Weekly digest of foreign currency dealsNovember 30, 2012 - 18:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 91,361,988 was bought at an average price of AMD 405.23 /USD 1 and USD 103,883,386 sold at an average price of AMD 406.28 at the Armenian foreign currency market on November 26-30. Deals amounting to USD 14,610,000 at an average price of 405.61 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia during the reporting period. From November 19-25, AMD loans granted by banks totaled 31.3 bln, while USD loans amounted to 43.2 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 | Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. Armenia: Protesters march to parliament, some spend the night on street The protesters did not disperse despite heavy rain that began at around 2 a.m. local time. 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. |