According to Hetq.am’s article titled “Cyprus Troika: Who ‘Stripped’ Businessman Paylak Hayrapetyan of His Assets?” one of the shareholders of an off-shore company called WLISPERA HOLDINGS LTD, is Armenia’s Prime minister, Tigran Sargsyan (the other two being the Primate of the Ararat Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church Archbishop Navasard Kjoyan and entrepreneur Ashot Sukiasyan). Following…
On June 3-4, 2013, the Social Democrats for Development (SDD) party of Georgia hosted the Socialist International’s Committee for the CIS, Caucasus and Black Sea meeting in Tblisi. The meeting was co-chaired by Vahan Hovhannesyan from the ARF-D and Alexandra Dobolyi from the MSzP of Hungary, co-chairs of the committee, and vice-chair Oleg Tulea, of…
On Tuesday, June 4, the parliamentary faction of ARF-D introduced a legislative initiative offering to set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the reasons for the privatization of the Nairit rubber plant, news.am reports. The committee will also study the reasons for failure to comply with loan commitments. The letter has been sent to…
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…
Upon the initiative of the AYF “Garegin Njdeh” Netherlands chapter and with the coordination of the ARF-D Youth Office, 42 participants from the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) Sweden, United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, France, Greece and Netherlands chapters held a conference on May 17-19, in Alkmaar, Netherlands. ARF-D Bureau member Mkrtich Mkrtichian, the head of…
ARF-D Member of Parliament, Artsvik Minasyan commenting on the action plan that the government presented, said that it looks like a declaration rather than an action plan, and that it is foggy and vague, not containing any concrete steps, panorama.am reports. “This action plan doesn’t reveal the challenges that Armenia faces today” Minasyan stated. In…
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…
ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia Vice Chairman, Arsen Hambartzumyan estimates that election fraud took place outside the polling station, aravot.am reports. This is why, ARF-D didn’t ask for recounting of the votes in any polling station, contrary to what the Armenian National Congress (HAK) and “Hello Yerevan” coalition (Barev Yerevan) demanded. Hambartzumyan said that the…
The ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia issued a statement Monday saying that it participated in the elections in order to change the moral climate of the country and to inspire the citizens to have hope and confidence in the future. However, the ARF-D added, the ruling regime, once again used infinite state resources and bribes…
Two concrete statements must be made in order for the oppositional forces to unite said ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia Chairman and Head of the party’s candidate list for the Yerevan municipal election, Armen Rustamyan, news.am reports. The first one must rule out any unification with the regime after the election takes place. Moreover, the…
