This week the Turkish press publicized two news items worthy of close attention. The first was about the decision on Leo Suren Halepli, Turkish citizen of Armenian descent,to be employed by the Turkish government. Tthe second item referred to publication of the names of Armenian journalists killed in the years of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. It is unlikely that we would be interested in these posts, but for the gaining momentum campaign for parliamentary elections.

Supporters of the Armenian National Congress opposition bloc are using social networks to spread information about the future plans. Particularly, opposition activists have already launched Armenian Revolution of reform: March 1, 2011 page on Facebook to inform of the actions planned for March 1. They also created #1mar hashtag in microblog Twitter, where they inform of the mass rally dated to the 3rd anniversary of the March 1, 2008 events, when 10 people were killed and thousands injured. Armenian opposition follows the example of Tunisia and Egypt as well as other Arab states, where organizers of disorders employed social media to implement their plans.

All admit that Armenia is facing social discontent and division of the public. Despite the leadership’s resoluteness to struggle against these phenomena, social tensions grow and the recent statements by the opposition demonstrate their intention to grab power on the wave of popular discontent.

The National Security Strategy of Armenia describes low birth rate as one of the threats to the country’s national security.