Air Arabia to offer direct flights between Yerevan and Abu-Dhabi
 Tuesday, March 18 2025,

ArmInfo. Air Arabia Abu Dhabi will start operating flights on the route Abu Dhabi-Yerevan-Abu Dhabi starting June 1, 2025, as reported by the press service of Zvartnots  International Airport. Flights will be operated 6 times a week: every  Monday, Thursday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Armenia`s Central Bank to leave the refinancing rate unchanged at  6.75%
 Tuesday, March 18 2025,

ArmInfo. This time, the Central Bank of Armenia has considered it appropriate to leave the refinancing rate unchanged at 6.75%. This decision was made on March  18 at a meeting of the Board of the Central Bank of  Armenia.  The  Lombard Repo Facility Rate - 8.25% and the Deposit Facility Rate  -  5.25% have also been kept at the previous level.

Armenia`s authorities plan taking out interest-free loans from  businesses for budget 
 Tuesday, March 18 2025,

ArmInfo. The Republican Union of Employers of Armenia (RUEA) is deeply convinced that the purpose of the amendments to the Administrative Procedure Code of the Republic  of Armenia initiated by the Ministry of Justice to review the  procedure for appealing fines is to quickly replenish the state  treasury. Meanwhile, its adoption will have irreversible negative  consequences for Armenian business.

Armenia`s authorities seeking to replenish budget at any cost -  economist 
 Tuesday, March 18 2025,

ArmInfo. The placement of Eurobonds in the amount of $750 million at an extremely high rate of 7.1% per annum indicates a deterioration in the situation in the  Armenian economy. This assessment was made by economist, former  member of parliament from the Prosperous Armenia faction Mikael  Melkumyan.

New barcoding system `headache` for businesses - official 
 Tuesday, March 18 2025,

ArmInfo. Former assistant to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and brother of the ruling NA faction MP Hayk Sargsyan - Nairi Sargsyan proposes returning to the previous system  of product labeling, since the new one is unreliable and has already  become a real "headache" for businesses.

Russian gas supply to Armenia suspended 
 Tuesday, March 18 2025,

ArmInfo. The supply of Russian natural gas to Armenia has been temporarily suspended. This was stated in a statement by Gazprom Armenia CJSC.

Pashinyan discusses product  labeling system
 Monday, March 17 2025,

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has chaired a meeting  to address issues related to the product labeling system and  identification tools.

Gevorg Papoyan: We are moving forward with  the current agenda, with a focus on diversifying the economy
 Monday, March 17 2025,

ArmInfo. We are moving forward with the current agenda, which is focused on diversifying the economy. This was stated by Armenian Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan during a meeting of the Standing Parliamentary Committee, in response to a question from a parliamentarian about Armenia's potential withdrawal from the EAEU and joining the EU.  Papoyan reiterated that the government's agenda does not involve leaving the Eurasian Economic Union.  He also clarified that the document being discussed (the bill on the EU accession process) doesn't signify actual membership in the EU.  He said that in the coming days he will visit the Russian Federation, where he will hold meetings with two colleagues to discuss the possibility of expanding bilateral trade and economic cooperation, and then go to the UAE, Japan, etc.

The 5th issue of Eurobonds cost Armenia more than the previous ones:  Suren Parsyan
 Monday, March 17 2025,

ArmInfo. Economist Suren Parsyan believes that the fifth and final issue of Eurobonds ended up costing Armenia more than the previous ones.  The economist pointed out that  in 2013, Armenia issued Eurobonds for the first time in its financial  history, amounting $500 million. This amount was mainly used to repay  the Russian interstate debt. Later, the government continued to issue  Eurobonds several times to pay off previous debts and acquire  additional loans.

Armenia`s minister of labor meets with U.S. public figures at U.S.  presidential residence 
 Monday, March 17 2025,

ArmInfo. Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of Armenia Narek Mkrtchyan, as the person responsible for foreign relations of the Civil Contract party, held a number of  meetings as part of his visit to Donald Trump's mansion in  Mar-a-Lago.

 Monday, March 17 2025,

ArmInfo.

Ticket packets 1.2% of total number of transport tickets in Yerevan 
 Monday, March 17 2025,

ArmInfo. From January 1 to March 10, 17,374,372 tickets were purchased in Yerevan within the framework of the introduced unified ticket system, of which 213,021  (only 1.2%) were package tickets developed by the capital's  municipality. This became known following the results of the working  meeting of the Yerevan City Hall on March 17.

Armenian Airlines suspends flights 
 Monday, March 17 2025,

ArmInfo. rmenian Airlines will temporarily suspend flights from April 7. According to the  official statement of the airline, the reason for this decision was  the renewal of the fleet and the acquisition of new aircraft.

Armenian MP explains $750mln Eurobon issue by Ministry of Finance 
 Monday, March 17 2025,

ArmInfo. Armenia has placed Eurobonds worth $750 million, which indicates a high level of confidence among international investors in the republic's economy.  This was stated by Babken Tunyan, a member of parliament from the  ruling Civil Contract faction, on  social media. 

 Sunday, March 16 2025,

ArmInfo.

Armenia`s premier attends opening ceremony of GTB Steel Company steel  reinforcement plant
 Saturday, March 15 2025,

ArmInfo. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan attended the opening of the GTB Steel Company steel reinforcement plant in the Ararat community.

USD, RUB transactions continue growing in Armenia`s interbank foreign  exchange market Mar 10 to 14, 2025
 Saturday, March 15 2025,

ArmInfo. From March 10 to 14, 2025, dollar transactions and the same number of ruble transactions were conducted on the Armenian interbank currency market, while euro  transactions resumed. As a result, the weekly trend of dollar  transactions remained on the rise with a slowdown in rates from 33%  to 24%, while ruble transactions continued to grow, but with an  acceleration in rates from 12% to 21.4%. As a result, the prevalence  of the weekly volume of dollar transactions over ruble ones did not  change (1.7 times), but over euro ones it turned out to be more  significant (22 times).

Armenia`s SRC Head, EU Delegation Ambassador to Armenia discuss bilateral agenda
 Friday, March 14 2025,

ArmInfo. The Chairman of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) of the Republic of Armenia, Eduard Hakobyan, received the Head of the  European Union Delegation to Armenia, Ambassador Vassilis Maragos.

Armenia`s Ministry of Territorial Administration, ADB to develop an investment plan for climate change adaptation in Armenia`s road infrastructure
 Friday, March 14 2025,

ArmInfo. The Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Armenia, in partnership with the Asian Development Bank, has launched the program Several  industry companies  are also participating .in the implementation of this program.

 Friday, March 14 2025,

ArmInfo.

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