ArmInfo. The Central Bank of Armenia has reduced the refinancing rate by 0.25 percentage points - to 4.25%. As ArmInfo was told in the press service of the Central Bank of Armenia, this decision was made on September 15 at a meeting  of the Central Bank Council.

ArmInfo. The Inspection Body for the Protection of Nature and Subsoil will receive additional powers to suspension of activities of business entities. The  country's parliament at a meeting on September 15 in the first  reading discusses amendments to the law "On environmental control"  and in a package of related laws.

ArmInfo. "We must continue to implement high-quality large-scale capital expenditure programs," on September 14  during discussion of the interim execution in 2020 of capital expenditure programs implemented with state budget funds,loans and grants RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said.

ArmInfo.During the period of the state of emergency declared in the country due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, Armenia significantly increased imports of wheat, barley and buckwheat.

ArmInfo. The inflow of transfers from Russia to Armenia in January-July 2020 sharply accelerated the y-o-y decline to 28.2% from 2.9% in the same period  of 2019. At the same time, the outflow of transfers from Armenia to  Russia increased by 0.9% from 1.6% decline a year earlier.

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ArmInfo.On September 14 Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan  received the national hero of Armenia, Argentine businessman of Armenian descent,  philanthropist Eduardo Eurnekian.

ArmInfo.The construction of the new Yerevan metro station will be fully financed from the government budget of Armenia. Mayor of Yerevan Hayk Marutyan told  journalists on September 14.

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ArmInfo.On September 22 Armswissbank will resume an additional issue of registered coupon euro bonds in the amount of 5 million euros. As the press service of  the bank explained, this issue is provided in the program prospectus  of the issue, registered by the Central Bank of Armenia on May 15  this year. The initial placement of this tranche will start on  September 22, and it is planned to complete it on October 22.

ArmInfo.Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan spoke about some of the achievements of the country's greenhouse farms against the backdrop of the coronavirus  attack. In particular, on his Facebook page, the head of the  government said that in January-July of this year. Armenia increased  the volume of supplies to the external market of strawberries,  blackberries and currants grown in greenhouses by 166% to $ 5.5  million.

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ArmInfo.  In the first ten  days of September, after the dollar bonds Unibank put up for on sale  AMD bonds. This is evidenced by the issue prospectus posted on the RA  Central Bank's website.

ArmInfo. Eurasian Development Bank (EDB)  analysts point to a downward trend in the equilibrium real effective  exchange rates of all the countries of the Bank's region of  operations (except Armenia), which has intensified under the  influence of the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is  stated in the bank's report "Assessment of Unobservable Economic  Variables in EDB Member Countries''.

ArmInfo.The coronavirus affected not so much the volumes of alcohol production in Armenia, as the export of alcoholic beverages produced in the country, the  volumes of which in all segments shows a negative trend in the first  half of 2020. This is evidenced by the data of the RA Customs  Service.

ArmInfo. Armenia appreciates the support that the United Kingdom government has  provided to the republic in recent years in realizing the goals of  the economic policy of the RA government. On September 11 during a  meeting with Charge d'Affaires of Great Britain in the Republic of  Armenia  Helen Fazey  RA Minister of Economy Tigran Khachatryan said.

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ArmInfo.  The US Department of State has presented  an overview of the state of the investment climate in Armenia ''2020  Investment Climate Statements: Armenia''. Analysts of the Department  of State in addition to the achievements aimed at improving this  area, a review of the legal economic framework, have identified the  weaknesses of the investment climate that do not facilitate the  foreign direct investment (FDI).

ArmInfo.The promotion campaign took place from June 10 to August 10, 2020 and boosted great interest among Ardshinbank cardholders.The prizes were certificates of health insurance and for health services.

ArmInfo.The leader of the Bright Armenia parliamentary faction, Edmon Marukyan, sent a letter to the Chairman of the Public Services Settlement Commission (PSRC)  Garegin Baghramyan with a request to conduct an investigation to find  out the reasons and legality of staff and salary reductions at  <Gazprom Armenia> CJSC. The MP announced this on his Facebook page.