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Newspaper in Armenia

Azg Type daily Format A3[1] Founder Hakob Avedikian Editor-in-chief Hakob Avedikian Founded 1991 Language Armenian Headquarters Hanrapetutyan Street, Building 47, 3rd Floor, Yerevan, Armenia Circulation 3,000[2] (as of 2009) Website azg.am

***Azg*** ([Armenian](/source/Armenian_language): Ազգ, "Nation") is a daily newspaper published in Yerevan, Armenia since 1991.[3][2] Its founder[2] and editor-in-chief was the veteran Lebanese-born Ramkavar activist Hakob Avedikian.[4] who in the 1980s had served as the editor-in-chief of the Ramgavar party's *[Zartonk](/source/Zartonk_(Lebanese_daily))* daily in Lebanon.[2]

*Azg* was prominent during the 1990s. Published by the [Democratic Liberal Party of Armenia](/source/Democratic_Liberal_Party_of_Armenia) (Ramkavar-Azatakan) Party—financed from the [Armenian diaspora](/source/Armenian_diaspora) party [ADL](/source/Armenian_Democratic_Liberal_Party)—its circulation regularly exceeded 30,000 by 1993,[5] that increased to 42,000 the following year. According to [Edik Baghdasaryan](/source/Edik_Baghdasaryan), *Azg* served as "a good school for many journalists" during this period.[6]

In 1996, the newspaper was temporarily suspended by the government of [Levon Ter-Petrosyan](/source/Levon_Ter-Petrosyan). Its office was ransacked, and editors and journalists were beaten.[7] The ownership of the newspaper was transferred to a newly split pro-government branch of the Ramkavar Party called Mission of the Ramgavar-Azatakan Party (MRAP), which was formed after a split in the ranks of the opposition Ramgavar-Azatakan Party. The founders of "Azg", who also own and publish the newspaper, consequently found themselves completely cut off from the newspaper. As well, the Ministry ordered the state-run printing house, Parberakan, to stop printing *Azg* until told otherwise. On 27 April 1996, a new eight-page newspaper, using the name and logo of *Azg*, was printed by Parberakan, but without the participation of *Azg* editors, who disassociated themselves from the new version.[8]

After Ter-Petrosyan's resignation as president, the newspaper was supportive of [Robert Kocharyan](/source/Robert_Kocharyan) who became president in 1998.[9] In 1999, it was described as Armenia's "most authoritative daily."[10] Since 2012, the English version is not available anymore. The circulation of *Azg* dropped to 10,000 copies and later on to only 3,000 in 2003[9] and remained the same as of 2009.[2]

Since 1999 *Azg* was available online at various times in six languages: Armenian, Russian, English, Turkish,[2] Arabic and Persian. *Azg* also published a periodical cultural supplement called *Azg-Mshaguyt* (in [Armenian](/source/Armenian_language) Ազգ-Մշակույթ)

## See also

- [List of newspapers in Armenia](/source/List_of_newspapers_in_Armenia)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Melikyan, Ashot. ["Print Mass Media and News Agencies' Market"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033229/http://www.mediainitiatives.am/sites/default/files/Print%20Mass%20Media%20and%20News%20Agencies%27%20Market_eng_0.pdf) (PDF). Yerevan: Media Initiatives Center. Archived from [the original](http://www.mediainitiatives.am/sites/default/files/Print%20Mass%20Media%20and%20News%20Agencies'%20Market_eng_0.pdf) (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2014.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-esiweb_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-esiweb_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-esiweb_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-esiweb_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-esiweb_2-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-esiweb_2-5) ["Armenia: Newspapers: Journalists/Columnists/Editors"](http://www.esiweb.org/index.php?lang=en&id=322&debate_ID=5&slide_ID=3). [European Stability Initiative](/source/European_Stability_Initiative). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140901032149/http://www.esiweb.org/index.php?lang=en&id=322&debate_ID=5&slide_ID=3) from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Azg"](http://www.ypc.am/Old/English/Collegues/pressclub/04.1999/3-15-3.htm). Yerevan Press Club. Retrieved 1 September 2014.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Hakobyan, Tatul (2 July 2009). ["Old Ramgavars join forces in Armenia"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131109190837/http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2009-07-02-old-ramgavars-join-forces-in-armenia). *[The Armenian Reporter](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Armenian_Reporter&action=edit&redlink=1)*. Archived from [the original](http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2009-07-02-old-ramgavars-join-forces-in-armenia) on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Herzig, Edmund; Kurkchiyan, Marina (2004). *Armenians: Past and Present in the Making of National Identity*. [Routledge](/source/Routledge). pp. [187](https://books.google.com/books?id=B8WRAgAAQBAJ&dq=azg+regularly+exceed+30%2C00+copies&pg=PA187), [189](https://books.google.com/books?id=B8WRAgAAQBAJ&q=azg+of+the+opposition+ramkavar&pg=PA187). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781135798376](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781135798376).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Krikorian, Onnik (26 May 2002). ["Q&A with Edik Baghdasarian"](http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/qanda/articles/eav052702.shtml). *Eurasia.Net*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140810203131/http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/qanda/articles/eav052702.shtml) from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Payaslian, Simon](/source/Simon_Payaslian) (2011). *The Political Economy of Human Rights in Armenia: Authoritarianism and Democracy in a Former Soviet Republic*. [I.B.Tauris](/source/I.B.Tauris). p. [168](https://books.google.com/books?id=nqv3AgAAQBAJ&q=suspended+Azg+%28Nation%29%2C+a+newspaper+published+by+the+diasporan+Ramkavar+Party&pg=PA167). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780857731692](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780857731692).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [Reporters Without Borders](/source/Reporters_Without_Borders) (1 May 1996). ["Ownership of independent newspaper "Azg" transferred to pro-government political party"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140802000508/http://www.ifex.org/armenia/1996/05/01/ownership_of_independent_newspaper/). [IFEX](/source/IFEX_(organization)). Archived from [the original](http://www.ifex.org/armenia/1996/05/01/ownership_of_independent_newspaper/) on 2 August 2014.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Freedom_House_9-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Freedom_House_9-1) [Freedom House](/source/Freedom_House). ["Armenia 2004 Report"](http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20150414184943/https://freedomhouse.org/report/nations-transit/2004/armenia). Archived from [the original](https://www.freedomhouse.org/report/nations-transit/2004/armenia) on 14 April 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Azadian, Edmond Y. (1999). *History on the Move: Views, Interviews and Essays on Armenian Issues*. Wayne State University Press. p. [117](https://books.google.com/books?id=KGciVUhpzXUC&dq=azg+most+authoritative+daily&pg=PA177). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0814329160](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0814329160).

## External links

- [Official website](https://azg.am)

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