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ARF lashes out at Prime Minister Pashinyan for his 'anti-Armenian' statements
..., which have been effectively fought for years by the worldwide network of ARF committees and offices. And now it is very regrettable to hear the repetition of the hostile views from the mouth of the head of the executive power of Armenia," the ARF says in a statement. “Pashinyan stated, in particular, that the Republic of Armenia has never been involved in the Armenian Cause (pursuing international recognition of the Armenian Genocide) and that 'the process of international recognition of the Armenian Genocide is largely the outcome of the Armenian Diaspora's activities,’ the ARF statement reads. In this ...
01/26/2022Diaspora Commissioner explains why ARF Europe-based activists banned from entering Armenia
Armenian Diaspora Affairs Commissioner Zare Sinanyan explained why Armenian authorities have barred a number of overseas-based ARF Dashnaktsutyun representatives from visiting their ancestral country. YEREVAN, February 2. /ARKA/. Armenian Diaspora Affairs Commissioner Zare Sinanyan explained why Armenian authorities have barred a number of overseas-based ARF Dashnaktsutyun ...
02/02/2023ARF has no plans to withdraw from coalition government
Artsvik Minasyan, the acting economy minister, denied today media allegations claiming that his party, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) is planning to walk out from the coalition government, composed together with the Republican Party of Armenia. YEREVAN, September 23. /ARKA/. Artsvik Minasyan, the acting economy minister, denied today media allegations claiming that his party,...
09/23/2016Armenian government’s course is 90% consistent with ARF’s vision
A senior member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) party has commended today the government’s policy saying it is 90% consistent with ARF’s vision of how to resolve the country’s major problems. YEREVAN, September 12. /ARKA/. A senior member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun ...
09/12/2017HHK and ARF to sign power-sharing agreement in the afternoon
The governing Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) are very likely to sign a power-sharing agreement later today to form a coalition government, a senior member of the ARF, Armen Rustamyan told reporters. YEREVAN, February 24. /ARKA/. The governing Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) and the Armenian ...
02/24/2016ARF Dashnaktsutyun ready to cooperate with other Armenian political parties
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Dashnaktsutyun is ready to cooperate with all the Armenian political parties, said ARF Presidential Candidate, RA NA (National Assembly) Deputy Speaker Vahan Hovhannisian. YEREVAN, November 30. /ARKA/. The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) ...
12/01/2007ARF youth congress discusses problem of youth in Armenia, Diaspora
... ensure ties between the Homeland and the Diaspora and to use the latter’s potential. The 10th all-Armenian congress of the ARF youth wing was opened in Yerevan on August 9, 2007. Among the participants are about 100 young people aged 19-24 from 13 countries.... ... issues, particularly the prospects for Armenia’s economic development, major problems of Armenian young people and the Armenian Cause. P.T. –0--
08/11/2007ARF official urges US, UK and Israel to decide on their position on Armenian genocide.
Kiro Manoyan, director of Central Hai Dat (Armenian Cause) office of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Bureau in Yerevan, has urged today the US, UK and Israel to decide on their position on the 1915 Armenian Genocide. YEREVAN, June 3. /ARKA. Kiro Manoyan, director of Central Hai Dat (Armenian Cause) office of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation ...
06/03/2016Pashinyan assured by parliamentary leaders that they will not field prime ministerial candidates
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told thousands of his supporters early on Wednesday that after negotiations with the parliamentary leaders of the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), the Tsarukyan bloc and the ARF Dashnaktsutyun he was assured that they will not field candidates for the post of prime minister in case of his resignation, which is a requirement for holding early parliamentary elections in mid-December. YEREVAN, October 3. /ARKA/. Armenian ...
10/03/2018Analyst says the ruling party is likely to form coalition government with ARF
The likelihood that the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, which has won the April 2 parliamentary elections, and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) that came in fourth, will re-join in a new coalition government is quite big, according to Sergey Minasyan, a political analyst from the Yerevan-based Caucasus Institute. YEREVAN, April 4. /ARKA/. The likelihood that the ruling Republican Party ...
04/04/2017ARF may replace its ministers in coalition government
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun (ARF), a member of the coalition government together with ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), may replace its ministers in the new government or assume other portfolios, Armen Rustamyan, head of ARF parliamentary faction, told reporters today. ...
09/16/2016Daily says ARF to be given several positions in new Armenian government
Armenian daily Haykakan Zhamanak (Armenian Time) says, citing its ‘reliable’ sources that the governing Republican Party of Armenia and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) have cut a power-sharing deal that will be announced later today after a meeting of the Republican Party’s Executive Committee. YEREVAN, January 29. /ARKA/. Armenian daily Haykakan Zhamanak (Armenian Time) says, citing its ‘reliable’ ...
01/29/2016Dashnaktsutyun party proposes AMD 60 bln in annual agricultural subsidies
In its election program for the parliamentary elections on May 6, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Dashnaktsutyun intends to increase annual agricultural subsidizing up to 60 billion drams instead of the current 15 billion, ARF deputy Artsvik Minasyan said Monday while presenting the program. YEREVAN, April 10. /ARKA/. In its election program ...
04/10/2012ARF calls for unconditioned dialogue between authorities and opposition
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun (ARF), the junior partner of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, has welcomed prime minister Serzh Sargsyan’s call on the opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan to end street protests, caused by Sargsyan’s election as prime minister, a representative ...
04/21/2018ARF calls on political forces to unite for resolution of political turmoil
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun (ARF), the junior coalition partner of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), has called today on parliamentary forces to unite in order to resolve the political turmoil as mass protests continue to take place in the capital, Yerevan, for the seventh ...
04/19/2018Republican Party of Armenia and Dashnaktsutyun sign power-sharing agreement
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/ Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) have signed a coalition agreement today for 2017-2022, HHK deputy chairman Armen Ashotyan announced. YEREVAN, May 11. /ARKA/. The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/ Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) have signed ...
05/11/2017RPA and ARF reach agreement on forming coalition government
The governing Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) have reached a preliminary agreement today to form a coalition government, Eduard Sharmazanov, a spokesman for the Republican Party of Armenia, said following a meeting of the party’s Supreme Body. YEREVAN, February 10. /ARKA/. The governing ...
02/10/2016Sharmanazov: RPA does not share but respects the position of ARF
The governing Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) does not share the position of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) on the Armenian-Turkish relations, but treats it with respect, the secretary of the parliamentary faction of the Republican Party of YEREVAN, September 23. / ARKA /. The governing Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) does not share the position of ...
09/24/2009ARF ministers and governors tender their resignations
... science Levon Mkrtchyan, acting minister of nature protection Artsvik Minasyan, as well as the governor of Shirak province Artur Khachatryan and the governor of Aragatsotn province Ashot Simonyan, all members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF), known also as Dashnaktsutyun, have tendered their resignations. YEREVAN, April 26. /ARKA/. Armenia’s acting minister of territorial administration and development David Lokyan, acting minister of education and science Levon Mkrtchyan, acting ...
04/26/2018ARF against Armenia’s withdrawal from Russia-led EEU
There are no alternatives to Armenia’s membership in the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), Armen Rustamyan, the head of the ARF/ Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary faction, told journalists today when asked to comment on a motion by the opposition Yelk bloc demanding that Armenia walks out of EEU. YEREVAN, September 12. /ARKA/. There are no alternatives to Armenia’s membership ...
09/12/2017ARF to retain its cabinet ministers
All the three ministers in the current coalition Armenian government from the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/ Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) party will retain their jobs, Aghvan Vardanyan, a senior member of the party, said to a news conference today. YEREVAN, September 26. /ARKA/. All the three ministers in the current coalition Armenian government from the Armenian Revolutionary ...
09/26/2016Prime minister heads government commission set up to organize funeral of Vahan Hovannesian
... Erebuni Museum. In 1989 he worked as a research assistant in the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography under the Academy of Sciences. From 1990 to 1992 he was an active member of the Artsakh liberation movement. From 1990 to 1992 he was a member of the ARF Central Committee of Armenia, becoming one of the first leaders of the organization in Armenia when it resurfaced during the latter days of the Soviet Union. In 1992 he became a member of the ARF Bureau, but in 1994 he was arrested after then president ...
12/29/2014Armen Rustamyan of ARF Dashnaktsutyun voted for changes in Armenian capital
Mayor candidate from oppositional ARF Dashnaktsutyun Armen Arustamyan, has polled at 3/23 polling station to support the changes in the capital and republic as a whole, Novosti-Armenia reporter informed. YEREVAN, May 5./ARKA/. Mayor candidate from oppositional ARF Dashnaktsutyun Armen ...
05/05/2013Armenian parliament kills ARF motion to express vote of no-confidence in government
The Armenian parliament killed today a motion made by the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dshnaktsutyun (ARF) party to ask the president to express vote of no-confidence in the government. YEREVAN, May 25. / ARKA /. The Armenian parliament killed today a motion made by the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dshnaktsutyun (ARF) party to ask the ...
05/26/2011Armenian revolutionary federation to form opposition front in Yerevan municipality
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnakstutiun (ARF-D) will be able to open a national opposition front after the May 31Yerevan City Council Elections, ARF-D mayoral candidate Artsvik Minasyan said. YEREVAN, May 26. /ARKA/. The Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnakstutiun (ARF-D) will be able ...
05/27/2009Armenian President Appoints Three Ministers from ARF Dashnaktsutyun
... Federation Dashnaktsutyun. YEREVAN, June 3. /ARKA/. After ministers of education, labor and agriculture resigned last week, RA President Serge Sargsian yesterday appointed three new ministers from the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D). According to the presidential decree, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Aghvan Vardanyan, Minister of Education and Science Levon Mkrtchyan and Minister of Agriculture David Lokyan were relieved of their posts on June 2, 2008. By another decree,...
06/03/2008Policy of economic monopolies must be put end to in Armenia
The policy of granting monopolies in economic sectors should be put an end to in Armenia, Vice-Speaker of the RA Parliament, presidential nominee of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Vahan Hovhannisyan told reporters. YEREVAN, December 13. /ARKA/. The policy of granting monopolies in economic sectors should be put an end to in Armenia, Vice-Speaker of the RA Parliament, presidential nominee of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation ...
12/13/2007Ex-president Robert Kocharyan to head election bloc to contest snap polls
Armenia's ex-president Robert Kocharyan will head an election bloc of the Reviving Armenia and Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF/Dashnaktsutyun) parties to contest the early parliamentary elections, scheduled to take place on June 20, the Reviving Armenia party said in a Facebook post today. YEREVAN, May 6. /ARKA/. Armenia's ex-president Robert Kocharyan will head an election ...
05/06/2021Presidential and parliamentary elections start in Karabakh
... yesterday for the first time in Artsakh’s history, in which 12 out of 14 candidates participated. Ruslan Israelyan (from the Generation of Independence Party), Vitaliy Balasanyan (Justice), David Babayan (Conservative Artsakh Party), David Ishkhanian (ARF Dashnaktsutyun), Ashot Gulyan (Democratic Party of Artsakh) run for the presidency of Artsakh ), Hayk Khanumyan (“National Revival”), Araik Harutyunyan (block of parties “Free Homeland-United Civil Block”), Vahan Badasyan (“United Armenia”),...
03/31/2020ARF calls for referendum on Amulsar
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) part called today for holding a national referendum on the controversial Amulsar gold project. YEREVAN, August 21. /ARКА/. The Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) part called today for holding a national referendum on the ...
08/21/2019ARF’s election list is topped by Armen Rustamyan
The Supreme Body of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/ Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) party said it has approved the proportional party list for December 9 early parliamentary elections. YEREVAN, November 14. /ARKA/. The Supreme Body of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/ Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) party said it has approved the proportional ...
11/14/2018ARF suggests that parliament factions nominate single candidate for prime minister post
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF), known also as Dashnaktsutyun that chose to withdraw from the ruling coalition with the Republican Party of Armenia on April 25, has made a statement today in support of the resolution of the political crisis triggered by the popular anti-government ...
04/27/2018ARF walks out of coalition with Republican Party of Armenia
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun party (ARF) has announced today the termination of its participation in the coalition with the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK). YEREVAN, April 25. /ARKA/. The Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun party (ARF) has announced today the termination ...
04/25/2018HHK member downplays media reports about ministerial portfolios in future coalition government
... senior member of the governing Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) has downplayed today media speculation about the distribution of ministerial portfolios in the coalition government expected to be formed by HHK and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF). YEREVAN, February 15. /ARKA/. A senior member of the governing Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) has downplayed today media speculation about the distribution of ministerial portfolios in the coalition government expected to be formed by HHK ...
02/15/2016ARF ready to discuss constitutional reforms
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) that reaffirmed its support on Monday for constitutional changes that envisage Armenia’s transition to a parliamentary republic, said today after a meeting with president Serzh Sargsyan that it is ready to continue in-depth debates on the proposed ...
08/26/2015Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun will not be part of new government
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) said in a statement today that it will not be part of a new Armenian government. YEREVAN, April 17. / ARKA /. The Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) said in a statement today that it will not be part of a new Armenian government....
04/17/2014Almost 80 % of Armenian lawmakers never read pension reform bill
... 80 % of Armenian lawmakers who approved the bill on mandatory pension savings fund and 90% of the government did not even read the package of relating documents, Artsvik Minasyan, a lawmaker from the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) claimed today. YEREVAN, November 22. / ARKA /. Almost 80 % of Armenian lawmakers who approved the bill on mandatory pension savings fund and 90% of the government did not even read the package of relating documents, Artsvik Minasyan, a lawmaker ...
11/22/2013ARF MP slams government for failing to address unemployment
An Armenian parliament member from the oppositional Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) slammed the government today for its failure to address unemployment problem which he described as ‘the most pressing problem’ in the country. YEREVAN, November 14. / ARKA /. An Armenian parliament member from the oppositional Armenian Revolutionary ...
11/14/2012Armenian parliament declines ARF-proposed bill to raise minimum wage
Armenian National Assembly has declined a set of amendments to the law on the minimum monthly salary, which were proposed by lawmakers from the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation/ Dashnaktsutyun (ARF). YEREVAN, November 14. /ARKA/. Armenian National Assembly has declined a set of amendments to the law on the minimum monthly salary, which were proposed by lawmakers from the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation/ Dashnaktsutyun (ARF). The ...
11/14/2012First charter flight with humanitarian aid for Syrian Armenians due in late September
The first charter flight with humanitarian aid for Syrian Armenians will be made in all likelihood at the end of September, Vahan Hovhanesian, a senior member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) said today. YEREVAN, September 18. / ARKA /. The first charter flight with humanitarian aid for Syrian Armenians will be made in all likelihood at the end of September, Vahan Hovhanesian, a senior member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation ...
09/18/2012ARF calls on parliament fellows on delay amending anti-trust law
The opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) party urged today parliament fellows from other factions to delay voting on a draft law drafted to amend the Law on Economic Competition until next parliament session scheduled for May 2-5. YEREVAN, April 11, /ARKA/. The opposition Armenian Revolutionary ...
04/12/2011ARF says next year budget not immune form risks
A senior member of the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) party said today next year’s budget is not immune from risks. YEREVAN, December 11, /ARKA/. A senior member of the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) party said today next year’s budget is not immune from risks. Vahan Hovhanesian,...
12/12/2009New ruling coalition formed in Armenia
... agreement on establishing a quadripartite coalition was signed by the Prime-Minister, President-Elect leader of RPA Serge Sargsian, leader of Prospering Armenia Gagik Tsarukian, leader of Orinats Yerkir Arthur Baghdasarian and member of Executive Board of ARF Dashnaktsutiun Armen Rustamian. The coalition agreement sets objectives of the coalition, principles of activity and program provisions. “We have signed an agreement on political coalition – it is an unprecedented event, as the previous ...
03/21/2008Turkey only needs to invest $2.5 billion in Armenia's economy to take control of it, says CCAF head
In case of establishing trade ties with Turkey, Armenia's economy will be threatened by Turkish expansion, claims Mourad Papazian, co-chairman of the Coordinating Council of Armenian Organisations of France (CCAF) and member of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun Bureau. YEREVAN, 14 December. /ARKA/. In case of establishing trade ties with Turkey, Armenia's economy will be threatened by Turkish expansion, claims Mourad Papazian, co-chairman of the Coordinating Council of Armenian Organisations ...
12/14/2024ARF/Dashnaktsutyun decides against running in elections to Yerevan Council of Elders
... Armenian Revolutionary Federation/ Dashnaktsutyun's approach from the very beginning was that the opposition should compete in the election to the Yerevan Council of Elders with a single list," the party's Supreme Body said in a statement. The ARF/Dashnaktsutyun said that since it was not possible to run in the previous elections with a single list, it does not consider it expedient to nominate its own proportional list for the elections. It added that it will make an additional statement after ...
08/09/2023Armenian opposition plans mass actions of disobedience in Armenia and Artsakh to prevent handing Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijan
The main mission of the opposition is to prepare for mass acts of disobedience, said Ishkhan Saghatelyan, an MP from Hayastan alliance and representative of the Supreme Body of ARF/Dashnaktsutyun party. YEREVAN, May 23. /ARKA/. The main mission of the opposition is to prepare for mass acts of disobedience, said Ishkhan Saghatelyan, an MP from Hayastan alliance and representative of the Supreme Body of ARF/Dashnaktsutyun ...
05/23/2023Third Diaspora Armenian declared persona non-grata in Armenia over last two weeks
The head of the ARF Armenian National Committee of the Netherlands Masis Abrahamian has been declared "persona non-grata" in Armenia, human rights activist and lawyer Ruben Melikyan said on his Facebook page. YEREVAN, July 1. /ARKA/. The head of the ...
08/01/2022Second ARF member banned from entering Armenia
... in Armenian Syunik organized by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Youth Office was made fly back after waiting at Zvartnots Airport in Yerevan for nearly 12 hours. “Yesterday evening upon arriving at the airport in Armenia to participate in the ARF Youth Office voluntary camps in Syunik, I was immediately put in a small room and interrogated. After taking my passport and keeping me for 12 hours without any explanation, I was informed that my entry to my homeland was rejected and I am a persona ...
08/01/2022Bureau of Armenian Revolutionary Federation issues statement condemning Turkey’s attack on Syria
... Revolutionary Federation issued a statement on Thursday strongly condemning Turkey’s brutal attack on Syria and calling on the international community to curbing Ankara’s destructive actions that threaten the security of the region. In its statement, the ARF Bureau says that once again, with complete disregard to international rights of states and individuals, Turkey has launched a military attack on northeastern Syria. The Turkish plan to establish a so-called security zone threatens not only Syria’s ...
10/11/2019Armenian president appoints new cabinet ministers
... Sargsyan has appointed today former economy minister Artsvik Minasyan as minister of nature protection in the new government of prime minister Karen Karapetyan. Artsvik Minasyan and two other members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) have been reappointed as ministers as part of a power-sharing agreement the party had signed earlier this year with the governing Republican Party of Armenia. President Sargsyan has also appointed secretary general of Armenia’s National Olympic ...
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