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Independence Day concert to cost $132,000

11.09.2014, 16:19
The Armenian government has decided today to release 54 million drams (about $132,000) for the organization of Independence Day celebrations marked on September 21.

Independence Day concert to cost $132,000
YEREVAN, September 11th. / ARKA /. The Armenian government has decided today to release 54 million drams (about $132,000) for the organization of Independence Day celebrations marked on September 21.

Minister of culture Hasmik Poghosyan said the allocated funds will be used to organize a series of events that will end with a festive concert in the main square of the country. 

Twenty-three years ago on September 21 the Supreme Council of the republic held a referendum on secession from the USSR and the creation of an independent state. 

About 99% of citizens having the right to vote backed independence. Officially, independence was proclaimed by the Parliament on 23rd of September. The present-day Armenia is referred to as the Third Republic. 

It was preceded by the short-lived First Republic (1918-1920) and the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic within USSR (1920-1991). ($ 1 - 411.26 drams). -0--