CERTAIN PROGRESS

Hayots Ashkharh Daily, Armenia
Oct 18 2007

"Reporters without Borders" has published its 2007 report on the
indices of freedom of press in the world. According to the document,
Armenia has made a progress in comparison with last year.

"First of all, the status quo has been maintained; there is a
certain progress in Armenia and Georgia," Elisa Vidal, organization’s
responsible representative for Europe and CIS Countries mentioned in
response to the question of radio station "Liberty" regarding the
main differences between the 2006 and 2007 reports. "We observe a
certain improvement in Armenia and Georgia, especially with regard
to the issue providing a public access to information," she mentioned.

In the list of 169 states, the report ranks Armenia as 77th country
and Georgia – as the 66th country.

With regard to Azerbaijan which is the 139th country on the table,
the representative of "Reporters without Borders" announced that "the
Azerbaijani authorities are deaf to our complaints, and have decided
to end the dialogue with us. They do not want to cooperate with us."