IT & Telecom:

Free software boom forecast in Armenia

Founder of the Free Software movement Richard Stallman will speak about the goals and philosophy of the Free Software Movement, and the status and history of the GNU operating system.

November 11, 2010
Free software boom forecast in Armenia
I could have made money this way, and perhaps amused myself writing code. But I knew that at the end of my career, I would look back on years of building walls to divide people, and feel I had spent my life making the world a worse place. Richard Stallman.
Sport:

Levon Aronian tops Tal Memorial standings

Review of November 4-11 sports events.

November 11, 2010
Women's World Chess Championship 2010 will be held from 2nd to 25th December in Hatay, Turkey. 64 players qualified for the knockout matches which will produce a World Champion after six rounds of play. FIDE has published the list of 64 players to compete in Women's World Chess Championship 2010 from December 2 to 25 in Hatay, Turkey. In the first round, Armenia’s Lilit Mkrtchyan and Elina Danielyan will rival China’s Xiaowen Zhang and Russia’s Tatiana Shadrina respectively.
Society:

Will Lake Sevan problems be resolved?

The beach lovers will be lucky to have 250 km of shore within several years.

November 8, 2010
Will Lake Sevan problems be resolved?
The Armenian government is carrying out consistent work to resolve the ecological problems of Lake Sevan.
Economy:

Armenian people protest rise prices for cheese

Cheese makers explain the unexpected rise in prices for cheese by increasing prices for milk.

November 6, 2010
The food basket in Armenia comprised AMD 28064,4 in the third quarter of 2010, against AMD 26485,4 in the second quarter. According to the National Statistical Service, the basket of goods totaled AMD 43499.8 per month or AMD 492629,1 per year. The annual expenses per person: bread (AMD 35,2 thousand), meat (AMD 78,4 thousand), milk (AMD 23,8 thousand), cheese (AMD 11,8 thousand), potato (AMD 22,7 thousand), vegetables (AMD 28,9 thousand), fruit (AMD 39,4 thousand), sugar (AMD 6 thousand), eggs (AMD 7,3 thousand), oil (AMD 4,8 thousand).
Armenia and world:

In no other country election campaign is based on such hatred and falsehood as in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani authorities will try to give a shade of “democracy” to the election and avoid protest actions of the opposition.

November 5, 2010
The election campaign in Azerbaijan is coming to an end, as always, on a note of anti-Armenian hysteria. Every parliamentary candidate in Azerbaijan feels it his duty to ‘return the occupied land and punish the aggressor”. These statements, that are as far from common sense as they are from reality, are supported by court experts and political analysts.
Politics:

Turkish activists succeed in PR action in Armenia

Beklevic and Orsek have failed the conference they wanted to organize with Analytical Center on Globalization and Regional Cooperation.

October 29, 2010
The arrival of representatives of rather obscure and marginal party – Powerful Turkey – in Yerevan has become a subject of close attention of the Armenian media and some experts rather than the RA National Security Service (NSS). Possibly, everything would have been normal – rather serious Turkish experts and political analysts arrive in Armenia often and nobody invites them to the NSS. But two representatives of Powerful Turkey were invited for a “conversation,” what has caused various comments. Definitely, the October 30 events in Yerevan were an evident PR action. However, it is unclear why Armenians have fallen for it.
Culture:

Armenia hosts the most delicious festival

The initiators of the barbecue fest promise a better organization next year.

September 22, 2010
The second barbecue festival was held in Akhtala, Lori region of Armenia, on Sunday, September 12. It was dated to two other events: re-consecration of Surb Mariam Astvatsatsin Church and inauguration of a monument to wedding rings.
 
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