Converse Bank is one of the leaders in Armenia with its mortgage lending, including energy efficient lending portfolio, offering long-term financing at competitive interest rates. You may select from the bank’s mortgage lending products at https://www.conversebank.am/en/house/
A new offer for cardholders from Ameriabank CJSC (Ameriabank) and HSBC Bank Armenia CJSC (HSBC Armenia). From this time forward, the cardholders of Ameriabank and HSBC Bank Armenia can withdraw funds from the ATMs of both banks without any additional fees.
On 5 October 2021, a new law went into effect in Armenia, raising the maximum threshold for “insults” and “defamation” fines by three times their previous amount. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joined their affiliate the Union of Journalists of Armenia (UJA) in denouncing this law and its impact on the right of freedom of expression.
According to Q3 2021 data, Ameriabank is the largest taxpayer among Armenian banks.
BBC Music Magazine has published an article by Michael Church about Komitas.
The unified formation of the Armenian and Russian troops are holding tactical military exercises in Armenia. The drills kicked off on October 22, the commander of the formation Lt. General Tigran Parvanyan told Sputnik Armenia.
The Coordination Council of the Pan-Armenian Forum of Journalists held a session on October 21 to discuss the results of regional seminars and look into the possibility of organizing the pan-Armenian forum in spring of 2022.
Former US Ambassador to Armenia John M Evans (2004-2006) says Armenian Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan’s proposal to create demilitarized zone around the borders of Armenia, in particular on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, “is fully justified”.
Citizens of Armenia, Iraq, South Korea, and Moldova are now allowed to enter the territory of Malta as long as they are able to present a valid COVID-19 vaccination certificate, ShengenVisaInfo reports.
President of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan awarded the posthumous Hero of Artsakh highest state award to Junior Sergeant Albert Hovhannisyan, the 19-year-old gunner of the Defense Army who became a household name when a photo of him firing a gun-howitzer during the 2020 Nagorno Karabakh War quickly became an iconic image symbolizing the Armenian fighting spirit and morale.
