ArmInfo. Today, the maximum buying rates at commercial banks of Yerevan were 309 drams for 1 dollar, 429drams for 1 EUR and 9,8 drams for 1 Russian ruble. The minimum selling rates stood at 310 drams for 1 dollar, 436

ArmInfo. In 2008 Ardshininvestbank increased the turnover of money transfers by 10% (up to $200 mln) as compared to 2007, Head of Private Transfers Department of Ardshininvestbank Tigran Shahinyan told ArmInfo correspondent.According to him, the lion's share of transfers fell

ArmInfo. By the decree of the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Issues Artyom Asatryan, Representative of the Public Services Regulatory Commission Samvel Arabajanyan, Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Iosiof Isayan, and Deputy

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