Yerevan, From Empire to “Union”
Ahead of municipal elections in Yerevan, Lilit Avagyan takes the reader on a journey of the capital city’s history, from foreign invasions to the fall of the First Armenian Republic to the Soviet era.
Tag: press
Armenian Press Freedom Improves, But Concerns Linger
May 3 is World Press Freedom Day and on that occasion Reporters Without Borders released its 2023 World Press Freedom Index. While Armenia’s ranking improved, concerns about impartiality and the business interests of media owners persists.
Armenian Wine Traditions Rediscovered
The 2007 discovery of a 6,000-year-old winery in a cave in the Vayots Dzor region was an invitation for Armenians to rediscover their ancient wine-making traditions. Armenia’s once-forgotten wine culture began to reemerge and take on new forms.
Caricature: From the Soviet Era to Independence
Political caricature was an inseparable companion of the newspapers that were being formed under the new freedoms of speech and the press of independent Armenia.
Updates From Artsakh: As Fighting Intensifies, Journalists Among Wounded
As battles rage along the length of the Artsakh-Azerbaijan Contact Line, a number of foreign and Armenian journalists were wounded when the city of Martuni came under Azerbaijani fire.
The Spitak Earthquake on the Pages of the New York Times
Three decades after the catastrophic Spitak Earthquake, Hovhannes Nazaretyan takes a look back at how that tragedy was covered by one of America’s most prestigious newspapers.
Freedom of Information is Jeopardized
One of the most effective ways for authorities to control freedom of speech is to adopt and implement laws and other legal mechanisms that try to curb the work of the media. Shushan Doydoyan takes a looks at recent amendments in the RA law that have served this purpose.
The Slow March to Media Suppression?
Since the beginning of the year, decisions to bar reporters from government sessions and Yerevan City Council meetings along with threats to a reporter are raising concerns of a slow but steady suppression of the media.
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