ArmInfo. On 1 July, Armenia  became global leader for "Technology and Innovation for Gender  Equality" action coalition of the UN-led Generation Equality Forum,  the press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry informs. 

ArmInfo. UNDP in Armenia's  ImpactAim Venture Accelerator, in cooperation with Enterprise  Incubator Foundation (EIF) and ISTC - Innovative Solutions and  Technologies Center Foundation, is calling Armenian and international  tech ventures to apply for Climate Change Technology Accelerator  (CCTA) 2020 focused on "Energy Efficiency and Renewables".  The  program targets the current challenges of energy efficiency and  renewables sectors, such as:  Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Energy  Demand Management: AI for data analyzing and decision making;   Passive and Smart living environments; Efficient Heating and/or  Cooling Solutions: Heating and/or cooling technologies that are  energy efficient and supplied from renewable sources; Hydrogen  Energy; Microgrids Based on Renewable Energy; Reduction of losses in  transmission and transformation systems.

ArmInfo.Natural gas supplies to Armenia from Russia have been temporarily suspended. This was reported by Gazprom Armenia CJSC.

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ArmInfo. 1.9 billion AMD will be  allocated from the state budget of Armenia for capital expenditures  of the RA Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports. This  decision was made on July 2 at the next government meeting.

ArmInfo. A new sales control  system at gas stations will be introduced in Armenia. This was  announced on July 2 during a government meeting by the head of the  bureau for coordinating the activities of inspection bodies Arthur  Asoyan.

ArmInfo. Armswissbank has  successfully placed a tranche of Eurobonds in the amount of 5 million  euros. According to the press service of the bank, this tranche was  issued on June 1 and, as envisaged, the initial offering ended on  July 1.

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ArmInfo.The situation with the  collection of taxes to the state budget of Armenia causes some  concern. On July 2, after a government meeting, Chairman of the State  Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia, Eduard Hovhannisyan,  told reporters.

ArmInfo. Armenia, within the  framework of the EAEU, received privileges on customs duties on  imports of about 600 items of goods presented at the following link:   https://docs.eaeunion.org/docs/ru-ru/01425463 / err_30042020_62

ArmInfo.  ArmPower Company Constructing a Heat Block in Yerevan combined cycle power of 250 MW, presented to the government the candidacy of Patrick Frey as  independent engineer, which was approved at a meeting of the RA  government on July 2.  As noted in the certificate - the rationale  for the draft decision, a framework agreement on the design,  development, financing.

ArmInfo. The global tourism  industry could lose up to $ 3.3 trillion due to the coronavirus  pandemic according to the most pessimistic scenario, which is 4.2  percent of total global gross domestic product (GDP). This is stated  in the report "COVID-19 and tourism", released on Wednesday by the  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).  At the  same time, the experts calculated three scenarios depending on the  duration of the restrictive measures - 4, 8 and 12 months. In these  scenarios, according to experts, tourism industry revenues would fall  by 1.17, 2.22 and 3.3 trillion dollars, respectively.

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ArmInfo. On July 1, the  Armenian nuclear power plant stopped for another scheduled preventive  repair. This was reported by the press service of the station.

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ArmInfo.Armenian President  Armen Sargsyan met with the Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia  Martyn Galstyan.

ArmInfo. Haypost, the national  postal operator of Armenia, with the support of the Ministry of Labor  and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, is launching a pilot  program to pay pensions through an electronic system.

ArmInfo.The planned increase in  property tax is a logical continuation of the lowering of the tax  burden regarding income tax that has occurred since last year. A  similar opinion was expressed by ArmInfo Chairman of the Standing  Commission on Economic Affairs of the "My Step" faction Babken  Tunyan.