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Yerevan Press Club Weekly Newsletter - 11/27/2009

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  • Yerevan Press Club Weekly Newsletter - 11/27/2009

    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.


    When reprinting or using the information above, reference to the Yerevan
    Press Club is required.

    You are welcome to send any comment and feedback about the Newsletter to:
    [email protected]

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    Editor of YPC Newsletter - Elina POGHOSBEKIAN
    _____________________________________ _______
    Yerevan Press Club
    9B, Ghazar Parpetsi str.
    0002, Yerevan, Armenia
    Tel.: (+ 374 10) 53 00 67; 53 35 41; 53 76 62
    Fax: (+374 10) 53 56 61
    E-mail: [email protected]
    Web Site: www.ypc.am

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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