YEREVAN — The Armenian state is dangerously being mismanaged, warned a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun’s parliamentary faction on Friday. Speaking to reporters in Yerevan, Artsvik Minasyan said widespread incompetence plagues nearly all sectors of Armenia’s government and industry, from the irresponsible management of natural resources, to negligent and poorly thought out legislation. The…
YEREVAN — The 120th anniversary of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun was marked at two events Sunday, the first a reception with the participation of other political party officials, embassy representatives and government figures, the second, a public celebration that brought together a capacity crowd representing a cross section of the city’s population at the Spandarian…
PARIS (ARF Press Office)—Representatives of Europe’s “Hai Tad” Committees came together at the Armenian Cultural House in Paris on November 13 for a pan-European Hai Dat Conference to address the EU’s approach to Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh, the Caucasus, Genocide denial, and Turkey. Attending the conference were delegates from the Armenian National Committee, the Defense Committee of…
The Socialist International Council, meeting in Paris, adopted a resolution on the Mountainous (Nagorno) Karabakh issue, committing itself to continue its initiative for peace, aimed at building dialogue and confidence both within the International and and on the wider political stage. The SI Council qualified as “extremely positive step” its two meetings held in Yerevan…
YEREVAN—The Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary bloc voiced its opposition to a bill approved Tuesday which slightly increased the monthly minimum wage in Armenia, saying the increase was insignificant. The parliament approved a government-backed bill, which increased the wage from 30,000 to 32,000 drams ($90) The ARF urged for a sharper increase, calling on state and…
On October 25, the National Assembly adopted the government proposed changes to the “Law on Temporary Unemployment Benefit” into law after third reading. The ARF-Dashnaktsutyun faction voted against the changes. Currently the changes have been sent to the President to be signed into law and enacted. Now, an open letter, expressing more than ten NGOs’…
By KARINE IONESYAN ArmeniaNow reporter A representative of the Armenian National Assembly’s majority party believes a legal amendment ensuring women’s greater involvement in leadership positions would be effective in dealing with gender discrimination issues. Still, some remain skeptical about this approach, calling it a sort of discrimination in itself to single out a woman’s factor…
From ARF-D parliamentary member Lilit Galstyan’s interview with Hrabarak on November 3 prior to parliamentary hearings on the condition of libraries in the Republic of Armenia. Today in Armenia there are 1600 libraries of which only 13 are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Culture. The rest are under the jurisdiction of regional or…
By ARA KHANJIAN On June 24, 2010, the Republic of Armenia’s National Assembly decided to privatize its social security system by adopting an extreme version of a private pension model. Along with the pension system, the National Assembly also radically changed its income tax regime. The mandatory private pension system is set to take effect…
The International Human Rights Law Association (IHRLA) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) hosted a conference entitled, “Genocide and Then What? The Law, Ethics, and Politics of Making Amends” on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at UCLA’s Dodd Hall. The conference featured a soon to be released report which explores the legal, ethical, and…
