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On 23 January 2026, the Commission on Television and Radio of the Republic of Armenia (CTR) adopted Decision No. 12-A imposing an administrative fine on Armenian Second Television Channel LLC following the identification of a repeated breach of broadcasting rules designed to protect minors. The case originated from monitoring carried out by the CTR’s Monitoring and Supervision Department on 23 December 2025 in respect of the broadcaster’s programme output of 21 December 2025. The daytime broadcast of the talk show Hayeli Club, which had aired between approximately 2:45 and 3:20...

On 4 December 2025, the Commission on Television and Radio of the Republic of Armenia (CTR) adopted a decision to discontinue an administrative proceeding against Shark LLC, the broadcaster of the television programme 5th Channel, in connection with the coverage of a tragic event involving children. The issue at stake was whether the manner in which minors were shown in the coverage of a child’s death complied with the legal safeguards for the protection of children in audiovisual media. The case followed an exercise involving the monitoring of a programme broadcast on 5 November...

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...