The event is organized by the Federation of Armenian Organizations in the Netherlands with the assistance of the Armenian embassy.

Sports lovers were attentively following the development at the European Wrestling Championships in Dortmund, Germany, which brought together 686 wrestlers from 43 countries. Armenia was represented in all of 7 weight categories.

Turkey, at any rate, wants to drive the issue of Genocide recognition to historical platform. Activation of the Turkish side always tops out in April, when Ankara, worried about recognition of the Armenian Genocide by new parliaments and governments of different countries, starts to act in its usual mode: blackmail, threats and statements about “innocence”.

On March 21-28 the tourist inflow in Armenia will reach a record high, with over 20.000 Iranian tourists to arrive in Armenia for Nowruz (Muslim New Year) celebrations.

Supporters of the Armenian National Congress opposition bloc are using social networks to spread information about the future plans. Particularly, opposition activists have already launched Armenian Revolution of reform: March 1, 2011 page on Facebook to inform of the actions planned for March 1. They also created #1mar hashtag in microblog Twitter, where they inform of the mass rally dated to the 3rd anniversary of the March 1, 2008 events, when 10 people were killed and thousands injured. Armenian opposition follows the example of Tunisia and Egypt as well as other Arab states, where organizers of disorders employed social media to implement their plans.