Official rates of the Central Bank of Armenia, 12.11.2026
| USD | 360.51 | up |
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| EUR | 400.02 | down |
| RUB | 4.36 | down |
| GEL | 138.95 | down |
| Gold (1 g) | 46,525 | down |
| Silver (1 g) | 611 | up |
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17 stories, 295 articles, 2 blindspots
Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan told the National Assembly on November 6 that the direct impact of leaving the EAEU could reduce economic growth by about 0.65 percentage points, for example from 6.6 to 6 percent.
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order designating the White House Oval Office and Cabinet Room as historic monuments.
On November 6, the Food Safety Inspection Body received a report that Kinder sweets with altered expiry dates, without Armenian-language labeling and without accompanying documents were being sold at the Surmalu shopping center.
Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on November 6 that Yerevan de facto does not participate in the work of the CSTO.
Gallup has published the results of a telephone survey of 1,001 citizens conducted in Armenia from October 28 to November 4.
Armenia national team head coach Yeghishe Melikyan has published the list of 28 players called up for the last two matches of Nations League Group C2, the Football Federation of Armenia reports.
According to a Hetq publication, since the 2020 war Azerbaijan has occupied, in stages, about 200 sq km of Armenia's sovereign territory, mainly in 2021–2023, in the Gegharkunik, Vayots Dzor and Syunik provinces.
The European Commission announced that the EU is allocating a new €4.36 billion financial aid package to Ukraine for the urgent needs of public services and defence.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he will visit Azerbaijan on November 8 unless extraordinary circumstances arise.
According to Le Figaro, French President Emmanuel Macron wrote in correspondence with journalist Françoise Degois that he is bored in his interactions with current EU leaders and misses Angela Merkel and Mario Draghi.
Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan told the National Assembly during the discussion of the 2027 budget that, after a 29-year break, Armenia has resumed the process of adding new monuments to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The Independent, citing sources, had reported that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio could resign to run in the 2028 presidential election.
On November 5, the government decided to allocate 838 million 544 thousand drams to the construction and repair of roads in Tavush, Gegharkunik and Shirak provinces.
Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Zhanna Andreasyan told a joint session of the National Assembly's standing committees that the draft 2027 budget allocates about 435.9 billion drams to the ministry, 15.9 billion more than in 2026.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing that Yerevan can return to full participation in the CSTO, but no one will keep Armenia in it by force.
Tens of thousands of people marched in Lyon as part of a nationwide strike over wages and purchasing power organized by French trade unions.
The government has adopted a decision to provide state support to partially mitigate the damage caused by hail in several provinces in June–July 2026.
