ARF-D Parliamentary Faction, proposed a number of amendments to the Pension law. According to the law in power, a citizen who returns to Armenia after a long absence, has the right to receive in whole the amount corresponding to his pension for the last three years. However, a government’s decision taken this spring, has changed…
Tert.am reports that ARF-D Parliamentary Faction members, Artzvik Minasyan, Aghvan Vardanyan and Armen Babayan have put into circulation a draft law “On the Approval of List of Products imported by organizations and individual entrepreneurs eligible for zero (0) rate customs duty and excise duty exemption, for which the customs service does not calculate or charge…
Representatives of the Party of European Socialists (PES) and Members of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament (S&D), are participating in the delegation which is on a fact-finding mission for the European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity, in Yerevan. The aim of the delegation is to form…
On October 18, the government of Armenia declined ARF-D’s draft law about adopting a 100% proportional electoral system. “Obviously, there is a simple explanation for this decision. The authorities are well aware that the single-mandate system is one of the key guarantees for their reproduction” said Head of ARF-D Parliamentary Faction and Supreme Council Chairman,…
Referring to the “forced’ landing, ARF-D Bureau member and “Help Your Brother” coordinator Vahan Hovhannesyan said that the negotiation with Syria and intermediate countries was long. “Turkey made some suggestions in relation to the inspection to which we agreed. There was no deviation and the landing took place as planned” quotes www.aravot.am. He characterized as…
(MASSACHUSETTS, October 1)- On Thursday afternoon, Sept. 27, the General Prosecutor of the Republic of Armenia, Aghvan Hovsepian, presented to parliament a petition to strip Vartan Oskanian of his parliamentary immunity. Following the announcement, on Sept. 27, Oskanian’s lawyer, Dikran Atanesian, stated that according to the regulations of the National Assembly (NA) of Armenia, the…
The Hrayr Maroukhian Foundation, in cooperation with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung published the “Social Reforms in Armenia II” policy paper, in both Armenian and English. On this occasion, HMF hosted a scientific conference to present and discuss the situation and suggestions on Agriculture, Mining and Education in Armenia, that are the topics of the publication. The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung…
The Hrayr Maroukhian Foundation, with the support of USAID and Counterpart International hosted a round table event on September 20, 2012 in Yerevan. This was the first in a series of three round table discussions as part of the HMF’s program, “Transforming Street Action to Institutional Change: Environmental Policy Dialogue.” Around 30 environmental activists took…
“Help Your Brother” is an ARF-D initiative with the purpose of assisting Armenians in Syria and Syrians in general. ARF-D Bureau member and parliamentarian Vahan Hovhannesyan and Lilit Galstyan Director of Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Association‘s Foundation in Armenia met with the Press yesterday to elaborate on this critical project. Hovhannesyan, underlined how difficult it…
On February 19, 2004 Lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan of the Armenian Armed Forces was violently hacked to death in a racially motivated murder by fellow student, Ramil Safarov, a member of Azerbaijan’s Armed Forces during an English language course within the framework of NATO’s “Partnership for Peace” program in Budapest, Hungary. Safarov attacked Margaryan while he…
