Armenia and world: Azerbaijan celebrates birthday of its future national leaderIt doesn’t matter that you’re ridiculed in the whole world; what matters is that you have hydrocarbons, which with the help of the U.S. exaggeratedly turned into a measure of democracy. December 24, 2010 The neighboring republic celebrates another national holiday - the birthday of President Ilham Aliyev. Unlike that of his father Ilham’s date of birth is definite, though one must be gifted to be born on Christmas Eve. And the fact that he is Muslim does not matter. Father and son do not yield to each other in abundance of glorifications and it must be admitted that the son gets a few more. After all, he is going to become future national leader for the new generation, who had no chance to know Heydar Aliyev. Economy: Armenia enters period of government reshuffleRepresentatives of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia assure that all dismissals are grounded. December 18, 2010 Spokesman for the Armenian President was right to predict government reshuffle. Sport: Araik Mirzoyan European U23 championReview of November 18-25 sports events. November 27, 2010 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. ![]() Culture: Baku myths about ‘Albanian crosses’ or Azerbaijani Culture Minister’s liesArmenian khachkars can be seen in any corner of the world where Armenians used to live. Azerbaijan is not an exception. November 25, 2010 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. IT & Telecom: Microsoft combats piracy; Stallman agitates for free softwareReview of November 15-22 telecommunication and information technology events. November 25, 2010 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. Society: Suicide the most terrifying phenomenon among emoBesides suicide, emo teens also practice bisexuality and homosexuality. November 17, 2010 Depressive mood is widespread among emo fans, what often leads to suicides. Politics: Armenian political parties distributing seats in NA 1.5 years prior to parliamentary electionReview of November 7-12 domestic events. November 13, 2010 Political events in Armenia focused on the possible outcomes of the 2012 parliamentary election. | ![]() ![]() |