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On 26 September 2025, the Commission on Television and Radio of the Republic of Armenia (CTR) adopted Decision No. 114-A, imposing administrative fines on broadcaster Dzagedzor TV LLC for repeated infringements of the Law of the Republic of Armenia on Audiovisual Media (Audiovisual Media Law). The broadcaster was found to have transmitted foreign films without documents certifying the right (authorisation of the holder of copyright or related rights) to broadcast them and to have failed to accompany foreign-language films with an Armenian translation, as required by the Audiovisual Media Law. During...

The Armenian Government has approved the procedure and conditions for receiving cash rebates for investments in the film production sector, which envisages a return to the filmmaker of up to 35% of the investments made for that purpose. Resident and non-resident film-makers of the Republic of Armenia whose activities are classified under codes J59.11 or J59.12 of the Economic Activity Types Classification approved by Decision No. 874-N of 19 September 2013 of the Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia, may receive a partial refund of monetary investments made for the purpose of film...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), in a judgment of 7 January 2025, found that the Armenian authorities have failed to protect the applicant's right to privacy and reputation (Article 8 ECHR) in a case about LGBT rights. It also found a breach of Article 14 ECHR (prohibition of discrimination) in protecting homophobic hate speech under the right to freedom of expression and information as guaranteed by Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The case concerns media articles offensively targeting the applicants, activists for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has added a new and interesting judgment to its case-law on the right to freedom of expression in the workplace and the horizontal effect of the right to freedom of expression in private relations (see also Halet v. Luxembourg, IRIS 2023-4:1/23; Herbai v. Hungary, IRIS 2020-1:1/4; and Fuentes Bobo v. Spain, IRIS 2000-4:1/1). The case concerns the dismissal in 2010 of a senior employee in a chemical factory on the ground that he had disclosed sensitive information concerning the factory in an interview with a journalist. In this interview the employee raised...

The Republic of Armenia's Law on Audiovisual Media (Audiovisual Media Law), enacted on 16 July 2020, and effective from 7 August 2020, replaced the previous legislation, the Law on Television and Radio, which was passed on 9 October 2000. The decision to introduce the new law was prompted by advancements in the audiovisual media industry and the swift evolution of technology. The Audiovisual Media Law introduces notable changes in the regulation of cable operators. Previously, licensing requirements for cable operators, governed by Article 50(2) of the Law on Television and Radio required...