USD market average rate totaled AMD 363.72 on September 17September 17, 2010 - 16:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Deals amounting to USD 650,000 at an average price of AMD 363.83/USD1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia on September 17. The closing price comprised AMD 363.5/USD 1. Meanwhile, the market average rate of USD totaled AMD 363.72 on September 17, increasing by 0.41 point compared to September 16. The exchange rate of euro amounted to AMD 478.26, increasing by 3.81 points, while the rate of Russian ruble totaled AMD 11.73 that is 0.03 point lower compared to September 16, the CBA press service 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 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. |