ArmInfo.Taking into account the fact that coronavirus infection is especially dangerous for the seniors, pensioners no longer have to visit the Bank to receive their pension cards.

ArmInfo. The impossibility of reaching an agreement in accordance with our interests around any transaction cannot be the reason for bargaining on the sovereignty of  Armenia, member of the My Step parliamentary faction Hayk Gevorgyan  expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo, commenting on the possibility  of raising gas prices in the country.  

ArmInfo.Unfortunately, in a crisis situation, when you solve one issue, another immediately arises and a peculiar chain develops, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said on the air on Facebook.

ArmInfo. In 2020, the Armenian  government predicts a negative economic growth of 2% and a budget  deficit of up to 5% of GDP. RA Minister of Finance Atom Janjughazyan  announced on April 28 from the rostrum of the National Assembly  introducing amendments to the budget for 2020, dictated by the  uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

ArmInfo.The World Bank continues to be one of Armenia's key partners.  RA Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan stated yesterday during a video - conference  with the newly appointed WB Vice President for Europe and Central  Asia Anna Bjerde.

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ArmInfo.. Georgia lifted the ban on the entry into the country of small trucks from Armenia.

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ArmInfo. Beeline announces the opening of sales and service offices in almost all administrative centers of Yerevan and regions of the country, in particular in  Vanadzor, Ijevan, Yeghegnadzor, Kapan, Gyumri, Ashtarak, Hrazdan,  Gavar, Armavir and Artashat, which will operate from Monday to Friday  from 11: 00am to 3:00pm.

ArmInfo.Export growth amid a decline in imports reduced the negative balance of Armenia's foreign trade in Q1 2020 by 13.4% per annum, compared with an increase of  5.2% a year earlier.

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ArmInfo.In Armenia, economic activity in January-March 2020 compared to January-March 2019 slowed to 4%.

ArmInfo. The Armenal factory in Yerevan in the first quarter of 2020 produced the largest volume of foil among the RUSAL foil rolling plants. This is evidenced by the  results of the company's production activities in the first quarter  of this year.  

ArmInfo.In the event of a possible consolidation of telecom operators, one of the main  strategic risks is the issue of information security of the RA, while  with three strong telecom operators this risk is reduced and / or  neutralized.

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ArmInfo.  Former director and  founder of one of the largest Armenian telecommunication companies  Ucom Hayk Yesayan founded a new company. He announced this in his  microblog on Twitter. "On April 20, 2020, Alexander Yesayan and I  registered the" OLNET "limited liability company, which will provide  innovative digital telecommunication services to Armenian consumers,"   Yesayan wrote.

ArmInfo.The universal credit company First Mortgage Company (PIK UKK) plans to issue two tranches of registered, coupon, non-documentary bonds with issue volumes of  100 million drams and $ 800 thousand secured by mortgage loans. This  is evidenced by the prospectus for the issue of these bonds posted on  the website of the Central Bank of Armenia.

ArmInfo. In the first quarter of 2020, the insurance sector of Armenia reduced tax payments to the state budget by 15.6% to 534.7 million drams, of which 445.2 million  drams were paid out of direct taxes (including income tax and income  tax).

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