16:07, 8 September, 2020
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 8, ARMENPRESS. The Yerevan City Council approved the installation of a memorial in honor of the 2008 March 1 victims.
The memorial will be installed at the Children’s Park near the St. Gregory the Illuminator and Zakiyan intersection.
During the City Council session the councilors held a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the unrest.
Earlier the government had allocated 2 million drams to the Yerevan City Hall for the designing works.
The design of artist Albert Vardanyan was awarded the project in an open tender.
March 1 colloquially refers to the 2008 post-election unrest in Yerevan, when 10 people- including two police officers- died in clashes between protesters and security forces.
Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan