WHICH NEWSPAPERS GET ASSISTANCE FROM GOVERNMENT?
Anahit Danielyan
KarabakhOpen
19-04-2007 13:10:03
This year 15 newspapers got the grant of the NKR government against
14 newspapers of the previous year. However, some newspapers did not
get the grant.
According to Michael Gasparyan, the head of the social department of
the government, the newspapers which are financed from abroad are not
eligible for the grant. It turned out that the only such newspaper
is the Demo Public Newspaper.
The other two newspapers are online newspapers (one of them is
KarabakhOpen.com), which were not considered eligible for the
grant. Michael Gasparyan said in an interview with us that the number
of electronic newspapers has gone up, and it is impossible to finance
all of them. At the same time, he advised to monitor the Internet
newspapers and come up with a proposal next year.
This year 15 newspapers got the grant on a government decision. Each
newspaper gets 800 thousand drams, the total funding is 13 million
drams. The newspapers were divided into several types. 6 newspapers
are included in the literary, cultural, scientific type. Murad
Petrosyan’s "Chto Delat" is in the " print media in the language
of ethnic minorities" type, in the "public and political" type the
Aparazh, the Akunk, the Hayrenik, the Communist of Artsakh, the Trade
Unions got the grant.
By the way, Michael Gasparyan said next year the party newspapers
will not be financed by the government.