Armenia: Bloggers Attend Presidential Press Conference

Posted 22 July 2008 12:38 GMT

Countries	Armenia
Topics	Politics, Media & Journalism, Digital Activism
Languages	English

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Real Armenia reports that two local bloggers, Akanumatata_Ser [RU] and Pigh [RU], were allowed to attend a presidential press conference to ask questions collected online. The blog says congratulates the two bloggers and says that bloggers might now be considered equal to local journalists.

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