Armenian Times / Panel Moderator Naira Manucharova Local / Hayots Ashkar / Wall Street Journal / USA Today / Golos Armenii / Respublica Armenia / International Herald Tribune / Aravot / The Financial Times / Armenian Airlines / Iravunk / Vahan Ishkhanyan Investigative / Haykakan Zhamanak / /
Country
Armenia / Russia / /
Facility
Open Society Institute / Caucasus Media Institute / /
IndustryTerm
indirect advertising / news media / printing facilities / news media outlets / printing press / legal regulations precluding media / print media / media outlets / printing plant / broadcast law / draft law / media approaching sustainability / Print media outlets / print news media / media organizations / /
Organization
Yerevan Press Club / International Monetary Fund / US Department of State / Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe / Swiss government / American Bar Association / United States Agency for International Development / World Bank / Armenia Observer Maya Barkhudarian USAID Mission / United Nations Development Programme / UN Court / Goris Nora Hakobyan Women’s Republican Council / Caucasus Media Institute / Open Society Institute / Cooperation in Europe / Asparez Journalists’ Club / Association of Investigative Journalists / Council of Europe / National Journalists Union / Armenian Union of Journalists / National Assembly / /
Person
Artur Sahakyan Investigative / Mark Gregorian / Kumayri Banvor / Another / Sarah Petrossyan / /
PoliticalEvent
parliamentary elections / /
Position
editor / businessman / Program Manager / president / offended public official / Leading journalist / journalist Anahit Norikyan Deputy-Editor / same editor / minister of defense / official / contractor / journalist / Major / Manager IREX/Promedia / ranking official / /
PublishedMedium
The Financial Times / Armenian Times / the Wall Street Journal / the International Herald Tribune / USA Today / /
Armenia Introduction Armenia has experienced continued growth and political stability in 2002, and the news media reflect this overall trend. There have been no major changes in the print news media, but the number of p