ARF-D Supreme Council Chairman, Armen Rustamyan is convinced that the government with its social-economic, domestic and foreign policies is driving Armenia to a state of force majeure, azatutyun.am (RFE/RL) reports. According to Rustamyan the authorities perceive themselves as very solid, and that entails quite a bit of a risk, which they don’t see. “If they…
Yerevan’s Bus Fare Protests: A Timeline July 18: Fares for public transportation by bus or minibus are scheduled to increase from 100 to 150 dram. The owners of 48 companies operating privatized transportation routes had filed petitions with the Yerevan municipality to increase the fares, citing high maintenance costs and price increases in liquefied gas…
On July 26, ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia Chairman and Head of the Parliamentary Faction, Armen Rustamyan held a meeting with the Ambassador of Sweden Diana Janse at the party’s “Kristapor Mikaelyan” premises. Ambassador Janse who is stationed in Tbilisi and accredited to Armenia, paid a visit to Yerevan in order to have a series…
(source: azatutyun.am RFE/RL) – The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) accused Prime minister Tigran Sarkisian on Wednesday of unleashing a smear campaign against the opposition party in response to its harsh criticism of the government’s economic policies. Hrant Markarian, the head of Dashnaktsutyun’s worldwide governing Bureau, said that Sarkisian was behind recent media reports about serious…
(azatutyun.am RFE/RL) – Armenia’s three leading opposition parties on Tuesday strongly criticized Russia for selling offensive weapons to Azerbaijan, saying that they will strengthen Baku in the unresolved Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Representatives of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun), the Armenian National Congress (HAK) and the Zharangutyun (Heritage) party said the arms supplies reportedly worth around $1…
(azatutyun.am RFE/RL) Dashnak Leader Deplores Sarkisian Criticism Of Parliament Body A leader of the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) on Wednesday rejected President Serzh Sarkisian’s harsh criticism of a parliamentary oversight body that has alleged serious misuse of public funds by his government. Armen Rustamian warned the executive branch against “strangling” the supposedly independent Audit…
Speaking to media representatives, ARF-D Parliamentary Faction Secretary, Aghvan Vardanyan said that tension between the Control Chamber (CC) and the government is quite obvious, real and not fabricated, yerkir.am reports. Otherwise the government wouldn’t get so actively involved. The tension between the executive power and CC was caused after the latter’s report indicating that a…
(azatutyun.am) – Tensions in a big village near Yerevan are running high more than two months after the killing of its longtime mayor who was affiliated with the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun). The village administration dominated by supporters of the slain official is openly defying an interim mayor of Proshian who was appointed by…
(azatutyun.am, June 12) – A U.S. energy company announced on Wednesday that it is close to buying three big hydroelectric stations generating a considerable part of Armenia’s electricity. The New York-based ContourGlobal said it is engaged in “advanced negotiations” with the Armenian government over the takeover of the plants built along the fast-flowing Vorotan river…
During the Parliament’s discussion the monetary policy program of Armenia’s Central Bank for 2013, ARF-D MP, Artsvik Minasyan pointed out that both the government and the Central Bank don’t know what is going on with the country’s economy, lragir.am reports. Minasyan said that the banking system has choked other sectors of the economy and as…
