Politics:

Currently Armenia has no independent and free juridical system

Home policy review for December 21-28, 2009

December 26, 2009
The whole week, major political forces of Armenia have been summing up their activity in 2009. Another important event in the passing week was the statement of the PACE Monitoring Committee co-rapporteurs on the conclusions of the ad-hoc parliamentary commission studying the events of March 1, 2008. Among the significant events of the week was also the RA National Assembly Chairman's statement on the timing of ratification of the Armenian-Turkish Protocols by the Parliament.
Economy:

Armenia enters 2010 well-prepared

Weekly economic review for Dec. 19-26

December 26, 2009
Armenia is ready to resist the second wave of crisis, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan stated, summing up 2009 results. As Tigrah Sargsyan noted: "The depth of the crisis can't be assessed or the time for the second wave forecasted. Still, we have to be ready to face it." According to him, Armenia is prepared for the year 2010. "With a balance of AMD 80 billion, stabilization fund of AMD 54 billion and EU financial assistance of USD 100 million we have enough resource to provide macroeconomic stability and face new challenges," he stressed.
Armenia and world:

Turkish tolerance actually a disguise for ottomanism expansion

Regular visits of the President and the Prime Minister of Turkey to Islamic countries suggest that Turkey uses all the available and unavailable methods to consolidate its position in the East.

December 25, 2009
With its intolerance of non-Turks and with the desire to dominate if not the world, at least the entire region, Turkey will always have at least two pains in the neck: the Armenians and the Kurds. Neither of these issues will Ankara be able to solve in a civilized manner, in spite of external interference, or rather, because of it. It's not even the unwillingness to grant the minorities at least some rights; it's just the inability to perceive as a fact the existence of any other nation, except its own.
Culture:

Robert Sahakyants: I do what I love, it has never been otherwise

He was one of those without whom, in his opinion, everything would sink in sweet syrup.

September 25, 2009
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.
IT & Telecom:

How soon will Armenian Internet users have access to the benefits of global IT-accomplishments?

While the focus of the global IT sector is on the developments of unprecedented competition between information market giants Google and Microsoft, the Government of Armenia continues the discussions on the implementation of global projects on e-governmen

August 13, 2009
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).
Society:

Armenia celebrates the Holy Resurrection

The symbols of Easter in the old days were straw dolls Grandma Utis, mistress of the Armenian cuisine, and Grandpa Paz, who held in hands exactly 40 threads, a stone being tied at the end of each one.

April 11, 2009
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.
 
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