On June 6 at the non-formal CIS summit in Saint Petersburg there will be held another meeting between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan. Judging by the increasing number of newspaper reports, the parties interested in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict regulation expect any kind of breakthrough from the summit. The pressure on Armenia and Azerbaijan is growing in all directions. Above all, it is Russia that is interested in achieving any kind of result, as she is eager to repeat the "success" of the Maindorf Declaration. Most likely the Saint Petersburg meeting will also be completed by signing a certain so-called Memorandum of Intentions on Conflict Regulation.

The successive meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Prague once again was unproductive. Such was, at least, the impression of the statements, which as always, were filled with on-duty, non-committal phrases. In a word, no "breakthrough" occurred. Nevertheless, Mathew Bryza as always stayed true to himself and again said inopportunely that "an agreement on the Basic Principles was achieved", which immediately caused sharp reaction in Stepanakert.

On April 11, the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) begins to celebrate the Easter, one of the six patronal festivals. From sunset till late night all the churches of the Armenian Apostolic Church serve Liturgy that marks the end of Lent and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The celebration of the dead and resurrected god dates back to the ancient Egyptian religion, when the Egyptians celebrated the death and resurrection of God Osiris. Present Christian Easter takes its origin from the Old Testament. The old Jews celebrated the Passover (Pesach) as the holiday of exodus of Jews from Egypt.

The impact of the world financial crisis on the Armenian economy and social state of people has already become perceptible, especially in the population employment sector. The alarm has already sounded for a number of employment agencies: employers' offers are decreasing in ratio with the increasing labor supply.