Armenian Youth Federation’s Achievements in the International Arena; Chadoian Elected IUSY Vice President

Garabed Chadoian at the podium of IUSY World Congress 2016

The International Union of Socialist Youth’s (IUSY) World Congress 2016 was held on February 25-28, in Tirana Albania. The World Congress which convenes once every two years is the supreme body of IUSY. At the Congress the outgoing Presidium presents its two-year term report, determines the guidelines of the coming term’s action plan and elects…

ARF-D Ministers Vow to Fight Monopolies, Rid Education System of Partisan Politics

Artsvik Minasyan, Levon Mkrtchyan, Davit Lokyan

(asbarez.com) YEREVAN—Upon signing the “cooperation agreement” the Armenian Revolutionary Federation- Dashnaktsutyun on and the Republican Party of Armenia on Wednesday, President Sezh Sarkisian appointed Artsvik Minasyan as economy minister, Levon Mkrtchyan as education minister and Davit Lokyan and minister of territorial administration. During the first cabinet meeting on Thursday, Minasyan vowed that he would take…

ARF-D, Republican Party Sign ‘Political Cooperation Agreement’

Aghvan Vardanyan, Armen Ashotyan sign the agreement (Photo: President.am)

(armenianweekly.com) YEREVAN — The Armenian Revolutionary Federation – Dashanktsutyun (ARF-D) and the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) signed a “Political Cooperation Agreement” on Feb. 24, at the Armenian presidential palace in Yerevan. High-ranking officials from both parties attended the signing ceremony, including President Serge Sargsyan and ARF-D Bureau Representative Hrant Markarian. The agreement, which was…

Armenian Parliament Elects Arman Tatoyan as Human Rights Defender

Arman Tatoyan

(parliament.am) On February 23, the Parliament of Armenia continued the work of the regular four-day sittings. The deputies Alexander Arzumanyan, Heghine Bisharyan, Aram Manukyan, Rubik Hakobyan, Ishkhan Khachatryan, Levon Dokholyan, Tevan Poghosyan exchanged their opinions on the Human Rights Defender’s candidate. The Parliamentary Factions (Rule of Law – Heghine Bisharyan, the ARF-D – Artsvik Minasyan,…

ARF-D’s Aghvan Vardanyan, Lilit Galstian Meet with Head of EU delegation to Armenia, Amb. Piotr Świtalski

On February 18, 2016, ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia Chairman Aghvan Vardanyan and member Lilit Galstian held a meeting with the Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Dr. Piotr Świtalski, at the premises of the delegation in Yerevan. The parties discussed about the political developments in the country and the…

Rustamyan: ARF-D Ready to Risk Approval Rating for Armenia’s Betterment

Armen Rustamyan (Photo: PanArmenian Photo)

(armenianweekly.com) YEREVAN — Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) Bureau member and head of the party’s political affairs Armen Rustamyan said that risking the party’s approval rating by co-operating with the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) is a better price to pay than losing the country. Speaking to reporters on Feb. 1, Rustamyan stressed that since…