This year marks the 120th Anniversary of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation—one of the oldest and most influential political organizations in Armenian history. On this occasion, The USC Institute of Armenian Studies and the Armenian Review have organized a public academic conference to examine the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun’s history and ideology, current activities, and future prospects.…
On October 25, the National Assembly adopted the government proposed changes to the “Law on Temporary Unemployment Benefit” into law after third reading. The ARF-Dashnaktsutyun faction voted against the changes. Currently the changes have been sent to the President to be signed into law and enacted. Now, an open letter, expressing more than ten NGOs’…
By KARINE IONESYAN ArmeniaNow reporter A representative of the Armenian National Assembly’s majority party believes a legal amendment ensuring women’s greater involvement in leadership positions would be effective in dealing with gender discrimination issues. Still, some remain skeptical about this approach, calling it a sort of discrimination in itself to single out a woman’s factor…
The International Human Rights Law Association (IHRLA) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) hosted a conference entitled, “Genocide and Then What? The Law, Ethics, and Politics of Making Amends” on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at UCLA’s Dodd Hall. The conference featured a soon to be released report which explores the legal, ethical, and…
On October 28, a delegation of Members of the European Parliament arrived in Stepanakert, the capital city of the Mountainous Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic (MKR) as part of their visit to Armenia and MKR from October 27-31. The European delegation was composed of Damien Abad (European Peoples’ Party) and Michele Rivasii (Group of the Greens/European Free…
In the Armenian parliament, the ARF Dashnaktsutyun put into circulation a draft statement on the creation of Armenia-Mountainous Karabakh Republic military-strategic alliance, leader of the of ARF-D parliamentary group Vahan Hovhannesyan told a press briefing at the Armenian National Assembly. “Though the draft statement has been positively estimated by a relevant committee, it is not…
President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev discussed future possibilities for reaching a settlement of the Mountainous (Nagorno) Karabakh conflict. At the talks, in Astrakhan, the parties approved a joint statement. The document, which is humanitarian in purpose, has great importance for resolving the…
This year marks the 120th Anniversary of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun — one of the oldest and most influential political organizations in Armenian history. On this occasion, two commemorative academic conferences are to take place in early December, in Yerevan and Los Angeles. The conference in Yerevan, titled “The Struggle for the Independence of Armenia…
Despite promises made by the government that no changes will be incorporated in Armenia’s language law, the parliamentary Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport decided to bring the revised piece of legislation before a full session of parliament next week. The National Assembly in June adopted, in the first reading, controversial legal…
The Bureau of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun issued a communiqué Tuesday urging all Armenians to take part in the upcoming (U.S.) Thanksgiving Day Armenia Fund Telethon. Below is the translated text of the communiqué: The fundraising activities of the Hayastan All Armenia Fund have already begun and will conclude with the annual Armenia Fund Telethon,…
