September 4, 2008

Heritage’s Parliamentary Group Holds News Conference for European Journalists

Yerevan—Today Heritage Party’s MPs Stepan Safarian and Larisa Alaverdian conducted a press conference at the National Assembly and answered the questions of news reporters representing fifteen leading news agencies from European Union countries. The participating members of the European press included Vaidotas Beniušis, Roberta Bertoldi, Adrianna Borowicz, Annelien De Greef, Mihaylina Dimitrova, Elisabeta Frincu, Maria-Alba Gilabert Grau, Barbara Gruber, Štefan Hudec, Esa Järveläinen, Inese Karklina, Michael Laczynski, Helena Milinković, Andreas Öbrink, and Luboš Palata.

The European journalists are visiting Armenia, from September 2 to 6, by the initiative of the European Journalism Centre and the European Commission, and in the framework of the “European Neighbourhood Policy: Commercial Flow and International Security” Project. The reporters—from Finland, Sweden, Belgium, Italy, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Germany, and the Czech Republic—asked members of Heritage’s parliamentary fraction questions with respect to Heritage’s position on European integration, the democratic process, the latest regional developments, Armenia’s domestic political situation, the protection of human rights, the freedom of speech and media coverage, and on numerous other key pressing issues.