Civilnet- Armenia’s 1,000 biggest companies paid nearly $2.6 billion in taxes in the first half of the year, a year-on-year increase of about 9.5%, according to the latest quarterly top taxpayers list.
- Armenia’s government approved plans to grow exports by 70% by 2030, earmarking more than $255 million in public money for the effort.
- Ardshinbank, Armenia’s biggest lender, confirmed it is bidding to purchase HSBC’s Maltese subsidiary. Ardshinbank took over HSBC’s Armenian operations last year.
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