Ameriabank profit totaled AMD 555 millionJuly 20, 2009 - 13:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ameriabank has secured AMD 555 million profit in the first half of 2009, the bank's press office said. The profit increased by 5.4 times as compared to the first half of 2008. According to preliminary data, the banking system profit after taxation amounted to AMD 4.4 billion in the first half of 2009, decreasing by 66% against last year's index. 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 |