REPORT ON ARMENIAN MEDIA TO BE SUBMITTED TO OSCE
/PanARMENIAN.Net
21.06.2006 17:06 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Upon compellation of visit to Armenia a report
on freedom of the media in the republic and recommendations for
improvement of the situation will be submitted to the OSCE, Miklos
Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media stated in
Yerevan. In his words, the report will be free for press and NGOs
interested in the issue.
The OSCE Representative remarked that some positive tendencies can
be observed in the printing media.
"They furnish a wider scope of opinions, what cannot be said about
the electronic media, specifically the TV channels. However the
positions of the printing media are weak as compared to the TV,"
he said adding that journalists are not persecuted or assaulted in
Armenia and this is a considerable achievement. At that he remarked
that the National Commission for Television and Radio formed by the
President needs reorganization. "The chapter on the National Commission
for Television and Radio should be changed in accord with the reviewed
Constitution. The Commission should be more open and independent. We
have submitted out proposals on the issue," the OSCE Representative
said. Mr Haraszti also remarked that there are many TV channels in
Armenia but all of them furnish almost the same information.