  Armenia partly free, local experts say December 13, 2010 - 13:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia is a party free country, inclined to be not free, according to the experts of the Yerevan-based committee on protection of freedom of speech. “The most serious problem is the economic and political freedom of Armenian media,” committee chairman Ashot Melikyan said. “Officially, there is no censorship in Armenia, yet, media is under pressure.” The research was held in August-September 2010 in compliance with Freedom House standards. “Freedom House draws reports on the basis of surveys conducted by experts with a critical approach. Armenia was ranked as not free with 66 points. However, we offered media representatives and independent experts to assess the situation themselves,” sociologist Vardan Gevorgyan added.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said.   Partner news |  Latest news Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day  May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865.Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months.Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |
