On November 25, 2011 the Regional Conference of ARF-D Mountainous Karabakh was convened in the Nigol Tuman premises. ARF-D Bureau member Georgi Petrosyan as well as representatives, delegates and guests attended the Conference that has a two-year term. It is considered as the supreme assembly of the organization of each region during which decisions are…
On November 23, during a press conference at the National Press Club, ARF-D Member of Parliament Lilit Galstyan said that state policy on public service personnel has become a vote-attracting mechanism for the political parties. Many are joining the political parties without any knowledge of the principles those parties preach thus adopting the mentality of…
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…
On November 18-20, 2011 the Hrayr Maroukhian Foundation with the support of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation organized a three-day seminar in the Armenian resort town of Aghveran for young Armenian political leaders. Members of the AYF Armenia, the Nigol Aghbalyan Student’s Association as well as well as the Youth Parliament’s ARF-D Faction participated in the training…
“It is possible to play games with the numbers and the data but I believe that we must have concrete criteria. How much does the proposed budget affect the Armenian citizen’s living conditions, how much does his living standard change, improve?” said ARF-D Parliamentary Faction’s Secretary Artashes Shahbazyan during the discussions about the 2012 state…
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…
ARF-D Member of Parliament and Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee on Financial, Credit and Budgetary Affairs Artsvik Minasyan stated that the 2012 budget can be already considered failed and that ARF-D will vote against it. Minasyan said that the 48% target about employment should be raised to 65%, the ratio between the state budget…
Discussing in the Parliament the 2012 state budget, ARF-D Member of Parliament Ara Nranyan said that the government’s policy on this issue is causing a crisis itself. Nranyan brought the example of agriculture and said that if a state chooses not to fund the farmer, the farm business and the investor then the state itself…
The Bureau of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation issued a communiqué today calling on all Armenians to take part in fundraising activities of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund. Below is the translated text of the announcement: The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund has already begun its annual fundraising efforts in Armenia and the Diaspora. It will culminate in the…
During the press conference that was organized on the occasion of World Youth Day, the representative of ARF-D Youth Federation of Armenia’s Central Executive Arthur Ghazaryan said that establishing political institutes would help the youth to get interested in politics due to pure social and civic motives instead of seeing that as a career opportunity.…
