The Socialist International Committee for the CIS, the Caucasus and the Black Sea convened in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 2-3 May 2011, at the first ever meeting of the Committee to be held in Central Asia. Discussions centred upon democracy in the region, with the Committee also comprehensively expressing its full support for the Nationwide Social…
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Foreign Affairs, News
ARF-D Meetings in Ramallah and Tel Aviv With SI Member Parties
On April 22, 2011, an ARF delegation headed by Hagop Der Khatchadourian, ARF Bureau member and chairman of the Armenian Cause Central Council, met with a Fatah party delegation headed by Dr. Nabeel A. Shaath, a member of the Central Committee of Fatah and its Commissioner of International Relations, and a member of the Palestinian…
Democracy & Human Rights, National Security & Defense, News
ARF-D Initiated Parliamentary Hearings on Police Reform
On the initiative of the NA Standing Committee on Defense, National Security and Internal Affairs parliamentary hearings on the theme “The Reforms in RA Police Sphere” were held, where NA deputies, representatives of police, national security, prosecutor’s office, human rights protection and other NGOs and mass media took part. In his opening speech the Chairman…
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Presentation of the Book “Armenian-Turkish Relations: Problems and Perspectives” in the National Assembly
The presentation of the book “Armenian-Turkish Relations: Problems and Perspectives” was held in the National Assembly. Armen Rustamyan, Chairman of the ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia and Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations, had an opening speech saying that the collection is the summing up of the stenography of the parliamentary hearings,…
Economics & Finance
The Government Has Not Approved a Single Proposal of Dashnaktsutyun Concerning Inflation
Central Bank of Armenia can struggle against inflation exclusively by monetary tools, which are not efficient, taking into account the large volumes of shadow economy, ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Member of parliamentiary faction Artsvik Minasyan said. Speaking at a news conference in Yerevan yesterday, Artsvik Minasyan expressed an opinion that there is no complex approach in Armenia as…
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The honouring of obligations and commitments by Georgia
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 2011 ORDINARY SESSION (Second part) REPORT Fourteenth sitting Wednesday 13 April 2011 at 10 a.m. The honouring of obligations and commitments by Georgia Verbatim record of the speech delivered by Mr Armen RUSTAMYAN (Armenia, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the National Assembly of Armenian and Chairman…
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Vahan Hovhannisyan on Upcoming Elections, Party Politics and Challenges
More than 150 guests – representatives of international and local organizations, government and academic institutions, diplomatic missions in Armenia as well as media – gathered to hear the second guest of the Civilitas Foundation “100 Questions and Answers” series. The speaker, Armenian Revolutionary Federation [Bureau member and] Parliamentary Faction leader Vahan Hovhannesyan, responded to questions…
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ARF-D Initiated Parliamentary Hearings on Creating Ad-hoc Inquiry Committee on the Gas Supply System
The National Assembly Standing Committee on Economic Affairs organized parliamentary hearings on Creating Ad-hoc Inquiry Committee of the National Assembly on the Gas Supply System. The authors of RA NA decision draft on Creating Ad-hoc Inquiry Committee of the National Assembly of RA Gas Supply System are the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary faction members Vahan Hovhannesyan, Artsvik…
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Parliamentary majority rejects ARF-D electoral code amendments
On March 22 and 23, lawmakers at the National Assembly held heated first-reading discussions over the ruling coalition-proposed amendments to the Electoral Code of Armenia and the alternative draft submitted by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun. Today, with 70 votes in favour, 1 against and 1 abstention, the National Assembly adopted the package of amendments proposed…
Armenia-Diaspora, News, Policy
Declaration of the ARF Hai Tad (Armenian Cause) Central Council
In recent days, the news that two of the attorneys of the Genocide survivor insurance settlement case are accusing their co-counsel for defrauding the community by diverting settlement funds meant for Armenian national and community organizations, has caused much concern in Armenian society. Regardless of whether these accusations prove to be true or not, they…
