May 8, 2006 - 22:09 AMT
May 9 - Victory Day and Shushi Liberation Day
May 9 Armenia is celebrating the Victory Day and the Yerkrapah (Union of Volunteers) Day. As RA Defense Minister's Spokesman, Colonel Seyran Shahsuraryan told PanARMENIAN.Net, the Yerablur pantheon will be attended and a solemn sitting will be held in the Sports and Concert Complex after K. Demirchyan. May 9 wreaths will be laid to the monument to the Unknown Soldier in the Victory Park. A military parade will take place in the Republic Square in Yerevan. In the evening a holiday concert will be finished with fireworks in the Victory Park.

To note, May 9 is also celebrated as the Day of Liberation of Shushi. Attendance of the Stepanakert Memorial Complex, meetings with the veterans of the Great Patriotic War and the Karabakh war as well as concerts are scheduled. Besides, League of War Reporters NGO will organize a photo exhibition dedicated to the period of the Azeri-Karabakh war.