ARF-D Supreme Council Chairman, Armen Rustamyan is convinced that the government with its social-economic, domestic and foreign policies is driving Armenia to a state of force majeure, azatutyun.am (RFE/RL) reports. According to Rustamyan the authorities perceive themselves as very solid, and that entails quite a bit of a risk, which they don’t see. “If they…
(armenianweekly.com, ALEPPO, Syria) —Two Armenian men, Vrej Keshishian and Masis Khatchadourian, were recently killed in the armed conflict that has engulfed Syria since 2011. So far, there have been 60 Armenian deaths, including 10 army conscripts. Born in Aleppo in 1991, Keshishian, 22, had served in the Syrian army since 2011. He was killed in…
(aravot.am) – “No. I think Aliev needed Putin’s support more than any other political figure in Armenia. Putin understood it and tries, so to speak, sell at a high price to Aliyev, and generally Azerbaijan”, – so answered the head of Armenian Cause Office, ARF Giro Manoyan to the question of Aravot.am, responding to the…
Republication of this article does not necessarily reflect the positions of ARF-D nor it is an endorsement of the author’s views. Publisher of The California Courier, Harut Sassounian writes about the perception the US intelligence had in the midst of the 20th century, in regard to the Armenian Cause and the Armenian American organizations. Sassounian…
Syrian rebels abducted two Syrian-Armenian children on the border of Syrian and Turkey on July 28, as a bus carrying three Armenia families, 7 women and two children, was forced to stop at the border, reported the Aleppo-based Gandzasar newspaper. The rebels kidnapped the 12-year-old and 14-year-old children and set the women free. According to…
Yerevan’s Bus Fare Protests: A Timeline July 18: Fares for public transportation by bus or minibus are scheduled to increase from 100 to 150 dram. The owners of 48 companies operating privatized transportation routes had filed petitions with the Yerevan municipality to increase the fares, citing high maintenance costs and price increases in liquefied gas…
On July 26, ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia Chairman and Head of the Parliamentary Faction, Armen Rustamyan held a meeting with the Ambassador of Sweden Diana Janse at the party’s “Kristapor Mikaelyan” premises. Ambassador Janse who is stationed in Tbilisi and accredited to Armenia, paid a visit to Yerevan in order to have a series…
US Administration Holds Briefing with Armenian Americans on Syria Humanitarian Assistance (armenianweekly.com) — Armenian American civic, church, and charitable organization leaders from across the United States took part today in a U.S. government briefing on Syria humanitarian assistance efforts by the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development. The briefing was held at the…
An extraordinary election for community leader was held in Proshian on July 14. The election was extraordinary because mayor and Artsakh hero, awarded with the Battle Cross Order of the 2nd degree of Artsakh, Hratch Muradyan was assassinated. As much the Proshian residents as society and us were convinced that only a fair and free…
(source: azatutyun.am RFE/RL) – The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) accused Prime minister Tigran Sarkisian on Wednesday of unleashing a smear campaign against the opposition party in response to its harsh criticism of the government’s economic policies. Hrant Markarian, the head of Dashnaktsutyun’s worldwide governing Bureau, said that Sarkisian was behind recent media reports about serious…
