ivana Fernandes Duarte as its new Regional Manager for the South Caucasus. Based in Tbilisi, she will be overseeing operations in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. 

ArmInfo. Under the World Bank program "Development of Local Economy and Infrastructures", an 18 km long road connecting the Ararat and Kotayk regions (Garni- Lanjazat) has been repaired, which is of great tourism importance. According to  the official statement of the government, about 2 billion drams were  allocated for the implementation of road works on this section, which  connects the following tourist destinations such as Garni, Khor  Virap, Dvin and the Azat reservoir.

ArmInfo. The Government of Armenia, through the Ministry of Economy, proposes to launch the mandatory declaration of income of individuals from January 1, 2022. As stated in the Concept of Economic Policy developed by the Ministry of  Economy of Armenia, at the initial stage, persons who have received  income exceeding 12 million drams per year are subject to mandatory  declaration.

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ArmInfo.A more impressive growth in exports than imports increased the foreign trade deficit of Armenia in January-May 2021 by 13% per annum (against a decline of  18% a year earlier, with a decline in imports by 12.8% and exports by  8.1%).

ArmInfo. For the first time,"green" bonds were admitted to trading on the AMX | Armenia Securities Exchange, and these are securities issued by Ameriabank, which will  be quoted on the Cbond platform. ArmInfo was informed about this in  the press service of the exchange.  

ArmInfo. Ameriabank has opened its  new branch Mashtots in the center of Yerevan, in Passage N1 (20/4  Mashtots Ave.), which is the Bank's largest branch operating on  non-standard schedule. The press service of the bank informed ArmInfo  about this, noting that the branch will be open every day, Monday to  Sunday, from 10:30 a.m. till 09:15 p.m.

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ArmInfo. Chief Executive Officer  of ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK Hakob Andreasyan was awarded the French National Order of Merit. On behalf of the President of France, the award was presented to the head of the Bank by the  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Armenia  Jonathan Lacote.

ArmInfo. Along with rather positive trends in economic activity in Armenia, it must be admitted that expectations were much higher. Armenian Minister of Economy  Vahan Kerobyan expressed a similar opinion on his Facebook page.

ArmInfo. ARMENAL summed up the results of the factory stage of the "Improvement of the Year" competition in five nominations. Several dozen engineers and workers  who submitted about 30 proposals attended it.