Walking a tightrope, Azerbaijan is trying to keep its balance and preserve the fictional status of the “great energy power of the region”. Bluffing of official Baku still works or it simply seems to us that it works, since various kind of information is received by Armenian media for reality. Every step of any country in the world against Turkey and Azerbaijan is treated by Yerevan almost as an act of friendly relations.

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.

The National Security Strategy of Armenia describes low birth rate as one of the threats to the country’s national security.

Football: Armenia dropped 2 places in FIFA world ranking, appearing 62nd in the list with 512 points. Armenia’s rivals in European Championship Group stage are listed as follows: Russia climbed to 12th position, Slovakia retained 20th position; Ireland came 35th; Andorra - 202nd. Top three are Spain, Netherlands and Germany with 1887, 1723 and 1485 points respectively.

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.