Regional integration will provide economic growth in regional states, IMF Executive Director Ambroise Fayolle stated, commenting on possible consequences Armenia will face with RA-Turkish border opening. ''IMF experience in other regions proves opening of border and regional integration promote economic development in the country," he said. Still, Ambroise Fayolle fount it difficult to provide exact forecasts over consequences of opening border with Turkey for lack of research data on he issue.

Turkish-Israeli relations that worsened in Davos in January 2009, are not yet settling back into shape. Moreover, the gap between the two seemingly friendly countries is growing larger day by day. The latest ill-favoured event was the broadcast of the TV series "Ayrilik" ("Farewell") on the Turkish television, in which Israeli soldiers are portrayed as ruthless killers who shoot at children and unarmed civilians without any reason.

Throughout the past week the domestic political life of Armenia was puffy with ongoing hottest discussions on the Armenian-Turkish Protocols. The coalition of pro-governmental forces, holding a majority in the parliament, was able to defend itself, offering counter-arguments in favor of the initialed Armenian-Turkish Protocols. In essence, they put forward the need to break the economic blockade, open the transport routes via Turkey to Europe and restore the Armenian historical cultural heritage, remaining in Turkey.

A couple of years ago I had a chance of an interview with Robert Sahakyants and one could not assume at that time that he would leave the world so soon. We all knew he was ill, but no one suspected how serious the illness was. He was one of those without whom, in his opinion, everything would sink in sweet syrup. All that you'll read further are his direct words, as we thought no one could speak of Robert Sahakyants and the world surrounding him better than he himself. For some reason he always spoke Russian, although he knew his native language perfectly well. Call it freak of a genius if you like, but now that he is gone words, however beautiful they might be, are needless.

For the past month the focus of Internet-users and IT specialists around the world has been on three main events, namely the completion of the new operating system Windows 7 - the product of Microsoft Corporation, the release of the fast browser Chrome by Google and the work on our own operating system (OS).

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.