Economy: Armenian population fears possible regular rise in gas pricesArmenian government assures it continues negotiating with Russia to prevent upsurge of energy resources tariffs. February 12, 2011 While the population is expecting the regular rise in prices for natural gas, Armenian government assures it continues negotiating with Russia to prevent upsurge of energy resources tariffs. The results are expected to be announced in late February. Culture: Valentine’s Day: lovers celebrate, church opposesArmenians have beautiful national holidays recognized by the Church and there is no need to look for new ones, a clergyman says. February 12, 2011 Saint Valentine’s Day, although not an Armenian national holiday, takes root in Armenia. The romantic tradition to present ‘heart’ gifts is gaining popularity among young people, although majority of them do not have any idea of who Valentine was and why the holiday is celebrated. Politics: Twitter instead of cobble-stone. Can Armenia face a Twitter resolution?Should Vladimir Lenin plot his October revolution in the 21st century, he would think over seizing Twitter and Facebook, instead of capturing post offices or railway stations. February 12, 2011  The recent events in Tunisia and Egypt have shown that social networks can have tremendous role in organization of political processes. Thanks to social networks, even under total media control by the authorities, the opposition forces managed to coordinate their protest actions and take millions of people to the streets to oust the rulers.  Armenia and world: Under certain concurrence of circumstances Baku may lose not only the village of Khrakh-Uba, but also the entire South LezgistanThe Kremlin is unwilling to quarrel with Azerbaijan because of 2 or 3 villages, which play no special role in the near-term geostrategic plan. February 11, 2011 The problems of Lezghian villages located in Azerbaijan but demanding a return into the structure of Russia have become more relevant recently, despite the fact that Russia is not yet determined to take the Lezgins back. She has rather serious arguments: the Kremlin is unwilling to quarrel with Azerbaijan because of 2 or 3 villages, which play no special role in the near-term geostrategic plan. Society: Abortion at home – a dangerous tendency among Armenian womenAccording to official statistical data, 10 149 abortions were registered in Armenia in 2009. February 11, 2011 The National Security Strategy of Armenia describes low birth rate as one of the threats to the country’s national security. IT & Telecom: IT field registers growth, government financing remains unchangedReview of January 31 – February 6 telecommunication and information technology events. February 6, 2011 Armenian IT field registered 15% growth in 2010. The turnover in the field totaled $150mln against $129.9mln last year. The field employs 5 thousand specialists, with 197 companies operating. At that, government financing of the IT field totaled AMD 80mln (as in 2010), what is 60% less than in 2009, when AMD 200mln was assigned. Sport: Robert Hovhannisyan wins Armenian Chess ChampionshipReview of January 27 – February 3 sports events. February 3, 2011 Chess: Levon Aronian finished 3rd at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk Aan Zee. Hikaru Nakamura of the United States won the tournament with 9 points, followed by Viswanathan Anand of India. Gabriel Sargissian came 5th in tournament B, which was won by Luke McShane (England). |  Articles Millions of dollars in investments and stimulation of economy  3 Armenian startups en route to becoming unicorns |
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