Ardshinbank Offers 5% Cashback on Business Loan Refinancing 
 Wednesday, October 8 2025,

ArmInfo.From September 9 to December 31, 2025, micro, small, and medium-sized business owners in Armenia can transfer their existing business loans to Ardshinbank and receive 5% of the refinanced amount as cashback. If you have loans from several banks, you can consolidate them into a single loan and then transfer it to Ardshinbank. 

Services sector shows higher growth 
 Wednesday, October 8 2025,

ArmInfo. In Armenia, the service sector accelerated its year-on- year growth from 5.2% to 10.2% in January-August 2025, reaching a volume of 2.6 trillion drams  ($6.6 billion). In August alone, the volume of services provided  increased by 3.8% to 359.1 billion drams ($937.2 million). This is  according to data from the RA Statistics Committee.

Proceeeds of Armenia`s trade sector $10.6bln in Jan-Aug, 2025 
 Wednesday, October 8 2025,

ArmInfo.Revenue from Armenia's trade sector in January-August 2025 slowed to 3.9% (from 20.4% a year earlier), amounting to 4.1 trillion drams ($10.6  billion). According to the RA Statistics Committee, trade turnover in  Armenia increased by 1.2% in August of this year, reaching 589.5  billion drams ($1.5 billion).

Proceeds of Armenia`s communication sector show slower growth 
 Wednesday, October 8 2025,

ArmInfo. Revenue in Armenia's communications sector in January-August 2025, compared to the same period in 2024, slowed from 3.8% to 2%, reaching 112 billion drams. This is according to data from the RA Statistics Committee.

Armenian premier to take part in Invest in Connectivity - Grow in  Stability forum in Tbilisi 
 Wednesday, October 8 2025,

ArmInfo. The Silk Road Forum will be held in Tbilisi on October 22-23. According to organizers cited by Georgian media, the main theme and slogan of the fifth forum is "Invest in Connectivity - Grow in Stability."

Percent margin down to 3% against 5% in Armenia in first half of 2025 
 Wednesday, October 8 2025,

ArmInfo. In the Armenian banking system, the net interest margin decreased from 5% to 3% in the first half of 2025. Moreover, among large lenders, some banks lost 3-4 percentage points in this indicator over the first half of the year  (from the previous 6-7%). This is evidenced by the Financial Rating  of Armenian Banks as of June 30, 2025, prepared by ArmInfo Investment  Company.

Cargo traffic 1.1% up, passenger traffic 2.8% down in Armenia in  Jan-Aug, 2025
 Wednesday, October 8 2025,

ArmInfo.Freight transportation volumes in Armenia in January- August 2025 increased by 1.1% compared to the same period in 2024, reaching 10,620,600  tons, according to data from the RA Statistics Committee.

Energy output 7.1% up in Armenia 
 Wednesday, October 8 2025,

ArmInfo. Armenia generated 6,508.1 million kWh of electricity in January-August 2025, up 7.1% year-on-year.

 Tuesday, October 7 2025,

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ContourGlobal and Ardshinbank together for the Bank’s largest financing transaction in Armenia`s energy system 
 Tuesday, October 7 2025,

ArmInfo. ContourGlobal successfully completes USD 135 million refinancing of a portfolio of three hydropower plants in Armenia. 

 Tuesday, October 7 2025,

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Opposition MP on results of Armenian government`s social policy
 Tuesday, October 7 2025,

ArmInfo. In its election and activity programs over the past seven  years, Nikol Pashinyan's government has promised economic growth of at least 7% per year, a 50% reduction in poverty, the elimination of extreme poverty, an improvement in the economic structure, equalization of the minimum pension with the cost of the food basket and the average pension with the cost  of the minimum consumer basket, raising the minimum wage to 85,000 drams, and, ultimately, ensuring universal happiness.

 Tuesday, October 7 2025,

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They`re just trying to pull the wool over people`s eyes - Robert  Kocharyan 
 Tuesday, October 7 2025,

ArmInfo.Armenia must have a nuclear power plant. This was stated by Robert Kocharyan, the second president of the Republic of Armenia, at a press conference on October 7.

Russian-Armenian businessman Ruben Vardanyan, who is in Baku prison,  quits Atom car project 
 Tuesday, October 7 2025,

ArmInfo. Former Artsakh State Minister and philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan, currently in prison in Baku, has withdrawn from the Atom electric vehicle project, selling his stake.

Heads of railway companies from Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Georgia  sign joint action plan for Middle Corridor
 Tuesday, October 7 2025,

ArmInfo. During the New Silk Way business forum held in Kazakhstan, the heads of railway companies from Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Georgia signed a joint action plan aimed at ensuring the smooth operation of transit trains and further  reducing their travel times, Channel One Georgia reports, citing  Georgian Railway.

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