On April 27, an ARF-D delegation comprised of MPs and candidates for the Yerevan municipal authority campaigned in Arabkir. ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia Vice-Chairman Arsen Hambardzumyan stated that so far, the campaigning was normal and that the party is not discontent with the work that has been performed. Judging from the party’s door-to-door campaigning…
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On May 5 We Say “No” To The Ruling Regime
On April 28, an ARF-D delegation comprised of the party’s Supreme Council of Armenia Vice Chairmen Aghvan Vardanyan (2nd place on the list of candidates) and Arsen Hambartsumyan (3rd place on the list of candidates), MP, Artsvik Minasyan and party candidates walked the streets of Avan. The ARF-D members introduced the party’s platform to the…
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[Updated] Newly Established EU Parliament-Armenia Friendship Group Delegation Visits Armenia
The European Parliament’s EU-Armenia Friendship Group is making its first visit to Armenia this week. The delegation is headed by the President of the group, Dr. Eleni Theocharous (Cyprus) and comprised of MEPs Frank Engel, Vice-President of the group (Luxembourg), Ewald Stadler (Austria), Kyriakos Triandafyllides (Cyprus), France-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group Vice-President Guy Teissier, France-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group…
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Arakelyan: For Us, The Fate Of Each Citizen Is Equally Important
ARF-D member and former MP, Ruzanna Arakelyan believes that the party is running a successful campaign, yerkir.am reports. “Siding with us are those who value very much the future of our country” Arakelyan said during a meeting with media representatives. She then highlighted the major differences the ARF-D platform has with the ones of the…
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“Help Your Brother” At Kilikia School For Syrian Armenian Children
The “Help Your Brother” civic initiative hasn’t ceased its activities for the relief of the Syrian Armenians. On the contrary, it continues implementing projects for the Syrian Armenians that have settled in Armenia and in Mountainous Karabakh. On April 23, “Help Your Brother” co-ordinators, Vahan Hovhannesyan, Lilit Galstian and Khachig Djozigyan visited the Kilikia school…
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Campaigning In The Streets Of Nor Nork
On April 20, ARF-D and Armenian Youth Federation members campaigned in the streets of the Nor Nork region where Yenok Abrahamyan, Levon Gabrielyan and Ara Baghramyan are the party’s candidates, yerkir.am reports. The ARF-D members were passing on leaflets and discussing with the citizens. The majority of the people said that they are disappointed from…
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“Change The City By Changing The Mayor”
The ARF-D campaign’s round of open meetings with the public kicked off on April 18 at Yerevan city’s Malatia-Sebastia region, yerkir.am reports. Head of the ARF-D list and Chairman of the party’s Supreme Council of Armenia, Armen Rustamyan told the public that ARF-D is interested in changing the city by changing the mayor, rather than…
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Vardanyan Says ARF-D Will Do Better This Time, Accuses Regime Of Abusing State Levers
The overwhelming majority of the voters is that segment of the population which is more independent and less succumbing to pressure, told ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia Vice Chairman, Aghvan Vardanyan to news.am in reply to a remark about the party’s voters being mostly from outside the capital. In Vardanyan’s opinion vote rigging and administrative…
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Minasyan: ARF-D Puts Collective Interests And Armenia’s Statehood Above All
In reply to a question during Armnews TV “Banadzev” program about whether it is necessary to have a bourgeois-democratic revolution in Armenia today, ARF-D Parliamentary Faction member, Artsvik Minasyan stated that he doubts that any kind of a revolution will be taking place anytime soon in Armenia and that ARF-D is for positive, forward-moving changes…
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Not Everything Is Lost, Rustamyan Says
During the regular meeting with the press, the Head of ARF-D Parliamentary Faction, Armen Rustamyan said that on April 9, there was only one inauguration, referring to Sargsyan being sworn-in as President and to which ARF-D didn’t attend. Rustamyan also said that the rally that took place the same day on Liberty Square evolved in…
