At the conclusion on Sunday, April 20, of the ARF-D Armenia Regional meeting, known as the ARF-D Supreme Assembly, a new ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia was elected. The Assembly, which kicked off on Friday in Aghveran, elected a new body, which will formulate and carry out the party’s policies in Armenia for the upcoming…
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Armenia, In Politics, Leadership, News, Supreme Council of Armenia
ARF-D Will Not Take Part in New Government
(April 18) YEREVAN—The Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) will not take part in the government that is being formed after the appointment by President Serzh Sargsyan of Hovik Abrahamyan as prime minister. This decision was announced in a statement issued by the ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia, ahead of its biennial regional meeting, known as the…
Armenia, Democracy & Human Rights, In Politics, News, Policy
ARF-D Among Parties Consulting with RoA President
(asbarez.com) YEREVAN — A delegation of Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) leaders on Thursday met with President Serzh Sargsyan, as part of series of consultations the president held with the parties represented in the National Assembly. Heading the ARF-D delegation was its Bureau chairman Hrant Margaryan and leaders of the party’s parliamentary bloc Armen Rustamyan and…
Armenia, Economics & Finance, In Politics, Labour & Social Welfare, News, Policy
Armenian Pension Reform Overturned By Constitutional Court
(azatutyun.am RFE/RL) in a surprise verdict, Armenia’s Constitutional Court overturned on Wednesday a controversial reform of the national pension system that has triggered angry street protests by young workers affected by it. Ruling on a joint appeal lodged by leading Armenian opposition parties, the court said that the key provisions of a corresponding government-drafted law…
International Relations, News
Socialist International Vice President Mario Nalbandian In Cyprus
(Nicosia) Vice-President of the Socialist International and member of ARF-D Bureau Mario Nalbandian arrived in Cyprus by the invitation of the Cyprus Socialist EDEK party. On Monday 31 March, Nalbandian met EDEK founder and Honorary President Dr. Vassos Lyssarides who referred to his visit to Armenia in 1999 upon the invitation of the ARF-D Bureau,…
Armenia, In Politics, News
Armenia’s Opposition Parties Plan Unified Protests
(asbarez.com) YEREVAN (RFE/RL)—Armenia’s four main political parties challenging President Serzh Sarkisian agreed on Tuesday to stage joint rallies later this month in support of a vote of no confidence in the government sought by them in parliament. Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) and the three established opposition groups represented in the National Assembly will…
