In his interviews published on August 25 with Zhamanak and Capital dailies, Giro Manoyan, director of the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Bureau’s international secretariat spoke about a military agreement signed recently between the Republic of Armenia and the Russian Federation to extend the 1995 treaty regulating the presence of a Russian military base in Gyumri for another 24…
Vahan Hovhannisyan weighs in on upcoming CSTO Summit In an interview with Aravot daily in mid-August, ARF Dashnaktsutyn Bureau member Vahan Hovhannesyan spoke about the upcoming informal Collective Security Treaty Organization’s (CSTO) Summit to be held in Armenia. “I would like to expect the best from the summit and note certain advantages for Armenia in…
The government of Turkey will be allowing mass services to take place at the ancient Armenian Church of Surb Khach located on the island of Akhtamar in Lake Van, on September 19, 2010. The mass will be taking place three years after the completion of a $1.5 million renovation of the church, which was funded…
Russian Railways’ plans In an interview with the daily Aravot on August 6, Ara Nranyan a member of the ARF-D faction in the Armenian parliament said, “The leadership of the South Caucasus Railways (SCR) and Russian Railways has close ties to Azerbaijan’s political elite.” According to the parliamentarian the SCR is pursuing the creation of…
Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun Bureau member Vahan Hovhannesyan on Thursday strongly condemned the latest deadly shootings in Armenia’s Armed Forces and demanded “severe punishment” for those responsible for them. Hovhannesyan, who heads the Dashnaktsutyun faction in the Armenian parliament, described as “unacceptable and disgraceful” the deaths of seven military personnel in two non-combat incidents reported last…
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…
By Professor Ara Khanjian About a month ago, the National Assembly decided to privatize the pension system and adopted an extreme version of a private pension model, where 100% of employee pension payments will be allocated to private individual pension accounts. Along with the pension system, the National Assembly also radically changed the income tax…
On July 22 the International Court of Justice at The Hague recognized Kosovo’s independence as legal. In an interview with “Capital” the ARF-D’s director of International Secretariat Giro Manoyan noted that the decision presents an excellent opportunity to further intensify activities for the recognition of Artsakh. Manoyan believes that the logic behind the declaration of…
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…
10 July 2010 – In an interview with “Capital,” Ara Nranyan, a parliament deputy from the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) and a member of the ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia , criticizes the ongoing reform of Armenia’s pension system initiated by the government. “A model of a backward country is being built in Armenia,”…
