The Armenian police and a leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun have traded barbs over the contentious use of force against opposition activists trying to gather in a popular square in Yerevan. Vahan Hovannesyan, a member of the ARF-D Bureau and leader of its parliamentary faction, last week publicly challenged the official justification for the…
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ARF-D Bureau Chairman Hrant Margaryan’s welcoming remarks
I welcome all of you in Yerevan; to the motherland of all Armenians and the capital city of Armenia, Yerevan. For us it is a great honor and privilege to welcome all of you here. As members of the same large ideological family, we have much to do in our region and I am convinced…
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ARF-D opposed TV bill passed by Parliament
The Armenian parliament on Thursday passed in the second and final reading a controversial bill which local press freedom groups say will fail to end a strong government influence on the country’s broadcast media. The final version of the amendments to an Armenian law on television and radio contains the most important of the provisions…
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ARF Dashnaktsutyun Bureau’s plenary session
In recent days the Bureau of the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun held its regular plenary session. The activities of the past three months were summarized and evaluated. With regard to future activities, the fundamental items on the agenda were the difficult social and economic situation in Armenia, the unresolved issues of the country’s democratization and its ethical atmosphere,…
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Socialist Approaches to Armenia’s Challenges: Global Perspectives and Local Realities
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (Armenian socialist party) held a two-day international conference in Yerevan, on March 25-26, 2010. The conference had two main objectives: first, to discuss socialism today in its ideological and practical aspects; and, second, to consider the social and economic challenges facing Armenia and the adequate socialist responses. To that aim, the…
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Social democracy in Armenia:
State of play
Levon Mkrtchyan (Member of the ARF Dashnaktutiun Bureau, Armenia) S O C I A L D E M O C R A C Y I N S O U T H C A U C A S U S Conference co-organised by the European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity, the S&D Group in the European…
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Transition to Democracy: Women in the CIS 15 Years After Beijing
By MARIA TITIZIAN Socialist International Vice President ARF-Dashnaktsutyun (Armenia) Beijing + 15 – What Next? Fifty-Fourth Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), United Nations, New York, 1 – 12 March 2010 Panel discussion hosted by the Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations in cooperation with the Socialist International Women…
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ARF-Dashnaktsutyun at the UN Commission on the Status of Women
This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Fourth Conference on Women, which took place in Beijing in 1995. The Beijing Declaration and Plan of Action set a new global agenda for the advancement and inclusion of women. Socialist International Women (SIW), in cooperation with the Greek Mission to the United Nations, organized a parallel…
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Rustamyan: ARF-D Leader Meets Armenian Court Head On Armenia-Turkey Protocols
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun confirmed on Friday that one of its leaders has met with Constitutional Court Chairman Gagik Harutiunian and urged him to block the implementation of Armenia’s controversial agreements with Turkey. According to Armen Rustamyan, chairman of the Dashnaktsutyun organization in Armenia, Vahan Hovannesyan, a member of the ARF-D Bureau and head of…
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Armenian Parliament Debates Afghan Mission
The National Assembly on Monday began debating and looked set to approve the dispatch of a small contingent of Armenian troops to Afghanistan planned by the government. Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian confirmed that the 40-strong detachment is due to be deployed in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz in February and to serve there under…
