During the past week, Armenia focused on possibilities to improve business environment.

The widely advertised OSCE summit in Astana, in truly Asian spirit, can be in some way considered a failure. The mere fact that the summit was not attended by Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy is already a big minus for Kazakhstan, not to mention the obvious demarche of the Russian delegation, headed by President Dmitry Medvedev, who left Astana without signing the declaration. Even the declaration, made in the best colors of Soviet times, hardly reflects the real situation in the OSCE area.

Weightlifting: Armenia’s Araik Mirzoyan won the U23 Weightlifting Championships in 77kg weight category, lifting 155 in the snatch and 186 in the clean & jerk (totaling 341kg). Aghasi Aghasyan won silver, lifting 336kg in the snatch and clean & jerk.

As a “worthy” representative of Azerbaijani leadership, Minister of Culture and Tourism Abulfas Garayev disseminated lies about the meetings of the Intergovernmental Committee for Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO, in Nairobi Nov 15-19.

Software piracy has decreased 6% in Armenia over the past 4 years, what resulted in additional $5 million to the national budget. According to Microsoft Armenia director Grigor Barseghyan, the number of people using authorized software is increasing year by year in Armenia.

Depressive mood is widespread among emo fans, what often leads to suicides.

Political events in Armenia focused on the possible outcomes of the 2012 parliamentary election.