Author: Toneyan Mark

 13:53,

YEREVAN, APRIL 15, ARMENPRESS. Investigators revealed 6 drug trafficking syndicates that sold narcotics through Telegram and HYDRA accounts.

Hovhannes Hambaryan, the head of the department in charge of narcotics crimes at the Investigative Committee told reporters that the syndicates were running more than 30 accounts on Telegram and 5 accounts on HYDRA.

The total street value of the drugs that were found during raids exceeds 250,000,000 drams, while the syndicate’s revenue of sold narcotics exceeds 700,000,000 drams.

“In addition, three apartments were found in Yerevan that were equipped with drug production rooms. Another apartment was found that was used for making Mephedrone drug,” Hambaryan, the Head of the Department of Investigation of Crimes on Human Trafficking, against Sexual Immunity of Juveniles and Illegal Turnover of Drugs said at the press conference.

He warned that in present days narcotic buyers are able to order the drugs without even leaving their home and receive it as a post package. “Today the kind of narcotics are emerging in the black market which didn’t exist yesterday. A situation is created when these drugs start circulating in public areas and encompass a wide circle of the society, mostly teenagers, and young adults,” he said.

 17:43,

YEREVAN, 13 APRIL, ARMENPRESS. The Central Bank of Armenia informs “Armenpress” that today, 13 April, USD exchange rate down by 0.70 drams to 472.43 drams. EUR exchange rate down by 2.75 drams to 511.45 drams. Russian Ruble exchange rate down by 0.05 drams to 5.91 drams. GBP exchange rate down by 1.52 drams to 614.21 drams.

The Central Bank has set the following prices for precious metals.

Gold price up by 97.33 drams to 29783.30 drams. Silver price down by 1.25 drams to 379.80 drams. Platinum price stood at 16414.1 drams.

 16:25, 8 April, 2022

YEREVAN, APRIL 8, ARMENPRESS. Authorities are reporting a third bomb threat call targeting a shopping center in Yerevan.

This time the caller made the bomb threat at 15:32 targeting the Megamall shopping center in Yerevan’s suburbs, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said.

Police and rescuers are currently evacuating the shopping mall to start search operations.

K9 units and multiple first responders are at the scene.

Within an hour authorities earlier received two separate bomb threats targeting the Metronome and Rossia Mall shopping centers in Yerevan.

 14:48, 5 April, 2022

YEREVAN, APRIL 5, ARMENPRESS. (Press Release – IDBank) On April 5 this year, IDBank issued another tranche of nominal coupon bonds under the abbreviation AMANLBB2HER6 through a public offer.

The total amount of the nominal coupon bonds is USD 5 million. The bonds have a circulation period of 27 months, the annual interest rate is 3%, and the bonds will be paid quarterly.

The bonds will be placed from April 5, 2022 to July 1, 2022 inclusive. After the placement, the bonds will be listed in the "Armenian Stock Exchange" OJSC. The bonds will be quoted through the Marketmaker.

According to the financial director of IDBank Arman Asatryan, the demand for IDBank bonds remains high. The process of buying IDBank's bonds is simplified as much as possible, and all the necessary information about already purchased bonds can be seen in the "Banking" section of the Idram&IDBank application. It indicates the distinctive code of the bonds, the quantity, the nominal value, the annual coupon yield, the days of the coupon payment and the redemption of the bonds,” says Arman Asatryan.

To get IDBank bonds it is necessary to fill in the form and present it to the Bank. You can get the detailed information about the bonds of the fifth issue of 2021 here.

The Bank informs also that the funds attracted by means of nominal bonds are considered to be guaranteed bank deposits and are guaranteed by the Deposit Guarantee Fund of Armenia.

The Bond prospectus was registered by the CBA, resolution N1/392A of the Chairman of the CBA from July 23, 2021. The electronic version of the prospectus and the final terms of issue are available on the official website of the Bank.

THE BANK IS CONTROLLED BY CBA

 11:25, 31 March, 2022

YEREVAN, MARCH 31, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan denied as fake news the reports that Armenia transferred its fighter jets to Russia for use in Ukraine.

“The fake news authored by Azerbaijani sources claiming that Armenia transferred its four SU-30SM multi-role aircraft to Russia to use in Ukraine is widely circulating in the Western world. This, certainly, is a flagrant disinformation and our SUs not even once left the borders of our country ever since being imported,” Pashinyan said at the Cabinet meeting.

Pashinyan added that sometimes such fake news have significant roles in the context of Azerbaijan being engaged in a policy of developing a false narrative both before, during and after the 2020 war in an attempt to substantiate military attack on Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh.

The Ministry of Defense of Armenia earlier also denied the reports by Turkish and Azerbaijani media outlets that claimed the Armenian military transferred four SU-30 fighter jets to Russia with the purpose of using them in the military operations in Ukraine.

 17:19, 1 April, 2022

YEREVAN, 1 APRIL, ARMENPRESS. The Central Bank of Armenia informs “Armenpress” that today, 1 April, USD exchange rate down by 1.13 drams to 484.78 drams. EUR exchange rate down by 2.95 drams to 536.26 drams. Russian Ruble exchange rate down by 0.17 drams to 5.81 drams. GBP exchange rate down by 0.71 drams to 636.90 drams.

The Central Bank has set the following prices for precious metals.

Gold price up by 59.10 drams to 30270.42 drams. Silver price up by 0.04 drams to 386.77 drams. Platinum price stood at 16414.1 drams.