Speaking to media representatives at “Urbat” Press club, today, ARF-D Bureau member Vahan Hovhannesyan commented on a number of issues having to do with recent domestic and international developments. ARF-D at the Socialist International Council At the Socialist International Council’s meeting that took place in Cascais, Portugal on February 4-5, Hovhannesyan was elected co-chair of…
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ARF-D Is Trusted With More Duties In Socialist International
Following the XXIV Congress that took place in Cape Town, South Africa last September, the Socialist International held the first meeting of its Council, in Cascais, Portugal, from 4-5 February and discussed mainly about organizational issues. The event was hosted by SI member the Portuguese Socialist Party. Under the main heading “The World Economy: Our…
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New South Wales Recognizes Mountainous Karabakh’s Independence. Sahakyan Expresses Gratitude.
The Peak Public Affairs Committee of the Armenian-Australian Community SYDNEY: The President of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh, Bako Sahakyan, personally extended his gratitude on behalf of his nation to the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC Australia) and to the state of New South Wales. During a telephone call arranged between Sahakyan and ANC…
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ARF-D Representative Mario Nalpandian Was Elected Vice President of SI
The XXIV Congress of the Socialist International took place from August 30 to September 1 2012 in Cape Town, South Africa. Over four hundred participants from more than one hundred political parties and organisations gathered for the event that took place under the heading of ‘For a New Internationalism and a New Culture of Solidarity’.…
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ARF-D Participates In Socialist International’s Committee Meeting In Chişinău
The meeting of the SI Committee for the CIS, Caucasus and Black Sea was held in Chişinău on 23-24 July and hosted by the Democratic Party of Moldova and was attended by representatives of the member parties from Moldova, Belarus, Georgia, Ukraine, Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Poland, Hungary and Greece. ARF-D’s delegation was comprised of…
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Armenian Delegation Sums Up the Works of the Euronest PA Meeting Held in Baku
Members of the Armenian delegation who returned from Baku, Azerbaijan, and the 2nd plenary session of Euronest Parliamentary Assembly which was held in Baku on April 2-4, during a press briefing at the National Assembly, said the meeting was positive, despite the inflammatory rhetoric that grabbed headlines. The Head of the Armenian delegation and chairman…
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ARF-D Participates in Socialist International’s Council in Costa Rica
The Council of the Socialist International met in San José, Costa Rica, on January 23-24, hosted by the National Liberation Party (PLN), bringing together more than 170 leaders and delegates from 60 social democratic, labor and socialist parties from around the world. Among them was Mario Nalbandian, ARF-D Bureau Member and Co-chair of the Socialist…
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ARF-D Takes Part In “Wider Europe” Conference
Head of ARF-D International Secretariat Giro Manoyan participated in the “Wider Europe” International Conference that was convened on November 18-20, in Bishkek. The Conference was dedicated in the promotion of Parliamentary Democracy in Kyrgyzstan and was organized by the Ata Meken Socialist Party of the country and the Social-democratic Party of Sweden. Among the participants…
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AYF Armenia Participates In ECOSY Seminar
The ARF-D Bureau’s Youth Office announced that on November 17-20, the European Community Organization of Socialist Youth (ECOSY) is conducting a seminar titled “Socialist approaches to economic and political issues” in Werftpfuhl, Germany. The seminar is hosted by the Kurt Löwenstein Educational Center who focuses mainly on the promotion of democracy, antiracism and gender equality…
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ARF-D Bureau Members Meet US Ambassador
On November 3, ARF-D Bureau members Hrant Margaryan, Vahan Hovhannisyan and Levon Mkrtchyan met at ARF-D’s “Kristapor Mikaelyan” headquarters with the newly appointed US Ambassador John Heffern and Christopher Andersen, who is in charge of the Embassy’s Political Affairs section. During the meeting, that lasted more than an hour, the interlocutors discussed about Armenia’s internal…
