(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,…
YEREVAN—Member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation’s (ARF-D) Supreme Council of Armenia and Member of Parliament Aghvan Vardanyan met on Thursday with representatives of the UK’s Labour Party in Yerevan. The Labour Party Members, Stephen Pound and Mike Gapes, were on visit to Armenia with a delegation of other British members of parliament led by John…
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The European Court of Human Rights issued last week a critical Armenian Genocide-related ruling in the case of Dogu Perincek vs. Switzerland. Perincek, the leader of a minor Turkish political party, had traveled to Switzerland in 2005 with the intention of daring the Swiss authorities to punish him…
On November 30, a two-member delegation of the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) took part in the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Youth Congress in Tigranakert (Amed, Diyarbakir). The delegation was comprised of AYF’s Armenia chapter members, Rupen Janbazian and Sarkis Degirmenjian. The IUSY member organizations were invited to the Congress. Youth representatives from various…
Supports Shift of Bilateral Dialogue from Aid to Trade (armenianweekly.com) WASHINGTON—The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) welcomed the realignment of the U.S.-Armenia economic dialogue away from primarily “donor recipient”-based discussions and toward a focus on practical steps to promote a robust bilateral trade and investment partnership. At a State Department press conference held at…
The formation of the Armenian National Committee (ANC) of Romania took place on November 23, 2013, at the premises of the Armenian Diocese of Romania under Primate, Bishop Tadev Hakobyan-Muradyan’s honorary presidency and in the presence of European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy (EAFJD) President, Mr. Kaspar Karampetian. An Armenian National Committee – Belgium…
(Agencia Prensa Armenia)- An Armenian National Assembly delegation met with Vice President of Argentina , Amado Boudou and a group of Argentine deputies in the Senate on Tuesday 26 November. The armenian delegation was led by National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan, along with Deputies David Harutyunyan, Armen Rustamyan, Volodya Badalyan, Artak Davtyan, Naira Zohrabyan, Heghine…
(ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News) Giro Manoyan, director of the international secretariat of the Dashnaktsutyun, says Turkey’s consideration on reopening railway between Turkey and Armenia is aimed at ‘opening a position in negotiations with Azerbaijan.’ Manoyan was in Istanbul to attend the Socialist International meeting. Hüseyin Hayatsever [email protected] Turkey’s consideration about reopening the railway between…
Yerevan (12 December) — A high-level meeting between delegations representing the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun and the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) of Turkey was held today in Istanbul. This was the first time since 1923 that an official ARF-D delegation was visiting Istanbul. The BDP delegation was led by Nazmi Gür, head of BDP’s foreign…
(Yerevan) – The Socialist International Council meeting started on Sunday, November 10 in Istanbul, Turkey. The ARF-D was represented by Bureau member and SI Vice President, Mario Nalbandian and Head of the ARF-D International Secretariat, Giro Manoyan. The SI Statutory Committee on Finance and Administration, where the ARF-D is a member, convened its session on…
