ARMENIA 101ST ON PRESS FREEDOM RATING
PanARMENIAN.Net
24.10.2006 13:21 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia was the 101st on the annual Press Freedom
Rating by Reporters without Borders. In the opinion of creators of the
rating, the freedom of press record of Armenia has deteriorated. Thus,
e.g. Armenia was 90th in 2003-2004. However, as compared with past
year, Armenia raised one point in the rating. Meanwhile, Russia is
147th. North Korea has the worse record (168th). Turkmenistan is the
167th and Eritrea is 166th. The media is most independent in Finland,
Island, Ireland and Netherlands.