Weekly digest of foreign currency dealsMarch 16, 2012 - 17:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 134,962,614 was bought at an average price of AMD 388.77/USD 1 and USD 136,615,506 sold at an average price of AMD 389.83/USD 1 at the Armenian foreign currency market on March 5-16. Deals amounting to USD 27,830,000 at an average price of 389.56 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia during the reporting period. From Feb 27-March 11, AMD loans granted by banks totaled 53.3 bln, while USD loans amounted to 94.1 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 | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |