  Rally dated to March 1, 2008 events anniversary going on in Yerevan March 1, 2011 - 17:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A rally organized by the Armenian National Congress opposition bloc and dated to the 3rd anniversary of the March 1, 2008 tragic events is going on in Yerevan at Matenadaran, the Institute of Ancient Manuscripts. As a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reports from the scene, board chairman of the Armenian National Movement Aram Manukyan kicked off the rally, saying that the ANC launches a series of rallies aimed at “restoration of justice and extra elections”. According to preliminary data, about 10 thousand protesters gathered for the anti-government rally. There were also reports that some demonstrators clashed with police an hour prior to the start of the rally. The site is controlled by the police. Popular protests lead by first President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrossian on March 1 and 2, 2008 grew into disorders, leaving 10 people dead and about 200 injured.   Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.   Partner news |  Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |
