Hayastani Hanrapetutyun

Hayastani Hanrapetutyun
Type Daily official journal
Founder(s) National Assembly of Armenia
Publisher State Press Publishing[1]
Founded October 9, 1990 (first issue)[2]
Language Armenian
Headquarters Yerevan, Armenia
Circulation 6,000[3] (as of 2007)
Website www.hhpress.am

Hayastani Hanrapetutyun[4] (also spelled Hayastany Hanrapetutyun;[5] Armenian: «Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն» օրաթերթ, Romanization of "Republic of Armenia") is the official newspaper of Armenia.[6][7]

The newspaper was founded on September 6, 1990[2] by the Armenian parliament as its official publication. In 2000-2001, the newspaper was converted into a joint-stock company with the President's Office, the National Assembly, the Armenian government, and the Department of Information each holding a 25% share.[8]

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References

  1. ↑ 2011–2013 Medium–term Public Expenditure Framework. Government of Armenia. p. 165. Allocations for the program of “The State Press Publishing” are directed to publishing of 2 titles of newspapers – “Hayastani Hanrapetutyun” and “Respublika Armenia”.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Պատմություն [History]". hhpress.am (in Armenian). Archived from the original on 21 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Goehring, Jeannette, ed. (2007). Nations in Transit 2007: Democratization from Central Europe to Eurasia. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 93-94.
  4. ↑ "Tigran Sargsyan’s congratulatory remarks to editorial staff of “Hayastani Hanrapetutyun” daily". Government of Armenia. 26 August 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Speaker of RA National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan Congratulates the Staff of Hayastany Hanrapetutyun Daily on the Occasion of the Release of the 5000th Issue of the Daily". National Assembly of Armenia. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Print Media". European Journalism Centre. Retrieved 21 August 2014. A daily paper named Hayastani Hanrapetutyun is the government’s official newspaper.
  7. ↑ "2004 Armenia report". Freedom House. Retrieved 21 August 2014. The state-owned national daily, Hayastani Hanrapetutyun, has a circulation of 6,000, and there are 6 privately owned national dailies.
  8. ↑ Payaslian, Simon (2011). The Political Economy of Human Rights in Armenia: Authoritarianism and Democracy in a Former Soviet Republic. London: I.B.Tauris. p. 165. ISBN 9781848858114.