
ArmInfo. RA Deputy Minister of Finance Edgar Mkrtchyan participated in a strategic meeting of the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development. The Fund's performance for 2022-2026 and priorities for the next five years were discussed, according to a statement from the press service of the RA Ministry of Finance.

ArmInfo. Armenian Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan received a delegation from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), led by Elisabetta Falchetti, Executive Director for Turkey and the Caucasus.

ArmInfo. It is now possible to pay with Idram when placing orders on Glovo, as officially announced during an event celebrating Glovo Armenia’s 5th anniversary. From now on, when placing an order, simply select Idram from the available payment methods and complete the payment through the Idram&IDBank app.

ArmInfo. “City of Good Deeds” was the theme of Idram’s annual team-building event this year, which stood out for its unique purpose.

ArmInfo. The Armenian government will allocate 3.5 billion drams to ensure the subsidization of contributions paid into the universal health insurance system. The decision was made at a government meeting on September 17.

ArmInfo. The loss ratio for mandatory motor third-party liability insurance (MTPL) in Armenia decreased to 73.2% in January-August 2026 from 74% over the same period in 2025. This was observed against the backdrop of an acceleration in the annual growth of the number of active policies from 7.8% to 9.6%, insurance premiums from 17.5% to 17.8%, and a more noticeable acceleration in the growth of claims paid from 6.6% to 18.7%.

Arminfo. The poverty rate in Armenia at the end of 2025 will be lower than the 2024 figure. Minister of Labor and Well-Being Arsen Torosyan said this during the government question-and-answer session in Parliament, responding to questions from lawmakers.

ArmInfo. In January-August 2026, Armenia was visited by 1.467 million tourists, 1.7% below the figure recorded a year earlier.

ArmInfo. The Armenian Firebird project, combined with TRIPP (Trump’s Route for International Peace and Prosperity), could change not only the transportation but also the digital map of the South Caucasus. This is reported by the Turkish publication Turk-Internet.com.

ArmInfo. The global economy remains resilient despite the impact of the energy shock. In the United States, domestic demand and investment remain strong; in the eurozone, signs of stabilization have emerged after a weak start to the year; and China is maintaining high growth rates through exports and the development of high-tech industries. This is stated in the new issue of the Macroeconomic Review prepared by the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB).

ArmInfo. Narek Apitonyan, Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Armenia, today received Alexander Ferenc Timan, Head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission to Armenia, and Natalia Novtova, IMF Resident Representative in Armenia.

ArmInfo. Possible steps to connect the energy systems of the South Caucasus to the Turkish energy system were discussed at a meeting in Tbilisi between Mesrop Mesropyan, Chairman of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission of Armenia, Pedro Verdello, Chairman of the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER), and representatives of the EU4Energy program. The meeting was held as part of the 9th World Forum on Energy Regulations (WFER IX), held in Tbilisi.

ArmInfo. Within the three phases of the Firebird AI Factory construction project in Hrazdan, the computing infrastructure will reach 100,000 GPUs. This was announced by Firebird co-founder Alexander Yesayan during a press conference on September 23.

ArmInfo. This year, Armenia's premier technology event, the DigiTec exhibition and conference, will become one of the largest platforms for artificial intelligence (AI) in the region. Armen Kocharyan, Chairman of the Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises (UATE), announced this at a press conference on September 23.

ArmInfo. The Armenian delegation, led by Suren Tovmasyan, Head of the Cadastre Committee, will participate in the 48th session of the Interstate Council on Geodesy, Cartography, Cadastre, and Remote Sensing of the Earth of the CIS Member States in Moscow. The decision to send Tovmasyan was signed by RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the government press service reported.

ArmInfo.During the first half of 2026, the average market price for multi-apartment housing in Yerevan grew by 9.1% year-on-year—a sharp acceleration compared to the modest 0.9% growth recorded during the same period last year—reaching an average of 505,900 drams per square meter.