COURT RECOGNIZED THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITMENT TO BROADCAST PARLIAMENTARY PROGRAMS TO BE CONTRADICTING THE CONSTITUTION
On February 16 the RA Constitution Court heard the issue of compliance of a number of provisions of the “RA...
7 OUT OF 9 SUITS OF “ASPAREZ” VERSUS COMMUNITIES OF SHIRAK REGION SECURED
On February 22 in Akhurian the court of primary jurisdiction of Shirak region completed hearing the suits of the “Asparez”...
“PAKAGITS“ CHANGED FOUNDER, “IRAVUNK” CHANGED EDITOR
On February 21 at “Pakagits” Club, a joint press-conference of the Chief Editor of “Pakagits” daily Agapi Haikazuni and the...
OSCE/ODIHR MISSION ON MEDIA ACCESS
On February 15 the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights released the Needs Assessment Mission Report. The report...
“3 MILLIONS” ABOUT EVERYTHING, BESIDES POLITICS
On February 20 in Yerevan the presentation of an illustrated full-color magazine “3 Million” was held. The editorial staff leave...
“AR” TAKES TIME OUT
For a few day already the programs of “AR” TV have not gone on air. The break is due to...
“Online Literary Journal for Regional Peace”
“PRESS-CLUB” CYCLE: PRE-ELECTION PROMOTION AND THE CULTURE OF POLITICAL DEBATES On February 17 another “Press Club” show went on the...
“PRESS-CLUB” CYCLE: LEGISLATION AND FAIR ELECTIONS
On February 10 another “Press Club” TV show went on the evening air of "Yerkir-Media" TV company. The guests of...
YPC AND “INTERNEWS” OPPOSE THE AMENDMENTS TO THE BROADCAST LEGISLATION, SUGGESTED BY THE GOVERNMENT
On February 15 at Friday Club the press-conference of Yerevan Press Club and “Internews” Media Support NGO was held regarding...
ROUND TABLE ON COVERING ELECTORAL CAMPAIGNS
On February 13-14 at Congress Hotel in Yerevan a round table “Fairness, Balance and Impartiality in the Coverage of Elections”...
ARA SAGHATELIAN’S CAR SET ON FIRE
On February 8 at 20.15 in the center of Yerevan a Nissan X-Terra caught fire. The car was owned by...
300 THOUSAND AMD FOR LIBELING AND INSULTING THE HEAD OF “ALM”
On February 14 the court of primary jurisdiction of Center and Nork-Marash communities of Yerevan finished hearing the case of...
THE SUIT OF “SHANT” VERSUS “IRAVUNK” PARTIALLY SECURED
On February 9 the RA Commercial Court heard the suit of “Shant” TV company versus “Iravunk” newspaper (party organ of...
LEADING PRIVATE TV COMPANIES WERE UNANIMOUS AND IDENTICAL IN RESTRICTING POLITICAL ADVERTISING DURATION
By February 11, 2007 TV and radio companies of Armenia had to publicize their tariffs for political advertising during the...
“PRESS CLUB” CYCLE: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ELECTIONS
On February 3 another “Press Club” TV show went on the evening air of "Yerkir-Media". The journalists participating in it...
WORKING GROUP ON ETHICAL NORMS DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHED
On February 2 Yerevan Press Club hosted a meeting of media representatives who support the YPC initiative to jointly develop...
NEW PUBLICATIONS IN YPC “JOURNALIST’S LIBRARY” SERIES
On February 7 at “Urbat” club two new books were presented “Journalism: What, How, Why? Original Texts” and “Open Door....
“ZHAMANAK-YEREVAN” EXECUTIVE EDITOR RESIGNED
On February 6 “Zhamanak-Yerevan” daily was not issued. The reason for this was the resignation of the Executive Editor of...
THE COURT COMMITTED “PAKAGITS” TO REPAYING THE DEBT
On February 6 in Yerevan a press-conference of attorney Nerses Harutiunian was held. The attorney defends the interests of Martun...
THE SUIT OF GAGIK SHAMSHIAN VERSUS THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF EREBUNI AND NUBARASHEN COMMUNITIES REFUSED
On February 5 the court of primary jurisdiction of Center and Nork-Marash communities of Yerevan refused securing the suit of...
CPJ REPORT-2006: YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH MURDERS OF JOURNALISTS IN FORMER SOVIET STATES
On February 5 the Committee to Protect Journalists published its annual report on attacks on press in different countries of...
ALEXAN HARUTIUNIAN HAS AGAIN BECOME THE CHAIRMAN OF PTRC COUNCIL
On February 1 the President of Armenia Robert Kocharian signed a decree about appointing Alexan Harutiunian a member of the...
YPC COMMENT ON AMENDMENTS TO THE BROADCASTING LEGISLATION
On January 31 the web site of the RA Ministry of Justice presented draft laws “On Introducing Amendments to the...
“PRESS CLUB” PROGRAM CYCLE RESTARTS
Yerevan Press Club and “Yerkir-Media” TV company resumed “Press Club” program cycle that will now be aired on Saturdays, at...
MEDIA AND JOURNALISTIC NGOs START DEVELOPING ETHICAL NORMS
On February 2 at 15.00 Yerevan Press Club will host the first meeting of the representatives of media and journalistic...
THE CAR OF THE FOOTBALL COMMENTER THIS TIME BURNT TO ASHES
In the early morning of January 30 the car of football commenter, the founder of “Football Plus” weekly Suren Baghdasarian...
“ASPAREZ” FILES SUITS VERSUS THE ADMINISTRATION OF NINE COMMUNITIES OF SHIRAK REGION
On January 25 “Asparez” Journalist’s Club of Gyumri filed nine identical suits with the court of primary jurisdiction of Shirak...
YPC INITIATIVE SUPPORTED BY 17 MEDIA, 8 NGOs AND 3 JOURNALISTS
The appeal of Yerevan Press Club to media community of Armenia to jointly develop the main norms of professional ethics...
RADIO COMPANIES CHALLENGE THE DECISION OF THE GOVERNMENT
On January 25 radio companies “Vem”, “Impuls”, “City FM”, “Ardzagank”, Radio “HAY”, “FM 105.5“ addressed the RA Economic Court with...
PACE RESOLUTION ON ARMENIA: EQUITABLE ACCESS TO BROADCAST MEDIA BY PARTIES IS AN ABSOLUTE PREREQUISITE FOR FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS
On January 23, at the plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe of January 22-26 in...
COMPETITION TO FILL IN VACANCY IN PTRC COUNCIL ANNOUNCED
On January 19 the RA President Robert Kocharian signed a decree on holding a competition to fill in a vacancy...
HRANT DINK’S MURDER SHOOK THE WORLD
The murder of Hrant Dink, Chief Editor of “Agos” Armenian-Turkish newspaper, committed on January 19 in Istanbul, raised a mass...
PERSPECTIVE
“HIS DREAM WAS A TURKEY AT PEACE WITH ITS PAST, AND A TURKEY WITH FREE SPEECH”
I borrowed this...
MEDIA AND JOURNALISTIC NGOS SUPPORT THE YPC INITIATIVE
As reported earlier, on January 9 Yerevan Press Club made an appeal to Armenian media community, initiating a joint development...
THE COURT OF APPEALS REDUCED THE IMPRISONMENT SENTENCE OF “ZHAMANAK-YEREVAN” EDITOR BY SIX MONTHS
On January 12 the RA Court of Appeals completed the hearing on the case of the Chief Editor of “Zhamanak-Yerevan”...
“HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH”: THREATS TO MEDIA FREEDOM IN ARMENIA CONTINUE
On January 11 “Human Rights Watch” international organization released its annual report on human rights developments in more than 75...
YPC CALLS TO COOPERATE
On January 9 Yerevan Press Club issued an address to the media community of Armenia, suggesting to jointly develop the...
MEDIA DIVERSITY INSTITUTE COMPETITION
On January 11 Media Diversity Institute announced a competition among TV companies, creative groups, production studios of Armenia to prepare...
WILL ARMENIAN “FORBES” BE PUBLISHED? FOUNDERS PROMISED TO CLARIFY THE SITUATION
Recently Armenian press carried reports that the publishers of “Forbes” business magazine in Armenian language had used the title illegally,...
RADIO COMPANIES PROTEST AGAINST THE PRICE RAISE
On December 27, 2006 eight radio companies of Armenia - “Avrora”, “Alfa”, “Van”, “Vem”, “Autoradio”, “HAY”, Hai FM 105.5, “City...
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