ArmInfo. In the first half of 2026, Armenia's state budget recorded 1.566 trillion drams in tax revenues. According to the press service of the State Revenue  Committee (SRC) of Armenia, tax collections increased by 14.7%—or 200  billion drams—compared to the same period last year.

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ArmInfo. Dutinga meeting in Yerevan, Armen Grigoryan, Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia, and Simon Mordue, the Chief Diplomatic Advisor to the President of the European Commission, discussed the development of  bilateral relations between Armenia and the European Union 

ArmInfo.  The Armenian government is proposing a revision of excise tax rates for the  upcoming three-year period. On July 2, during an extraordinary  session of the National Assembly, the government presented amendments  to the Tax Code for a first-reading debate.

ArmInfo. New platform brings together cyber and payments intelligence to help institutions detect threats earlier and reduce downstream fraud risk

ArmInfo. In the Armenian plastic card market, non-cash transactions are increasingly becoming the dominant payment method. By April 2026, their share in the total volume of transactions reached 62%, up from 56% a year earlier. In  absolute terms, this amounted to 1.2 trillion drams ($3.1 billion)  for the first quarter of 2026, according to data from the Central  Bank of Armenia.

ArmInfo.  The number of virtual POS terminals (vPOS) in Armenia reached 5,877,000 by April 2026, of which 51.3%, or 3,016,000, are used in retail, catering, and service  outlets. The year-on-year increase in the number of vPOS terminals by  22.3%, or 1,073,000, and regular POS terminals by 16%, or 13,678,000,  is clearly explained by the increased use of cashless payments, which  became mandatory with the introduction of legislative restrictions on  cash transactions in July 2022.  This is according to data from the  Central Bank of Armenia.

ArmInfo. Tigran Jrbashyan, Director of the Ameria management consulting company, raised several issues related to the planned implementation of the IMEI system in  Armenia, which will be discussed at an extraordinary session of the  RA National Assembly.

ArmInfo.  RA Ambassador to the U.S. Narek Mkrtchyan held meetings with representatives of U.S. companies operating in the technology and semiconductor sector,  GlobalFoundries and Texas Instruments.

ArmInfo. A honey festival will be held in the village of Khors in Armenia's Vayots Dzor Province on July 25, according to the RA Tourism Committee.

ArmInfo. The 8th meeting of the State Investment Committee was held under the chairmanship of RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

ArmInfo.    How modern fintech solutions are changing consumer behavior, expanding financial opportunities for businesses, and stimulating the economy was the focus of the presentation

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ArmInfo.The toxic surplus of the Russian  ruble has transformed this currency into a heavy and dangerous burden  for banks within EAEU: the reaction is either tightening conditions  or outright refusal to process those funds. This surplus is deemed  toxic because the funds are effectively "locked" within these banking  systems, offering no return on investment while simultaneously  exposing financial institutions to secondary sanction risks.

ArmInfo. Natural gas tariffs for consumers in Armenia will remain unchanged. This decision was reached during a meeting of the Public Services Regulatory  Commission (PSRC) of Armenia, held on July 1 under the chairmanship  of Mesrop Mesropyan.

ArmInfo.  The Urban Development Committee of Armenia has held discussions regarding upcoming digitalization initiatives within the urban planning sector. 

ArmInfo. A meeting of the Nexus-2 project competition committee was held in Kapan.

ArmInfo.  South Caucasus Railways (SC) is organizing a new, second rail tour for European tourists, according to a company statement.

ArmInfo.  The Made in Armenia Expo exhibition will be held in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, on July 3-4, where approximately 50 Armenian manufacturers will showcase  their products. The Armenian Embassy in Lithuania, Latvia, and  Estonia announced this.

ArmInfo.  Effective corporate governance in state-owned companies is one of the priority reform areas in Armenia. This was stated by RA Deputy Finance Minister Edgar  Mkrtchyan during the annual corporate governance conference.