The parliamentary opposition, namely the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun and the Heritage factions of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, has proposed amendments to the Electoral Law of the Armenia. The parliamentary majority has sent its proposed amendments to the European Commission for Democracy Through Law, better knows as the Venice Commission of the…
The political forces of the Mountainous (Nagorno) Karabagh Republic (MKR) National Assembly – The Motherland, Democracy and ARF Dashnaktsutyun factions – came forth with a statement on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on the question of the Accordance with international law of the unilateral declaration of independence in respect of Kosovo, which…
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 17 July 2010 – The Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries, Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov, Foreign Minister of France Bernard Kouchner, and Deputy Secretary of State of the United States James Steinberg, released the following statement today: The Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk…
On the final leg of her five-nation tour of Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton paid an official visit to Armenia, becoming the first U.S. secretary of state to visit the country in over 18 years. During her visit, Mrs. Clinton urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to finalize a framework…
In 2014, Armenia will entirely switch to an accumulated pension system. Last week, the bill on “State Pensions”, which comprises of pension reforms, was discussed and passed with first reading at the special session of the National Assembly. According to the draft bill, in 2011 the voluntary option of the accumulated pension system would come…
MUSKOKA, Canada—On June 26, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, U.S. President Barack Obama, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy issued the following statement on Karabagh from the G8 Summit: We, the Presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group’s Co-Chair countries, France, the Russian Federation, and the United States of America, reaffirm our commitment to support the leaders of…
The Armenian government pushed through parliament on Thursday its controversial legal amendments allowing the existence of foreign-language schools in the country. The National Assembly adopted them in the first reading by 71 votes to 13, with one abstention, amid continuing protests staged outside the parliament building by the most vocal opponents of the measure. A…
YEREVAN — The ARF-Dashnaktsutyun faction in the National Assembly has been voicing serious concern with the government’s decision to privatize pension funds in the country. The Armenian government adopted a decision to privatize the country’s pension plan back in November, 2008. While the stated intention of the government’s pension reform is to increase pension benefits…
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s refusal to take part in the International Economic Forum following the Sargsyan-Medvedev-Aliyev meeting in Saint Petersburg was a specific way to express discontent with the Mountainous-Karabakh peace process, Giro Manoyan, ARF-D International Secretary, told NEWS.am, commenting on the Azerbaijani reconnaissance detachment’s intrusion in Karabakh on June 18. According to him, Azerbaijan’s…
NEW YORK–The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF-Dashnaktsutyun) participated in the Socialist International (SI) Council meeting held at the United Nations headquarters in New York, on June 21 and 22. In addition to ARF Bureau member Mario Nalbandian (Nalpatian) and SI vice-president Maria Titizian, the ARF delegation included four ARF Eastern U.S. representatives. Also in attendance were…
