Armenia celebrates Citizen’s Day for the first time

YEREVAN, APRIL 27, ARMENPRESS. Citizen’s Day is being celebrated in Armenia for the first time on the last Saturday of April, reports Armenpress.

A number of events are scheduled on this Day across the Republic.

On April 9 the Parliament adopted the bill on making amendment in the Law on Holidays and Remembrance Days. According to the bill, last Saturday of April would be celebrated as the Day of Citizen of the Republic of Armenia. In case when May 1 coincides with Saturday, the Citizen’s Day will be celebrated on the last Sunday of April.

The Armenian government has provided 124 million drams from the reserve fund for the holding of events on the occasion of the Day of the Citizen.

The funds will be used for properly holding events on this day in Yerevan and all provinces of Armenia.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan