Hayastani Hanrapetutyun

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

Hayastani Hanrapetutyun
TypeDaily official journal
Founder(s)National Assembly of Armenia
PublisherState Press Publishing[1]
FoundedOctober 9, 1990 (first issue)[2]
LanguageArmenian
HeadquartersYerevan, Armenia
Circulation6,000[3] (as of 2007)
Websitewww.hhpress.am

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]

See also

References
  1. 2011–2013 Medium–term Public Expenditure Framework (PDF). 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. "Պատմություն [History]". hhpress.am (in Armenian). Archived from the original on 9 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. Archived from the original on 13 February 2016. 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.
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