Weekly digest of foreign currency dealsSeptember 5, 2009 - 12:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 67,168,031 was bought at average price of AMD 375.00 /USD 1 and USD 85,621,843 was sold at average price of AMD 376.81 / USD 1 at Armenian foreign currency market on August 28- September 4.Deals amounting to USD 9,050,000 at average price of AMD 374.37 /USD 1 were struck at interbank market. Deals amounting to USD 27,160,000 at average price AMD 376.86 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia. On August 24-30 AMD loans granted by banks totaled 8,9 billion. USD loans totaled 27.2 million, Central Bank of Armenia press office reported. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Armenia considers Cyprus as one of its main partners in EU - envoy Armenia considers Cyprus one of its main partners in the European Union, Ambassador Tigran Mkrtchyan has said. Armenian, Albanian Foreign Ministers discuss ties, regional issues Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania Igli Hasani. POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO. Armenia confirms will attend NATO summit in Washington Armenia has confirmed its participation in the NATO summit in Washington, a spokesperson has confirmed. |