ArmInfo. Gazprom Armenia CJSC applied to the Public Services Regulatory Commission to review gas tariffs.

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ArmInfo. Retail prices for petrol and diesel fuel decreased in Armenia. This is evidenced by the results of monitoring conducted by the State Commission for the  Protection of Economic Competition. According to the SCPEC,  monitoring was carried out from February 26 to March 30, 2020 at the  three largest economic entities.

ArmInfo. The new "gas negotiations" with Gazprom are logical in a situation when the  pricing of natural gas has already changed by 180 degrees and  continues to change from day to day. Economist Vahagn Khachatryan  expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.

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ArmInfo.A telephone conversation between the President of Belarus and the Prime Minister of Armenia took place on March 31 at the initiative of the Armenian  side.  BelTA  by the reference of the press service of Belarusian  Leader reports..  According to the source, Alexander Lukashenko and  Nikol Pashinyan discussed the functioning of the economy in the  current difficult conditions, noting the existing serious problems  and difficulties.

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ArmInfo. Banks and insurance companies will receive the right to conduct general meetings of shareholders remotely. The National Assembly of the Republic of  Armenia, at its meeting on March 31 in the second and final reading,  amended the laws "On Joint Stock Companies", "On Banks and Banking  Activities", "On Insurance and Insurance Activities".

ArmInfo. CBA Board Member, Martin Galstyan  may  may become the new head of the Central Bank. As the ruling  parliamentary faction "My Step" told ArmInfo, the faction proposed  Martin Galstyan to be the new head of the Bank.

ArmInfo. The South Caucasus Railway Company continues to provide the Armenian economy with stabile railway services. In the I quarter of this year, the company  transported 708 thousand tons of cargo in local and external traffic,  which is 8.6% more than the corresponding figure in 2019, the  company's press service said.

ArmInfo.“Stay home, make non-contact payments and transfers”, say Idram and IDBank and introduce to the market a complete and unique toolset in the field of personal finance management, that sets a new benchmark in the financial market. With the slogan Wallet and banking, the joint digital platform of the two companies offers a set of services, which means you can make all your daily financial transactions without leaving home, which is especially important in the present situation.

ArmInfo.Having overstepped the psychological mark  of 500 drams, the US dollar exchange rate in Armenia fully complies  with current market realities, thereby adequately responding to both  internal and external corrective factors, market participants  surveyed by ArmInfo say.

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ArmInfo. The hotel business continues to incur losses due to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. According to the Chairman of the Tourism Committee of  the Republic of Armenia Susanna Safaryan at a March 30 press  conference, many hotels in Armenia are almost mothballed due to the  lack of tourists.

ArmInfo.The situation with coronavirus has undermined the tourism sector of Armenia. According to the chairman of the Committee on Tourism of Armenia Susanna  Safaryan at a March 30 press conference, in the first three months of  this year, Armenia lost about 175 thousand tourists compared to the  same period last year. Losses of the tourist field have not yet been  calculated, however, according to Safaryan, it is worth considering  that each tourist spends $ 770 on average in Armenia. Thus, this  figure may exceed $ 134 million.