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ArmInfo.IDBank together with “Universal payment technologies” (“UPT” LLC) announces the launch of IDpay initiative.

ArmInfo. The Central Bank of Armenia has kept the refinancing rate at 4.25%. As ArmInfo was told in the press service of the Central Bank of Armenia, this decision  was made on October 27 at a meeting of the Central Bank Council.

ArmInfo. A more impressive decline in imports than exports reduced the foreign trade deficit of Armenia in January-September 2020 by 23.6% per annum (against an  increase of 0.5% a year earlier against the background of an increase  in exports and imports).

ArmInfo.. The US Department of Commerce has decided to launch a new anti-dumping investigation into the supply of aluminum foil from a number of countries, due to  issues related to the competitive nature of the supply.

ArmInfo. In Armenia, economic activity in January-September 2020 deepened even more into recession - up to 6.6%, against the background of rapidly decreasing volumes of  exports and imports.

ArmInfo. The State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition of Armenia, in connection with the signals received about the increase in prices in  the domestic market for certain types of goods, including sugar,  flour, butter and sunflower oil, carried out monitoring.

ArmInfo. The Kaps reservoir can be of regional importance from a perspective perspective. Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of the  Republic of Armenia Vache Terteryan, who presented a draft letter of  agreement with the German bank KfW on the postponement of the payment  of interest rates on a loan of 50 million euros, said this at a  meeting of the Commission on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Issues on  October 23.

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.