It has probably become a norm for Baku to talk about “inaction of the OSCE and change of format” at every international forum. But the arguments are not serious, such as “This organization cannot possibly regulate the Karabakh conflict, return the territories, punish Armenia” and other such nonsense. The recent revelation of Baku in Yerevan was voiced at the conference of the Socialist International (SI). In response to the request (it can be given no other name) of Azeri representative Salahuddin Allahverdiyev, who asked the Socialist International to engage in the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, Secretary General Luis Ayala only shrugged his shoulders. Then he explained that the SI cannot deal with such things as it’s not its job, but Baku, obviously, wouldn’t understand such things.

Opening of foreign-language schools in Armenia has been one of the most discussed issues of the current month. And the more prospective the permission of opening such schools becomes, the more enthusiastically its opponents sound the alarm. Since the discussions on the project of introducing amendments to the Law on Language and the Law on General Education have initiated, activists of the grouping “We are against reopening of foreign-language schools in Armenia” have gathered in front of the Parliament building to stage protest actions.

Boxing: 3 Armenian boxers – Hovhannes Davtyan, Hrachik Javakhyan and Arthur Khachatryan – broke through to the semifinal of the European Championships going on in Moscow, Russia. Vanes Martirosyan (28-0, 17KOs) won the battle of the unbeaten junior middleweights with a unanimous ten round decision over Joe Greene (22-1, 14KOs) to retain the NABF/NABO super welterweight titles. The official scores were 96-93, 96-93 and 98-91.

Traditionally, the political week in Armenia started with discussions on the Karabakh conflict settlement. Chairman of Prosperous Armenia party Gagik Tsarukyan said that Nagorno Karabakh can never be an article of commerce. “We should detect problems and solve them. Our basic principle is the achievement of goals and implementation of programs. Specifically, we aim to stir up activity for the international recognition of NKR,” he said. Tsarukyan also remarked that Russia has always been Armenia’s ally, thus his party will always be adherent to development and boosting of strategic, friendly and economic ties between the two countries.

The Armenian National Statistical Service issued the results for IT sector in January-April 2010. According to the data provided, the revenue increased by 6.2% as compared with the 2009 index and totaled AMD 52.9 bln. During the reporting period, 459 computers were assembled, what is 3.4% more than last year (475). 2% drop was recorded in tariffs for communication services.