(azatutyun.am RFE/RL) Dashnak Leader Deplores Sarkisian Criticism Of Parliament Body A leader of the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) on Wednesday rejected President Serzh Sarkisian’s harsh criticism of a parliamentary oversight body that has alleged serious misuse of public funds by his government. Armen Rustamian warned the executive branch against “strangling” the supposedly independent Audit…
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Lessons from the First Republic
By Maria Titizian (asbarez.com, May 28, 2013) – After centuries of being stateless, the First Republic of Armenia, 1918-1920 was founded thanks to the perseverance, valor and heroism of the Armenian people and their leaders. These lands that we are blessed to walk upon are laden with the blood of those martyrs who fought courageous…
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AYF At the IUSY Council And At The Workers Youth Festival
The IUSY World Council 2013 took place on May 8-9, in Dortmund, Germany with the participation of delegations from Youth organizations and NGOs from 57 countries. AYF was represented by Sarine Abrahamian from the Netherlands chapter. The delegates listened to the Presidium’s one-year term report. The Council’s agenda also included discussions about Statute amendments and…
Armenia, Democracy & Human Rights, In Politics, News, Presidential Elections 2013
ARF-D Faction Won’t Participate In Sargsyan’s Presidential Inauguration
(armenianweekly.com) – In a statement issued on April 8, the parliamentary bloc of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) announced that it would not participate in the parliamentary session dedicated to President Sargsyan’s inauguration. In its statement, the parliamentary bloc noted that the presidential regimes that have concentrated power in their hands have undermined the statehood and…
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ARF-D’s Roadmap
The post-election state in the country needs to be dissolved said ARF-D Faction Secretary, Aghvan Vardanyan, at the Parliament, today. “Ultimatums, testing patience, statements about not going to concessions are not taking us anywhere; for what is more, they are even deepening the gap between the society, the ruling power and the political parties” Vardanyan…
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Akhalkalak Regional Assembly’s Decision Causes Much Noise In Georgia
(akhaltskha.net, March 18) – The decision of Akhalkalak Regional Assembly to apply to Georgia’s Parliament for the latter to ratify the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages and therefore give the status of a regional language to Armenian has caused much noise in that country. Yesterday in reference to this matter, President Saakashvili stated…
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Mountainous Karabakh’s Freedom Celebrated on US Capitol Hill
Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Headlines Congressional Tribute to 25 Years of Liberty (armenianweekly.com, WASHINGTON)—The Chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, Ed Royce (R-Calif.), joined with fellow members of the Congressional Armenian Caucus and the visiting Minister of Youth and Culture from the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh, Narine Aghabalyan, in a…
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Armenian Community of Georgia, Reintegration Minister Meet
Press Release On March 12, 2013 members of the Armenian Community of Georgia Executive Body had a meeting with state Minister of Georgia for Reintegration, Paata Zakareishvili. During the meeting, issues that concern Georgian Armenians were presented and ways to solve complex situations were elaborated. Among them were the participation of Georgian citizens of Armenian…
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Minasyan Highlights Formality Of Gender Equality Draft Law
During the Parliament’s second reading, ARF-D Parliamentary Faction member Artsvik Minasyan stated that the draft law “On Provision of Equal Rights and Equal Opportunities for Women and Men” is just a mere formality, tert.am reports. Moreover, Minasyan underlined that the draft is a result of an engagement undertaken by Serj Sargsyan in 2009 and that…
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ARF-D Supreme Assembly of Armenia’s Decision on Presidential Election
Having thoroughly discussed the party’s participation format in the upcoming presidential election, the ARF-D Supreme Assembly of Armenia states: In accordance with the Supreme Assembly’s July decision, the ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia took the initiative of putting forward a process to form a wide accord around a unified political agenda. Efforts were made with…
