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Galstyan: Armenia, Governed With An Eastern-clan Type Way Of Thinking

March 10, 2012
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Ankakh.am quotes ARF-D Member of Parliament, Lilit Galstyan’s statement made on the context of March 7, International Women’s Day celebration; “We are living in man’s era and no matter how much democratic, compatible with the rule of law, socialist we say Armenia is, the state keeps being governed with an eastern-clan type, way of...
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AYF Armenia Puts The Spotlight On Women’s Role In Politics

March 10, 2012
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On March 10, AYF Armenia’s seminar on “Women’s role in politics” took place at the organization’s premises. Keynote speakers were ARF-D Member of Parliament Ruzan Arakelyan and Socialist International’s Vice-President Maria Titizian. Although women are more than half of the population and 70% of them are of higher education still very few women engage...
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Women, They Are Present

March 7, 2012
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On March 7, on the occasion of International Women’s Day the ARF-D organized a ceremony to award seven women for their contribution in different aspects of social life in Armenia. The event took place at Ani Hotel, downtown Yerevan. The logo reflected the evening’s main point; “They are Present”. Head of Center for disabled...
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ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Eyes Court Action Against Government Bill

March 5, 2012
ARF-D parliamentary leader Vahan Hovhannesyan

The opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun said on Friday that it could ask the Constitutional Court to rule on the legality of a controversial bill that allows the government to use the armed forces to enforce a state of emergency. The party’s parliamentary leader, Vahan Hovhannesyan, said Dashnaktsutyun lawmakers will consider trying to lodge such...
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The Hrayr Maroukhian Foundation Is Actively Pursuing Its Aims

February 16, 2012
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In its continuous efforts to disseminate information about social democracy in Armenia, the Hrayr Maroukhian Foundation, in cooperation with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, has begun translating the FES Academy of Social Democracy’s “Economics and Social Democracy,” (Simon Vaut et al.). Last year the Hrayr Maroukhian Foundation, in cooperation with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, launched this series of translations...
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Shahbazyan: 2011 Census Shows Emigration and Inflation Increase

February 7, 2012
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Commenting on the findings of the National Statistical Service’s last census, ARF-D Parliamentary Faction’s Secretary Artashes Shahbazyan said that during the last year nearly 50.000 people left Armenia. “It’s quite clear that the emigration rate has grown in comparison to previous years” he said reminding that these are the state’s data. Furthermore, he stated...
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ARF-D Participates in Socialist International’s Council in Costa Rica

January 31, 2012
Mario Nalbandian SI Costa Rica

The Council of the Socialist International met in San José, Costa Rica, on January 23-24, hosted by the National Liberation Party (PLN), bringing together more than 170 leaders and delegates from 60 social democratic, labor and socialist parties from around the world. Among them was Mario Nalbandian, ARF-D Bureau Member and Co-chair of the...
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Hovhannesyan: Armenia’s Ecology, Highly Important For ARF-D

January 30, 2012
Teghut mining

A January 25 Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) declaration condemned mining projects in Armenia that disregard the rights of citizens. Among the 44 signatories, 2 are representatives from Armenia: Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) MP Armen Rustamyan and Heritage Party MP Zaruhi Postanjyan. The statement accused the Armenian government of “violating its...
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Prosperous Armenia Party Joins ARF-D And Heritage In Holding Parliamentary Hearings Call

January 26, 2012
Prosperous, ARF, Heritage letter

According to www.lragir.am the Parliamentary Faction of the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) which is part of the coalition government joined today its ARF-D and Heritage (Zharangutyun) opposition parties’ counterparts in calling for parliamentary hearings to discuss the passing to a 100% proportional electoral system. The three factions applied in written, to the Chairman of...
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Galstyan: It’s Responsibility Time For The Political Majority

January 25, 2012
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In her article of January 23 on www.zham.am ARF-D Member of Parliament Lilit Galstyan referring to ARF-D and Heritage parties’ joint forum about the 100% proportional electoral system stressed the fact that in the present political agenda there is one issue uniting parliamentary or extra-parliamentary opposition parties. For reasons that are clearly obvious, the...
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