All admit that Armenia is facing social discontent and division of the public. Despite the leadership’s resoluteness to struggle against these phenomena, social tensions grow and the recent statements by the opposition demonstrate their intention to grab power on the wave of popular discontent.

The population of Armenia can take a breath and stop worrying about possible rise in prices for natural gas.

In a week there will be another meeting between the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan with participation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. And for the umpteenth time, on the eve of the meeting there begin various kinds of speculations. Let us note at once that these speculations have nothing to do with the reality; in fact, they are intended to mislead the Armenian and Azerbaijani people.

The confrontation between Armenia and Azerbaijan is not only political. What is going on now is a all-out information and cultural war, which started back in the soviet time.

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.