Weekly review of Armenia's currency marketJune 13, 2009 - 15:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Between June 8 and 12 banks purchased $50.700.774 at 369.48 dram for 1 dollar and sold $47.483.870 at 371.03 dram for 1 dollar on Armenia's interbank market . Over the same period $150.000 worth buying and selling deals were realized between June 8 and 12 on Armenian interbank market (at 371.00 dram for 1 dollar). Over the same period on NASDAQ OMX Armenia $7.250.000 worth buying and selling deals were realized at 369.73 dram/1 dollar. From June 1 to 7 the amount of loans reached 9.7 billion dram, and dollar credits totaled USD 11.4 million, CBA press office reports. 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 provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |