(azatutyun.am RFE/RL) – Armenia’s three leading opposition parties on Tuesday strongly criticized Russia for selling offensive weapons to Azerbaijan, saying that they will strengthen Baku in the unresolved Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Representatives of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun), the Armenian National Congress (HAK) and the Zharangutyun (Heritage) party said the arms supplies reportedly worth around $1…
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Aleppo Crisis Worsens
(asbarez.com) —The closure of roads to and from Aleppo is threatening severe shortages of supplies and worsening living conditions in this highly-Armenian-populated city as the Syrian crisis continues to worsen. Reports indicate that constant security concerns in Aleppo have been compounded in recent days by the closure of all access routes to and from the…
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Rustamyan Warns Against “Strangling” Control Chamber’s Independence
(azatutyun.am RFE/RL) Dashnak Leader Deplores Sarkisian Criticism Of Parliament Body A leader of the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) on Wednesday rejected President Serzh Sarkisian’s harsh criticism of a parliamentary oversight body that has alleged serious misuse of public funds by his government. Armen Rustamian warned the executive branch against “strangling” the supposedly independent Audit…
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Where does La Celeste play?
On the occasion of the FIFA U-20 World Cup taking place in Turkey, the Armenian National Committee (ANC) of Uruguay launched a campaign called “Where does La Celeste play?” (www.dondejuegalaceleste.com) to draw attention on human rights violations in the country; among them the ongoing denial of the Armenian Genocide. Reminding the public how the 1978…
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Vardanyan: Tension Between Control Chamber And Government Is Real
Speaking to media representatives, ARF-D Parliamentary Faction Secretary, Aghvan Vardanyan said that tension between the Control Chamber (CC) and the government is quite obvious, real and not fabricated, yerkir.am reports. Otherwise the government wouldn’t get so actively involved. The tension between the executive power and CC was caused after the latter’s report indicating that a…
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Village Still In Turmoil After Mayor’s Murder
(azatutyun.am) – Tensions in a big village near Yerevan are running high more than two months after the killing of its longtime mayor who was affiliated with the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun). The village administration dominated by supporters of the slain official is openly defying an interim mayor of Proshian who was appointed by…
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ARF-D MPs Meet With Head Of The Police
Members of the ARF-D Parliamentary Faction, Armen Rustamyan and Aghvan Vardanyan held a meeting this morning with Head of the Police, Vladimir Gasparyan in order to get updated about the investigation of Proshyan mayor, Hrach Muradyan’s murder. Gasparyan reassured the ARF-D members that a full investigation is still going on and that everything is being…
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AYF At The IFM-SEI Congress
The 26th World Congress of the International Falcon Movement-Socialist Educational International (IMF-SEI) took place on June 6-9, in Manchester, Great Britain. More than 60 organizations from South America, Europe, Asia and Africa attended the Congress. The International Falcon Movement – Socialist Educational International is an international educational movement working to empower children and young people…
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ARF-D Comments On Vorotan HPP Privatization Plan
(azatutyun.am, June 12) – A U.S. energy company announced on Wednesday that it is close to buying three big hydroelectric stations generating a considerable part of Armenia’s electricity. The New York-based ContourGlobal said it is engaged in “advanced negotiations” with the Armenian government over the takeover of the plants built along the fast-flowing Vorotan river…
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Minasyan Critisizes Government, Central Bank Policy
During the Parliament’s discussion the monetary policy program of Armenia’s Central Bank for 2013, ARF-D MP, Artsvik Minasyan pointed out that both the government and the Central Bank don’t know what is going on with the country’s economy, lragir.am reports. Minasyan said that the banking system has choked other sectors of the economy and as…
