Weekly digest of foreign currency dealsAugust 30, 2013 - 18:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 78,609,724 was bought at an average price of AMD 405.27/USD 1 and USD 93,376,238 sold at an average price of AMD 406.61/USD 1 at the Armenian foreign currency market on August 26-30. Deals amounting to USD 16,750,000 at an average price of AMD 406.00/USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia during the reporting period. From August 19-25, AMD loans granted by banks totaled 36.8 bln, while USD loans amounted to 34.1 mln, the press service of the Central Bank of Armenia 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 | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |