ArmInfo.The timing of the start of interest rate payments on the loan from the German bank KfW attracted by Armenia will be extended until December 30, 2022. The  Commission on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Issues of the Armenian  Parliament issued a positive opinion on the letter-agreement with the  Bank submitted for ratification. The issue will be considered at the  plenary session of the RA National Assembly.

ArmInfo. Armenia will attract $ 17.9 million from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to implement the program of social investments and  local development. The Parliamentary Commission on Financial-Credit  and Budgetary Issues at a meeting on October 23 issued a positive  opinion on an agreement with the Bank, recommending to the National  Assembly at a plenary meeting to ratify the submitted document.

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ArmInfo. The agenda of the upcoming meeting of the EEC Council, at the initiative of Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Mher Grigoryan, will include the issue of  excluding a number of countries, including Turkey, from the list of  countries-users of the EAEU unified system of tariff preferences.  According to the press service of the government, at the moment 103  countries enjoy preferences.

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ArmInfo.  The national debt of  Armenia in September 2020 decreased by 1.4% after the stagnant 0.3%  growth in August, which is due to the reversal of the dynamics of  both external debt from 0.1% growth to 1.3% decline, and internal  debt from 1% growth to 1.7% decline. As a result, the state debt of  Armenia by October 2020 amounted to $ 7.9 billion (3.8 trillion  drams), in particular, the external debt - $ 5.98 billion (2.9  trillion drams), and the internal debt - $ 1.9 billion (915.7 billion  drams). This is evidenced by the data of the RA Ministry of Finance.

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ArmInfo.Beeline Company (Armenia) for its subscribers roaming in the Republic of Artsakh has set a tariff of 0 AMD / min. to all incoming calls, mobile and fixed  networks in Artsakh, as well as to outgoing calls to Beeline mobile  network in the Republic of Armenia.

ArmInfo.Armenia continues to service its public debt in a timely manner without any obstacles. The war unleashed by Azerbaijan on the Artsakh-Azerbaijan border did  not affect debt management. This is stated on the official Facebook  page of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Armenia.

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ArmInfo. A new hospital will  be built in Yerevan. This decision was made at a meeting of the  Council of Elders of the Yerevan Municipality. According to the  presented project, the hospital will be built on an area of 8744.9  sq.m. at Hrachya Nersisyan 10 street. for the construction $ 15  million will be invested. It is reported that 450 jobs will be  created in the new capital medical institution.

ArmInfo. In August 2020, the real effective exchange rate of the dram to the basket of currencies of the states - the main trading partners of Armenia decreased by  0.6%, and the nominal effective exchange rate - by 0.3%, thereby  fixing a slight weakening of the national currency.

ArmInfo.The insurance sector of Armenia in January-September 2020 paid taxes for 1.6 billion drams ($ 3.2 million), which is 33.3% higher than a year ago (against a 25%  decline a year earlier). Of this amount, 1.4 billion drams fell on  direct taxes, with an annual growth of 16.7% (against a 14.3% decline  a year earlier).

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ArmInfo. In January-September 2020, the four telecom operators of Armenia paid a total of 23.3 billion drams to the budget through taxes, which is 13.1% more than a  year ago. Of this amount, 11.8 billion were paid by direct taxes  (including income tax, tax on income) and 9.9 billion - on indirect  taxes (including VAT, excise tax).

ArmInfo. The list of the largest taxpayers in Armenia in January- September 2020 continues to be headed by the Armenian-Canadian joint venture "Grand Tobaco"  (against the 2nd position a year earlier), having paid over 36.2  billion drams or $ 74.1 million to the state treasury (with an annual  decline of 10, 2%), of which 1.1 billion drams - on customs duties,  6.4 billion drams - on direct taxes (including profit tax, tax on  income), 29.6 billion drams - on indirect taxes (including VAT,  excise tax). This is evidenced by the published data of the RA State  Revenue Committee.