At a conference hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, U.S. trade representatives discussed export opportunities with the Armenian business community. This is the second conference in Armenia focused on GSP, building on a 2016 discussion on the subject facilitated by GSP Director Aimee Larsen.
The Central Bank is seeking to solve the transparency issues of mortgage loaning in Armenia and clarify conditions and rules, which will enable consumers to protect their rights.
Over the past year 4-5% decrease in interest rates of all loans has been registered in Armenia, Vice President of the Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) Nerses Yeritsyan said in the parliament in response to the question of Tsarukyan bloc MP Mikayel Melkumyan.
The lawmakers adopted the bill on making changes and amendments in the law on Freedom of Assembly with 68 votes in favor and 28 against. Tsarukyan bloc voted against the bill, and the Yelk bloc faction head Nikol Pashinyan said they will vote in favor of the bill since the rapporteurs assured that the provisions concerning them will not be included in the final version.
The new Face ID feature is supposed to be more accurate and secure than Touch ID, which currently lets iPhone users unlock their devices with a fingerprint.
Only a few hours earlier, another bank robbery happened on the very same street. The bank robber was able to flee the scene. It is unknown if the two incidents are related.
President Serzh Sargsyan appointed H.E. Estera Mkrtumyan, the Armenian Ambassador to Argentina, to concurrently serve as Ambassador to Uruguay, Chile and Peru
Aiming to strengthen a sense of inclusivity in the multicultural city-state, Singapore had decreed the presidency, a largely ceremonial post, would be reserved for candidates from the minority Malay community this time.
1,3 million people don’t have access to power in Georgia as the storm damages power lines, according to Georgia Power and Georgia EMC energy companies.
The total worth of the S-400 missile system supply deal between Russia and Turkey is more than 2 billion dollars, Komersant newspaper reported citing an anonymous source in the military.
