Consultations between the political parties to form a joint list for the Yerevan municipal election have taken place. On March 8, Armen Rustamyan and Aghvan Vardanyan from ARF-D, Ruben Hakobyan and Hovsep Khurshudyan from Heritage (Zharangutyun) party and Vartan Oskanyan and Naira Zohrabyan from Prosperous Armenia (BHK) party met at the ARF-D Supreme Council of…
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Armenian Community Of Georgia Welcomes Poghosian’s Statement
The Armenian Community of Georgia welcomes Georgian MP Ruslan Poghosian’s Mard 6, statement made in the Parliament urging President Saakashvili to show restraint and correctness in connection to his recent statements about the state’s citizens of Armenian origin and about the Samtskhe-Javakheti region. According to Georgia’s Constitution, which is the main law of the state,…
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ARF-D: We Can Achieve Regime Change Gradually, Starting With Municipal Elections In Yerevan
YEREVAN (armenianweekly.com)—Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Supreme Council representative Armen Rustamyan laid out his party’s vision for the post-election popular movement in Armenia by stressing the importance of securing a victory at the Yerevan municipal elections on May 5, 2013, as a stepping stone towards achieving regime change. Speaking at a rally on Freedom Square on…
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Armenian Community Of Georgia Press Release
Press Release On March 4, 2013 a meeting between a delegation of the Armenian Community of Georgia Executive Body and the “Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia” ruling coalition’s political secretary Sozar Subari, took place. Member of the Georgian Parliament, Ruslan Poghosian and party’s representatives were also attending the meeting. The main purpose of the meeting was to…
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ARF-D Will Be Present At Rally On March 5
Representatives from all the parliamentary parties held a meeting today with Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan in order to assess the post-election developments. The Head of ARF-D Parliamentary Faction, Armen Rustamyan stated to yerkir.am “Our proposition to convene an extraordinary session was discussed but for now negotiations are essentially deadlocked. In the first place, the ruling power…
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ARF-D And “Heritage” Representatives Meet
On March 3, former presidential candidate and Heritage party leader, Raffi Hovhannesyan accompanied by the Campaign manager and Head of the party’s parliamentary faction, Ruben Hakobyan held a meeting with ARF-D Bureau Chairman, Hrant Margaryan and Armenia’s Supreme Council Chairman, Armen Rustamyan. The interlocutors discussed about issues connected to the present political crisis as well…
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Heritage, ARF-D Joint Parliamentary Initiative
According to yerkir.am (February 28) the Heads of “Heritage “ and ARF-D Parliamentary Factions, Ruben Hakobyan and Armen Rustamyan have presented a draft bill to the Parliament’s Speaker. The two factions propose that a post-election evaluation take place in the next extraordinary session of the Plenary. Three demands are included in the document: holding extra…
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ANC France Sues French Parliament Azeri Attacker
(asbarez.com, February 27, Paris)—The Armenian National Committee of France has filed a lawsuit against the two Azeris who incited a brawl Tuesday at the French National Assembly during an event commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Sumgait Pogroms. “We have filed two criminal complaints, the first initiated by a young French-Armenian, a victim of assault,…
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The NKR MFA Statement On The 25th Anniversary Of Sumgait Pogroms
Mass murders and pogroms of Armenians took place from 27 to 29 February, 1988 in Sumgait, a city located less than 30 kilometers away from the Azerbaijani capital Baku. For three days, upon the silent agreement of the authorities and complete inaction of the law enforcement agencies people were being murdered, raped and maimed for…
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Lithuania-Mountainous Karabakh Parliamentary Friendship Group
Conference on evaluation of democracy in Armenia and Lithuania On February 26, the Armenia-Lithuania Parliamentary Friendship Group hosted a conference titled “25 years of democracy in Armenia and Lithuania. A glance to a not far away past” in the Seimas (Lithuanian Parliament) building. Participating in the conference was ARF-D Parliamentary Faction member, Vahan Hovhannesyan, Mountainous…
