30/09/2014 14:17
Armenia regional leader in freedom of press
Armenia is the regional leader in freedom of the press, according to the annual report released by Reporters without Borders.
Armenia ranks 78th, Georgia is 84th, while Azerbaijan is in 160th place. Turkey and Iran are in 154th and 173rd places respectively.
Armenia also took a leading position – 74th in last year’s report.
The report says that Azerbaijan copies Russia’s repressive methods in the mass media.
The country where the press is the most free is Finland. Norway, Luxembourg, Andorra, Lichtenstein, Denmark, Iceland, New Zealand and Sweden are also among the top ten.