ArmInfo.Armenia highly appreciates the Netherlands' support in developing trade  opportunities and expanding access to the European market, as stated  by RA Foreign Minister Aratat Mirzoyan  during a meeting with Dutch  Foreign Minister David van Well,  the RA MFApress service reports. 

ArmInfo.  Ardshinbank was the main sponsor of the “VMF Vanadzor Half Marathon 2025,” held on September 14 in Vanadzor. This charitable marathon was dedicated to the memory of Vahe Meliksetyan, a lecturer at the Department of Clinical Pharmacology at Yerevan State Medical University, a pharmacologist, and a scientist. Vahe Meliksetyan was killed during the 2020 Artsakh War.

ArmInfo.On September 17, RA Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan received a  delegation led by Alexander  Timan, head of the International  Monetary Fund's Armenian Mission.

ArmInfo. Deputy Minister of Economy of Armenia Arman Khojoyan received members of a delegation from the German Federal Ministry for the Environment and  Nature Conservation and the German Society for International  Cooperation (GIZ).

ArmInfo. Tbilisi has fully repaid its foreign debt to Yerevan, RIA Novosti reports, citing data from the Georgian Ministry of Finance.

ArmInfo.  Co-founder, president of the Mantashyants Entrepreneurs Club Vahram Mirakyan once again addressed the topic of "tax terror" and the incompetent work of the  inspectors of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) of Armenia. He also  voiced his proposals aimed at eliminating the seizure and illegal  confiscation of property as a means of pressure on business, and  establishing fair and predictable mechanisms for resolving tax and  economic disputes. "Anyone who has ever encountered this knows how  our police and investigative services work. Or rather, how they do  not work. After a crime is reported, either nothing happens, or they  are focused on ensuring that there is no report, so that there is no  unsolved case.

ArmInfo. Achieving peace will result in positive development in the economy and an enhanced business environment. Martin Galstyan, the Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia, made this statement  during a press conference on  September 16.

ArmInfo.High uncertainty in  external demand remains due to t deterioration risks in the global economic growth prospects and the current trends in tourist flows and remittances to Armenia. Martin Galstyan,  the Chairman of the Central  Bank of Armenia, made this statement during a press conference on  September 16, when presenting the rationale for the decision of the  Central Bank Board to keep the key refinancing rate unchanged at  6.75%.

ArmInfo. The Central Bank of Armenia has improved its GDP growth forecast for 2025 from the previous 5.1-4.6% to an updated 5.8-5.7% (depending on the inflation trajectory), against the actual 5.9% growth in 2024. The Central Bank  has also revised its GDP growth forecast for 2026, now expecting an  acceleration in growth rates to 5.7-6.2%, instead of the previously  announced slowdown to 4.9-4.4%.

ArmInfo. In January-August 2025, 1.5 million tourists visited Armenia, a 1.4% increase  compared to the  previous year, as evidenced by  data from the Tourism  Committee.

ArmInfo. This time, IDBank hosted the participants of the financial education course of the “Side by Side” program. A total of 100 schoolchildren displaced from Artsakh took part in the program. The course was developed and implemented by the specialists of the “Oogway Superhero School” through games, discussions, and creative tasks, both in person and in an online format.

ArmInfo. If there is a decline in real estate prices, it is happening very steadily and within a predictably stable sideways trend. The Chairman of the  Central Bank of Armenia announced this during a press conference on  September 16.

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ArmInfo. Martin Galstyan,  the Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia, expressed hope that the  uncertainty surrounding  Electric Networks of Armenia (ENA), which  was forcibly nationalized by the authorities, will be eliminated in  the near future. During his press conference on September 16, he  noted that the downgrade of the company's rating by Moody's will be  short-term and will not affect the stability of Armenia's financial  system.

ArmInfo. The day before, "Armenian Banking Days" were held for the first time in the capital of Austria. The initiator of the Vienna event was the Union of Armenian Banks together with Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI).

ArmInfo. The Central Bank of Armenia has once again decided to leave the refinancing rate unchanged, setting it at 6.75%. This decision was made on September  16 during a meeting of the Board of the Central Bank of the Republic  of Armenia. Accordingly, the rates on Lombard repo is- 8.25% and the  interest rate on funds attracted from banks is 5.25%.

ArmInfo.  According to forecasts by the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), the Armenian economy will stabilize on a 5.5% growth trajectory with domestic demand maintaining its role as the main driver of development. This is stated in the Bank's  latest Macroeconomic Review. The analytical material presents an  analysis of the economic development of the Bank's member states at  the beginning of 2025 and a forecast of the main macroeconomic  indicators until the end of 2025 and for 2026-2027.

ArmInfo. The Central Bank of Armenia announced the issue of a commemorative coin dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Armenian film  director and screenwriter Henrik Malyan on September 16 this year.  This was noted in the message of the Central Bank of Armenia.

ArmInfo. AraratBank co-funded "Culture – My Way" project launched by the Teryan Cultural Center under the financing of the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD) of UNESCO, within the framework of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.

ArmInfo.  Subvention programs are the driving force of Kapan. This was stated by Advisor to the Governor of the Syunik region Karen Balyan to the regional television  channel Syunik TV.