On March 17 representatives of the EURONEST Parliamentary Assembly that are on an official visit to Armenia Vice President of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, MEP Knut Fleckenstein and Social democratic party of Georgia leader, MP Gia Jorjoliani met with ARF-D Supreme Council Chairman Aghvan Vardanyan,…
YEREVAN (Armenian Weekly)—Representatives of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) met with President Serge Sargsyan to discuss their proposals on constitutional reforms. Speaking to reporters in Yerevan on March 12, member of the ARF-D faction of the National Assembly of Armenia, Arstvik Minasyan, outlined the details of the discussions. “You are aware that the concept paper…
(ASBAREZ) YEREVAN–The leadership of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation – Dashnaktsutyun in Armenia confirmed on Tuesday the party mediated a meeting on Tuesday between President Serzh Sargsyan and Prosperous Armenia Party leader Gagik Tsarukyan, who late last week publicly decelerated war on one another in unusually harsh statements, which further exacerbated the country’s domestic political situation.…
Vahan Hovhannesyan, a long-time leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun and one of the country’s most prominent post-Soviet politicians, died at the age of 58 early on Sunday, December 28, 2014. Hovhannesyan, who has also served as Armenia’s ambassador to Germany over the past year, was pronounced dead at a hospital in Berlin where he…
(azatutyun.am) The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) insisted on Monday that it remains in opposition to President Serzh Sargsyan despite supporting his plans for constitutional reform and refusing to join anti-government protests staged by three other opposition parties. Aghvan Vardanyan, a Dashnaktsutyun leader, stood by his party’s view that Armenia’s transformation into a parliamentary republic, which…
(azatutyun.am RFE/RL) The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) defended on Friday its readiness to support a radical constitutional reform planned by the authorities and rejected by other major opposition parties. Aghvan Vardanyan, a Dashnaktsutyun leader, said Armenia’s transformation into a parliamentary republic would bode well for democratization even if it is aimed at prolonging President Serzh…
(azatutyun.am) Russia will lose Armenia as an ally if it continues to supply arms to Azerbaijan in large amounts, a leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) said on Tuesday. In an interview with RFE/RL’s Armenian Service (Azatutyun.am) representative of the opposition party’s Bureau Hrant Markarian reacted to recent reports suggesting that Moscow has sold…
Armeno-Turkish Relations is main conference theme (armenianweekly.com) CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—After a two-year hiatus, the “Armenians and Progressive Politics” (APP) conference will reappear on September 26-27 in Greater Boston. This year’s theme will be Armeno-Turkish relations, including a number of panels covering Armenian Genocide denial, reparations, media, Turkish-Armenian exchanges, and Turkish civil society. The conference will consist…
YEREVAN—The Armenian Revolutionary Federation Bureau issued an announcement on June 4 condemning the ongoing rocket attacks on the Syrian city of Aleppo and urging international action to end the attacks on the civilian population and specifically the Armenian community. Below is the translated text of the announcement: “We call on all governments, especially Western nations,…
ARF-D Yerevan Executive Committee demands from the City’s Council of the Elders to cancel the decision on the erection of Anastas Mikoyan’s statue and to abstain in the future from grave decisions affecting the capital without first having made society a part of the process, reported azatutyun.am RFE/RL. “On April 30 and without initiating a…
