  Amount of private remittances to Armenia grows dramatically September 10, 2013 - 11:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - $942 mln was transferred to individuals through the Armenian banking system in January-July 2013, increasing 5 times against the same period in 2012 ($175,6 mln). According to Armenian Central Bank’s monthly bulletin, the amount of remittances from Armenia totaled $175,9 mln in January-July 2013, with the net cash inflow grossing $760 mln against $152,7 last year. Russia keeps the biggest share of remittances to Armenia - $697 mln, followed by the U.S. - $27,191 mln, Kazakhstan - $11,4 mln and France - $4,7 mln, Germany - $2,98 mln, Ukraine - $1,3 mln, UAE - $1,2 mln and Spain - $1,1 mln.   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 |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
