YEREVAN PRESS CLUB WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
NOVEMBER 20-26, 2009
HIGHLIGHTS:
"PRESS CLUB" CYCLE: POLITICAL PARTIES AND NGOs
DISPUTE BETWEEN "INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS" AND IJEVAN MUNICIPALITY WILL BE
REVIEWED AT COURT OF FIRST JURISDICTION
SIXTH SOUTH CAUCASUS MEDIA CONFERENCE ON JOURNALISM EDUCATION
GUIDE FOR JOURNALISTS COVERING ECONOMIC ISSUES
"PRESS CLUB" CYCLE: POLITICAL PARTIES AND NGOS
On November 24, another "Press Club" show went on the air of "Yerkir Media"
TV company. The cycle is produced under Yerevan Press Club project,
supported by the Open Society Institute. The guests of the program host, YPC
President Boris Navasardian were Zhirayr Edilian, Director of Civic
Development and Partnership Foundation, and Viktor Yengibarian, Council to
the Chairman of "Prosperous Armenia" party. The discussion centered on the
role of political parties and public organizations of Armenia in promoting
democratic reforms.
The next "Press Club" show will be aired on "Yerkir Media" on December 1, at
21.15.
DISPUTE BETWEEN "INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS" AND IJEVAN MUNICIPALITY WILL BE
REVIEWED AT COURT OF FIRST JURISDICTION
Recently the "Investigative Journalists" NGO received the judgment of RA
Civil Court of Appeal on the dispute with Ijevan Municipality (Tavush
region), who had appealed the decision of court of first jurisdiction for
dismissing its case. As it has been reported, on July 10, 2009 court of
general jurisdiction of Kentron and Nork-Marash communities of Yerevan
considered the demands of the plaintiff to be baseless. The plaintiff
demanded to refute the information discrediting the honor, dignity and
business reputation of Ijevan Mayor Varuzhan Nersisian – as seen by the city
administration to be present in the articles "Whose Pocket Receives Money
from Sand Mine?" and "Will the Three Commissions Notice the Illegal Use of
Sand?". The articles were published in "Hetq" online publication (found by
"Investigative Journalists") on May 5 and June 23, 2008, respectively, and
also printed on May 20 and July 9, 2008, respectively, in the supplement to
"Azg" daily, "Transparent Local Self-Government". Besides, the plaintiff
requested the defendant to compensate the expenses of 930 thousand AMD
(about $ 3,100) made for the attorney services (see YPC Weekly Newsletter,
July 10-16, 2009).
On November 13, 2009 Civil Court of Appeal secured the complaint of Ijevan
Municipality, resolving to revoke the judgment of court of general
jurisdiction of Kentron and Nork-Marash communities, and to submit it to the
review of court of first jurisdiction.
SIXTH SOUTH CAUCASUS MEDIA CONFERENCE ON JOURNALISM EDUCATION
On November 19-20 in Tbilisi the Sixth South Caucasus Media Conference was
held by the Office of OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media. The event
was dealing with the issues of journalism education. The work of the
conference was attended by representatives of journalistic schools, media,
journalistic associations, state structures of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia,
international experts and representatives of OSCE.
GUIDE FOR JOURNALISTS COVERING ECONOMIC ISSUES
A book titled "Covering Economy. Guide for Journalists" was issued (in
Armenian language). The compilers and the publishers of the guide for
journalists, covering economic issues, are British organization "Irving
International Limited" and Internews Media Support NGO. The book was
prepared and published under a project, financed by the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of United Kingdom.
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