Armenia appoints new Central Bank chairmanApril 17, 2020 - 14:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Central Bank board member Martin Galstyan has been appointed the new Chairman of the chief monetary authority of Armenia. The National Assembly approved his nomination on Friday, April 17. Galstyan started his career in 1998 when he joined the Central Bank. In 2015, he was appointed the head of the Central Bank’s Training and Research Center in Dilijan, and became a Board member in 2018. Artur Javadyan, the former chairman, became the head of the Central Bank in 2008. 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 | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |