Transport & Communication

Construction of new subway station in Yerevan to begin in 2011

YEREVAN, February 8, /ARKA/. Paylak Yailoyan, director of Yerevan subway, said last Friday construction of a new station to stretch to Achapnyak quarter of the city will kick off in 2011.

He said the construction will be backed by a loan from the Asian Development Bank and a government allocation. He said talks with the bank were underway.

He said also car trucks and wheel pairs of the subway trains which have been used for over 30 years will be replaced in 2010. The company will buy also about 6,000 sleepers for the repair of the railroad.

Last year the Yerevan subway transported 20 million people, up from 19 million in 2008.

“Our citizens have eventually realized the advantage of subway-safety, cleanliness and accuracy,’ he said. 

The Yerevan Underground system was launched in 1981. It runs on a 13.4 km (8.37 miles) line and currently services 10 active stations.  -0-

08/02/2010 12:44


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Market USD exchange rates
Market EUR exchange rates
Market exchange rates 12/03/2010
Currency Symbol Unit Rate Changes
USA Dollar USD 1 392.62 1.21
Euro EUR 1 540.01 5.34
Russian Rоublе RUR 1 13.40 0.11

Favorable еxchange rates of banks 12/03/2010
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USD 391.5
Armenian Development Bank
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ProCreditBank
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"VTB Bank (Armenia)"
Ardshininvestbank
BTA Bank
Prometey Bank
 13.35
ProCreditBank

Macroeconomics
Indicator Term Figures
economic growth,% 2009-12 85.6
GBP, billion AMD 2009-12 3165.5
inflation, % 2010-01 101.7
Budget deficit (proficit), bln AMD 2009-12 148.3
trade deficit, mln USD 2009-12 -2606.4
foreign trade turnover, mln USD 2009-12 4001.9
foreign trade turnover, % 2009-12 73
Gross External Reserves, mln. USD 2009-12 2003.41
Monetary base, billion AMD 2009-12 511.7
Money supply, billion AMD 2009-12 815

Financial market
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Anual interests on loans
Legal entities in AMD 2010-01 14.8
Legal entities in USD 2010-01 13.5
Individuals in AMD 2010-01 22
Individuals in USD 2010-01 17.6
Anual interests on deposits
Legal entities in AMD 2010-01 6.5
Legal entities in USD 2010-01 5.4
Individuals in AMD 2010-01 9.1
Individuals in USD 2010-01 5.3
Annual profitability
state stock of CBA, % 2008-08 8
fiscal stock of Armenia, % 2010-01 8.8

The percents of the CBA
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Banking rate 2010-03 13
Repo 2010-03 6.5
Credit 2010-03 9.5
Depo 2010-03 3.5



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