September 22, 14:00: The Media Center will hold a press conference featuring the results of the first phase of the Acting Together Armenian-Turkish Reconciliation Project.

The No” camp, a pressure group campaigning against the constitutional amendments, will not allow [former president] Robert Kocharyan to support them, but it will not stand in Kocharyan’s way either.

“Do you agree that the Republic of Armenia becomes a democratic independent state outside the USSR?”

A Karabakh war veteran, one of the participants of today’s march, has been beaten in a central Yerevan street.

“In every village there is a dog [meaning there is a traitor everywhere]. One scoundrel joined the others. I cannot understand his behaviour. Only Soghomon Tehlirian can do with him.

Armenian people will never lose their independence, Armenia’s first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan said on Sept.21.

1in.am: Citizens closed Abovyan Street

How could Martirosyan cross the border if a criminal case was filed against him?

One needs to dance after bathing. Are you displeased with it?” Mr Gasparyan said laughing. “Calm down, today is a public holiday. Put aside politics for a day,” he added.

The march organized by the Hayazn Party started from Matenadaran.

There were many other who wanted to talk to Serzh Sargsyan but his security officers prevented people from approaching Sargsyan.

“Aren’t you going to congratulate us on Independence Day,” journalists asked the MP.

Forty of the 67 eligible voters went to the polls in Salut village, with 36 casting their votes for the only Republican candidate Minas Khachatryan. The other four voted against him.

"On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I send my best wishes to the people of Armenia as you celebrate your independence day this September 21.

President of the Founding Parliament Garegin Chugaszyan notes that all the sound social-political forces, which are against the Constitutional amendments initiated by the authorities, can join the union.

The issue of challenges of the country’s sovereignty has been discussed today at the Armenian Institute on International and Security Affairs.

Armenia cannot bring itself out from under the burden of the Constitutional amendments, says the Armenian National Congress (the HAK) deputy Aram Manukyan.

September 18 in history

Republican lawmaker Gagik Melikyan does not see Mr Hakobyan in his party but he will ‘never say never.’

"The Venice Commission said in its report that the choice of presidential, semi-presidential or parliamentary models is to be done by the country and all these systems can be in harmony with the application of democratic standards.

“Our independent statehood has been turned into a colony, stubbornness and impunity prevail, offences and crimes have increased,” she said.

He says he has found out in recent days that Armenia has numerous saviors.

Galust Sahakyan had received a letter from the head of the Heritage faction Ruben Hakobyan, who said he was stepping down as the head of the parliamentary bloc.

She thanked the authors if the draft constitutional amendments for their hard work.