ArmInfo. It is important for Armenia to transition towards digital logistics, starting with basic technologies: electronic document management, automation of routine processes, and transport monitoring. According to the official statement from the ATI.SU Freight Exchange, the director of the ATI.SU representative office in Armenia, Sergey Mkrtchyan, expressed a similar opinion.  Referring to data from Mordor Intelligence, he  highlighted that the  global digital logistics market's volume in  2024 was nearly $30 billion and is projected to grow by 16% annually, reaching $63.55 billion by 2029.

ArmInfo.  Prime Minister of Slovakia  Robert Fico proposed to his Armenian counterpart Nikol Pashinyan to collaborate in the field of nuclear energy and the military- industrial complex. He made this statement on May 26 during  a joint press conference with Pashinyan in Yerevan.

ArmInfo. The issues of anti-crisis development of one of the largest enterprises in Armenia  - the Yerevan foil rolling plant "Armenal" were discussed during the visit of the delegation of the Ministry of Economy of Armenia headed by Deputy Minister Edgar Zakaryan to the enterprise.

ArmInfo.In Armenia, the industrial price index increased in January- April 2025 compared to the same  period in 2024 from 100.7% to 102%. This was observed against the background of a deterioration in the annual dynamics of the industrial sector from 26.8% growth to 16.1% decline, with a volume of 812.3 billion drams ($2.1 billion). This is evidenced by the preliminary data of the RA Statistics Committee. 

ArmInfo.In Armenia, economic activity growth in January-April 2025 slowed significantly to 4.4%  per annum (from 13.2% in the same period of 2024).

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ArmInfo.The Armenian authorities are making another attempt to protect the interests of domestic  cement producers. At a meeting on May 26, the Committee on Economic Affairs of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia issued a positive conclusion on the amendments to the Law "On State Duty"  submitted by the country's government.

ArmInfo.  The French Development Agency (AFD) is interested in implementing programs in Armenia in the field of renewable energy sources and improving transport infrastructure. This was stated by AFD Regional Director Matthieu Vasseur during a meeting with Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Armenia Kristine Ghalechyan.

ArmInfo.  Armenia is considering implementing AWS (Amazon Web Services) Outposts, which will ensure the stability of the regional cloud. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of High-Tech Industry of Armenia, citing the  results of the meeting of the head of the department Mkhitar  Hayrapetyan with the vice president and chief cloud officer of the world's leading cloud computing company AWS Jeff Barr.

ArmInfo.  May 19 to 23, 2025, in Armenia's interbank foreign exchange market, USD transactions showed further growth, with RUB ones showing a growth and no EUR transactions effected for two months. RUB transactions showed a 75%  growth against a 30.4% decline the previous week USD transactions showed a 12% growth against 62% growth. The total amount of USD transactions exceeded that of RUB transactions 1.1-fold against 1.7-fold the previous week. 

ArmInfo. The Minister of Finance of Armenia Vahe Hovhannisyan met with  Mathieu Vasseur,  the regional  director of the French Development Agency (FDA), to discuss financing options  for the construction of the Bargushan tunnel, as reported by the press service of the Ministry of Finance of Armenia.

ArmInfo. The State Revenue Committee (SRC) of Armenia reports that there were 783,547  income-generating  jobs according to data from taxpayers regarding income tax and social security contributions for April 2025.  

ArmInfo. On May 23, RA President Vahagn Khachaturyan received Vice President of Amazon Web Services  (AWS) Jeff Barr.

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ArmInfo. In the first quarter of 2025, the underfulfillment of capital expenditures in Armenia amounted to almost 70%. This is stated by the experts of the Luys Foundation, analyzing the report on the execution of the state budget of the Republic of Armenia for January-March of this year.

ArmInfo. Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Khachatryan and Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Office in Armenia Donald Lambert exchanged views on the current  framework of bilateral cooperation and discussed priority areas of cooperation for the coming years.

ArmInfo.  Over the past year, Armenia has improved its performance in the Global Startup Ecosystem  Index by three positions. This was written by the Minister of  High-Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia Mkhitar Hayrapetyan on his Facebook page.

ArmInfo.The shadow economy in  Armenia is estimated to be around 22%, as stated by Eduard Hakobyan,  the Chairman of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) of Armenia, at a press conference on May 22.

ArmInfo. The obsession of state policy with short-term indicators can lead to the loss of economic sovereignty for the country. Vahe Davtyan, a Doctor of Political Sciences and Professor, expressed this viewpoint on his Facebook page  referring to data published by the Statistical Committee of Armenia for the first quarter of 2025,  which  showed a 5.2% increase in the country's gross domestic product (GDP).