ArmInfo. A number of international companies acted as a bidder for the purchase of "VEON  Armenia" through the Armenian company "Novatel", which was  technically created for this purpose.   Executive director of Novatel  Minas Yerznkyan will inform the journalists about this today.

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ArmInfo.  Alex Holding was  fined 24.7 million drams for abuse in the sugar market. This decision  was made at a meeting of the State Commission for the Protection of  Economic Competition (SCPEC).

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ArmInfo. Clients of the  Russian Fora-Bank can send money to Armenia using the "Mig"  international mobile transfer system, the press service of the credit  organization reports.

ArmInfo. The Territorial  Development Fund of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and  Infrastructures of Armenia has provided agricultural machinery to the  Shnokg community of the Lori region of the republic.

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ArmInfo.  By June 1, 2020, the  client base of Armenian banks totaled 3,016,449 individuals and  100,678 legal entities. According to the Central Bank of Armenia,  provided to ArmInfo by the Statistical Committee, a total of  3,117,127 clients had 6,075,554 accounts in Armenian banks, of which  5,853,174 were accounts of individuals and 222,380 were accounts of  legal entities.

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ArmInfo.  In Armenia, in the  first half of 2020, the service sector reduced volumes by 6.4% per  annum - to 861.7 billion drams ($ 1.8 billion), against 15.3% growth  a year earlier. According to the data of the Statistical Committee of  the Republic of Armenia, in June alone, the volume of services  provided increased by 8.2%, amounting to 143.5 billion drams ($ 298.2  million).

ArmInfo.  Each month of  quarantine measures costs the countries of the Eurasian Economic  Union (EAEU) with a drop in GDP of 1.5 to 3%. This is stated in the  materials of the Eurasian Development Bank, finance.kz portal  reports.  According to the bank, GDP losses of the unification  countries from external factors in 2020 may be about 2%.

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ArmInfo.  In the first half of  2020, the trade sector of Armenia registered decline by 11.1% (from  growth by 8.9% a year earlier), providing a volume of 1.3 trillion  drams ($ 2.6 billion). According to the RA Statistical Committee, in  June alone the trade sector provided revenue in 235.7 billion drams  ($ 489.8 million), with a monthly growth of 14.3%. This dynamic is  due to the fact that the wholesale and retail trade turned the vector  from growth to decline, while the car trade accelerated the decline.   In particular, wholesale trade in the first half of the year showed a  decrease by 8% (against growth by 12.2% a year earlier), amounting to  640 billion drams ($ 1.3 billion). In June alone, the proceeds of  wholesale trade increased by 15.2% - up to 123.3 billion drams.

ArmInfo. The volume of cargo  transportation in Armenia in the first half of 2020 compared to the  same period last year increased by 3.4% - to 6 328.7 thousand tons,  against a decline of 57.5% a year earlier.