On October 4 on the evening air of the Second Armenian TV Channel the “Press
Club” program cycle was launched. The cycle is organized by Yerevan Press Club
under “Strengthening Democracy by Free Expression in South Caucasus” project,
implemented jointly with “Article 19” international organization with the assistance
of Open Society Institute. Once every two weeks, on Mondays the heads of leading
Armenian media and journalistic associations will gather in the studio of the
Second Channel to discuss the topical issues, also of information sphere.
One of the main subjects of the first “Press Club” show was the media-related
legislation, in particular laws “On Mass Communication”, “On Freedom of Information”
and “On Television and Radio”. The second issue discussed referred to the documents
of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe that have recently been
at the focus of media attention: two draft reports, on Mountainous Karabagh
(rapporteur Terry Davis) and that of the Monitoring Committee on the fulfillment
of Armenia’s commitments to the Council of Europe (corapporteurs Jerzy Jaskiernia
and Rene Andre).
