On September 6, the parliamentary faction of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) rejected the government’s proposed electoral reforms, which the ruling party drafted in response to pressure from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). The other opposition party in parliament, the Heritage Party, also rejected the government’s plan. Both parties have come…
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun Western US Central Committee’s public relations office has announced that four commemorative stamps have been issued to mark the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun’s 120th anniversary. The stamps have also been approved by the US Postal Service and may be used to send regular mail. The committee has also published a brochure and envelopes to…
YEREVAN (ARF Press Service)—Thousands converged on the Dynomo Sports Arena on Thursday, September 2 for a rally organized by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun celebrating the 19th anniversary of the independence of the Nagorno (Mountainous) Karabakh Republic. In his opening remarks, ARF Bureau member Levon Mkrtchyan said the Karabakh liberation struggle will continue until such time…
Baku’s initiative to place a new resolution on the United Nations General Assembly agenda is evidence that Azerbaijan is trying to get the peace process out of the OSCE Minsk Group’s control, Giro Manoyan, director of the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun international secretariat, told NEWS.am on August 26. The draft resolution, which the General Assembly is expected to…
In his interviews published on August 25 with Zhamanak and Capital dailies, Giro Manoyan, director of the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Bureau’s international secretariat spoke about a military agreement signed recently between the Republic of Armenia and the Russian Federation to extend the 1995 treaty regulating the presence of a Russian military base in Gyumri for another 24…
Vahan Hovhannisyan weighs in on upcoming CSTO Summit In an interview with Aravot daily in mid-August, ARF Dashnaktsutyn Bureau member Vahan Hovhannesyan spoke about the upcoming informal Collective Security Treaty Organization’s (CSTO) Summit to be held in Armenia. “I would like to expect the best from the summit and note certain advantages for Armenia in…
The government of Turkey will be allowing mass services to take place at the ancient Armenian Church of Surb Khach located on the island of Akhtamar in Lake Van, on September 19, 2010. The mass will be taking place three years after the completion of a $1.5 million renovation of the church, which was funded…
Russian Railways’ plans In an interview with the daily Aravot on August 6, Ara Nranyan a member of the ARF-D faction in the Armenian parliament said, “The leadership of the South Caucasus Railways (SCR) and Russian Railways has close ties to Azerbaijan’s political elite.” According to the parliamentarian the SCR is pursuing the creation of…
Agreement Between the ARF (Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun) and the CUP (Committee of Union and Progress, Ittihad ve Terakki) In early July, 1908, in the Ottoman Empire, during the reign of Sultan Hamid 2-nd, the Constitution was reinforced. The constitutional movement was the culmination of cooperation between the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun and several Turkish and non-Turkish…
Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun Bureau member Vahan Hovhannesyan on Thursday strongly condemned the latest deadly shootings in Armenia’s Armed Forces and demanded “severe punishment” for those responsible for them. Hovhannesyan, who heads the Dashnaktsutyun faction in the Armenian parliament, described as “unacceptable and disgraceful” the deaths of seven military personnel in two non-combat incidents reported last…
