Weekly digest of foreign currency dealsMarch 5, 2010 - 18:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 45,890,214 was bought at average price of AMD 384.73/USD 1 and USD 61,687,374 was sold at average price of AMD 386.49/USD 1 at Armenian foreign currency market on February 15 -19. Deals amounting to USD 23,610,000 at average price AMD 387.34/USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia. On February 22-28 AMD loans granted by banks totalled 18.4 billion. USD loans grossed 26.4 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 | 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. |