Weekly digest of currency market in ArmeniaMay 23, 2009 - 12:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 44.343.587 at AMD 372.24 /USD 1 rate was purchased and USD 47.500.197 at AMD 376.79/USD 1 was sold in the Armenian currency market from May 18 to 22.Purchase contracts were signed to the sum of USD 500 000 at AMD 372.00 /USD 1 rate. Bargains struck at NASDAQ OMX amounted to USD 7.800.000 at AMD 372.74 /USD 1. From April 11 to 17, the AMD credits granted by banks totaled 8.5 billion, USD credits amounted to 13.7 million. 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 | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |