Armenia’s exports amounted to $124.4 million in January, up by a total of 35.4% against the same period last year. As the National Statistical Service reports, Russia-bound exports surged by 80%, while those to the EU countries and Iraq increased by 21.5% and 24.4% respectively. Exports to the United Arab Emirates grew 6-fold, totaling some…
Financial news agency Cbonds has published the list of issues and public placements conducted in local bond markets of South Caucasus countries in 2016. Ameriabank is thus leading the Armenian banks, having placed three issues of bonds with a total sum of $22 million (7.12% market share in the South Caucasus). Moreover, not the dimensional,…
Russian gas supply to Armenia decreased from 1.92 billion cubic meters in 2015 to 1.87 billion cubic meters in 2016, materials prepared for the meeting of Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev revealed. 2.6% less gas has thus been shipped from Russia to Armenia. According to the Cabinet materials, the…
Fitch Ratings has assigned Armenian capital city of Yerevan Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) of “B+” and a Short-Term Foreign Currency IDR of “B”. The Outlooks on the Long-Term IDRs are Stable. The ratings reflect Yerevan’s status as Armenia’s capital, satisfactory budgetary performance, supported by steady transfers from the central government,…
Minister of Agriculture Ignati Arakelyan has proposed producing wine, champagne and gin from honey in Armenia, a statement issued by the ministry said. Arakelyan met with a group of Armenian beekeepers to discuss the problems in the field and their possible solutions. Dwelling upon priority issues, the beekeepers singled out the necessity to diversify bee…
Deputy Chairman of Gazprom Management Board Vitaly Markelov held talks with Iran’s Deputy Minister of Oil Amir-Hossein Zamani-Nia, who arrived in Moscow to convince Russian companies to invest in the Islamic Republic’s oil and gas projects. Also, negotiations dwelt upon the increase of gas supplies from Iran to Armenia, whose gas transportation system was controlled…
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian declined to elaborate on the country’s inclusion into the European common aviation area. At the press conference on the results of the eighth non-official meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Eastern Partnership countries held in Yerevan, the Armenian FM noted that in the future talks on joining the common aviation…