Armenian PM: March 1 events revealed, but culprits remain unpunishedMarch 1, 2023 - 13:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Wednesday, March 1 attended the opening of a monument dedicated to the victims of March 1 and told reporters that the case has been revealed, but the culprits have not yet been punished for various reasons. A series of anti-government riots took place in Armenia following presidential elections held in 2008. After nine days of peaceful protests at Freedom Square, the national police and military forces tried to disperse the protesters on 1 March. As a result, 10 people were killed. “But let me say that the fact that the murderers of March 1 have not been found yet does not mean that it will not happen,” Pashinyan said, according to Aysor.am. “One of the big problems is that, based on the proceedings of the criminal case, it has been proven that the preliminary investigation after March 1, 2008 not only did not make all the efforts to reveal the crime that happened, but also did everything to make the discovery difficult or impossible.” Pashinyan said a full and complete disclosure should be achieved. Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. Partner news Most popular in the section | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |