Weekly digest of foreign currency dealsMarch 25, 2011 - 17:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - USD 61,068,472 was bought at an average price of AMD 368.39 /USD 1 and USD 68,636,117 sold at an average price of AMD 369.86 /USD 1 at the Armenian foreign currency market from March 21 to 25, 2011. Deals amounting to USD 13,920,000 at an average price of AMD 368.32 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia during the reporting period. Meanwhile, deals amounting to USD 500,000 at an average price of 368.60 /USD 1 were made at the interbank market. On March 14-20, 2011, AMD loans granted by banks totaled 20.1bln, while USD loans amounted to 50mln, 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 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. |