YEREVAN PRESS CLUB WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
MAY 5-11, 2006
HIGHLIGHTS:
TIGRANUHI TYUTYUNJYAN PASSED AWAY
“PRESS-CLUB+”: COMMUNIST PARTY DISCUSSING THE POLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF
ARMENIA AND COOPERATION WITH CIS COUNTRIES
“FOURTH ESTATE” AND “THIRD SECTOR” CONSIDERED POSSIBILITIES OF JOINT
INITIATIVES
GOVERNMENT ALLOCATED PREMISES TO “A1+”
“YERKIR-MEDIA” NEWS ON MEDIASCRAPE
NEW PRESS-SECRETARY OF FOREIGN MINISTRY APPOINTED
PRESS WON THE DIALOGUE ON THE GREEN FIELD
TIGRANUHI TYUTYUNJYAN PASSED AWAY
On May 5 at the age of 55 having suffered through a long disease the Chief
Editor of TV broadcasting of “Mir” Interstate TV and Radio Company Tigranuhi
Tyutyunjyan passed away. She was a wonderful person and a true professional,
who educated numerous generations of journalists. At her rare leisure time
she had a particular hobby – collecting photographs of smiles. Smile never
left her face either. We all call her Tiga…
Yerevan Press Club expresses its condolences to the family and friends of
Tigranuhi Tyutyunjyan.
“PRESS-CLUB+”: COMMUNIST PARTY DISCUSSING THE POLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF
ARMENIA AND COOPERATION WITH CIS COUNTRIES
On May 9 the seventh talk show of “Press Club+” series went on the evening
air of “Yerkir-Media” TV company.
The invitees of the program host, the Chief Editor of “Aravot” daily Aram
Abrahamian were the leaders of Communist Party of Armenia as guests and NGO
and media representatives as experts. The TV discussion focused on the
political organization of Armenia; prospects of cooperation between Armenia
and former USSR republics, involved in CIS.
It is expected that at 21.00, May 16 (next Tuesday) “Press Club+” will give
floor to the representatives of “National Unity” party, sharing their
opinions on the issues of the day.
“FOURTH ESTATE” AND “THIRD SECTOR” CONSIDERED POSSIBILITIES OF JOINT
INITIATIVES
On May 4-5 in Yerevan seminar “Cooperation of Media, Journalistic and Other
NGOs to Develop Freedom of Speech and Press” was held. The event was
organized by Yerevan Press Club under “Strengthening Advocacy Potential and
Networking of Journalistic Associations of Armenia” project, supported by
the Open Society Institute. YPC President Boris Navasardian presented to the
representatives of NGOs and regional media the YPC strategy on networking of
journalistic communities of Yerevan and the regions of the country. The
meeting participants also discussed the possibilities for the improvement of
media legislation, activation of work to protect rights of journalists,
cooperation between regional media and NGOs, development of their potential.
GOVERNMENT ALLOCATED PREMISES TO “A1+”
On May 4 at the session of the RA Government it was decided to allocated
premises to the “A1+” TV company founder, “Meltex” LLC. The press release of
the Department of Information and Public Relations of the RA Government
informs that territory of 221 sq. m in a building in the center of Yerevan
is allocated to “Meltex” LLC “with a right of free use for five years’
term”.
As it has been reported, on July 20, 2005 “A1+” TV company Director Mesrop
Movsesian addressed a written request of assistance to the Prime Minister of
Armenia Andranik Margarian. The request was due to the demand of the RA
National Science Academy to vacate the premises that “A1+” had been renting
from NSA since 1992. “A1+” motivated the refusal to comply with this demand
by the violation of existing financial agreement by the National Academy. In
early 2005 the NSA filed an appropriate suit with the RA Commercial Court.
On April 11, 2005 the suit was secured, and the “A1+” founder challenged the
ruling with the RA Court of Cassation, which left it unchanged on May 26,
2005. On March 16, 2006 NSA made another attempt to evict “A1+”: the
representatives of RA Compulsory Execution Service who visited the editorial
office demanded to vacate the premises until 12.00 March 17 to implement the
court ruling. The intervention of the Prime-Minister prevented the
“expedient” eviction. A little later the Department of the State Property at
the RA Government, as commissioned by the Prime-Minister, offered “A1+” to
use the new premises above (see details in YPC Weekly Newsletter, March
17-23, 2006).
“YERKIR-MEDIA” NEWS ON MEDIASCRAPE
Since May 10 the main news of “Yerkirn Aysor” newscast of “Yerkir-Media” TV
channel can also be viewed on the Internet. This became possible due to the
cooperation of the TV channel with Canadian MediaScrape Internet Broadcast
News Company. According to the Vice-President Tyler Cavell, MediaScrape is
the information global network, uniting companies from around the world,
whose news pieces are translated into English and placed on the site.
“Yerkir-Media” video news with English subtitles is accessible on
NEW PRESS-SECRETARY OF FOREIGN MINISTRY APPOINTED
On May 10 the web-site of the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the
replacement of the Press-Secretary of the Ministry. Hamlet Gasparian, who
held the position since September 2003 as well as headed the Department of
Press and Information, was appointed Envoy in the Embassy of Armenia in
France. The duties of the Press-Secretary are temporarily assumed by
Vladimir Karapetian, the Head of the Media Relations Division of the same
Department.
PRESS WON THE DIALOGUE ON THE GREEN FIELD
On May 8 at “Pyunik” stadium in Yerevan a football match between teams of
journalists and public officials of Armenia was held. The game had a slogan
of “Dialogue on the Green Field” and was organized under the project “Role
of Media in the Process of Monitoring Government Programs”, implemented by
the British Council Armenia and UNDP Office in Armenia. Assistance in the
conductance of the match was provided by the Football Federation of Armenia.
The victory in “The Dialogue…” with a score of 4:2 was gained by the team
of journalists. The hat-trick was made by the correspondent of “Zhamanaki
Ughekits” newspaper David Nazarian, and another goal was stricken by the
sports observer of the Public Television of Armenia Edward Kalantarian. In
the team of public officials goals were hit by Mher Badalian (RA Ministry of
Foreign Affairs) and Edward Badoyan (RA National Assembly).
The revenues from the ticket sale will be transferred to the assistance
account to the families of passengers and crew members of Yerevan-Sochi air
plane, who periled on May 3.
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