The capital of Armenia Yerevan will celebrate 2790th anniversary.

At least eight people were killed and dozens of others injured in the violent standoff between security forces and thousands of opposition protesters in Yerevan that ended early Sunday following a state of emergency declared by President Robert Kocharian.

After the police dispersed the peaceful rally in the morning of March 1 at the Square of Freedom in Yerevan, people gathered for a rally at the square in front of the statue of Miasnikyan, the French embassy and the City Hall.

For the many ArmeniaNow readers abroad just awakening to their Saturday morning news, we offer this update to summarize events this March 1 in Yerevan.

International structures have responded to the ongoing events in the Armenian capital Yerevan today, strongly condemning the use of force by Armenian authorities.

"I am very concerned about reports of injuries during the security forces operation to disperse protesters in Yerevan this morning.

Former President Levon Ter-Petrosyan was reportedly placed under house arrest early Saturday after the Armenian police and other security services used force to disperse his supporters camped in Yerevan’s Liberty Square.

Police in Armenia have forcibly cleared demonstrators who had been camping out in central Yerevan for the past 10 days to protest against the results of last month's presidential election. All major Armenian opposition news sources yerkir media, azatutyun, a1plus.am, are down due to high demand for alternative information from Armenia. Azatutyun.am and Aravot is up and running.

It is true that in today's world the strength of arms will not conquer any land or resolve any war. Azerbaijan continues wrongly accusing Armenia and misleading international community on the issue of Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

The growth in prices of real estate in Yerevan, Armenia, continued this year but appears to have stalled now because of the approaching presidential election, realtors said on Monday.

YEREVAN (Armradio)-- The Long anticipated North Avenue was inaugurated Friday during a special ceremony attended by President Robert Kocharian, Mayor of Yerevan Yervand Zakharyan, representatives of legislative and executive bodies and the City Hall staff and residents of the capital city.

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 15, ARMENPRESS: Turkish aviation authorities cited technical reasons behind their decision to close airspace for Yerevan-Beirut and Yerevan-Aleppo flights operated by Armenia’s biggest air carrier, Armavia.