754 АТМs set in Armenia as of end of June 2010August 24, 2010 - 19:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 18 ATMs were set in Armenia during the second quarter of 2010, and their number amounted to 754 as of the end of June 2010, including 697 ATMs servicing ArCa cards. The number of POS terminals set by Armenia's banks totaled 2961 as of the end of the second half of 2010, including 442 terminals set in bank branches, the press service of the Central Bank of Armenia reported. 2,790,246 operations at the amount of AMD 130bln were implemented through plastic cards on Armenia's territory during the second quarter of 2010. Meanwhile, the volume of non-cash payments through cards made AMD 9.4bln. 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. |