To mark the 20th anniversary of independence, a new project has been initiated, encouraging 3,500 Armenians from the West to move to Armenia.
September 21, 2011 - Republic Square, Yerevan
Residents of villages a mere 1-2 kilometers from the border were out in force to mark the independence anniversary.
Tumanyan Police in Lori say that one of the victims in the Serop Der-Boghossian pedophilia trial, who had avoided military service and was on the run, has been arrested.
Those arrested attempted to protest the inclusion of a Russian military unit at today's Independence Day parade.
For me taking an oath has always been a sanctimony. Christianity also rejects it, even up to the extent of curse. In my early childhood, when I was playing with children of my age, I hadn’t yet read the Holy Book. I remember that since then I haven’t made a vow. “Swear that you didn’t do it…”. “I didn’t do it, believe it or not”.