Yerevan/Mediamax/. Mediamax media company’s MaxMonitor media monitoring, analysis and measurement platform has prepared a report about the Armenian online media coverage of the EAEU and the EU in January 2019.

The monitoring of 130 media websites shows that the EU was mentioned more often than the EAEU in January 2019, the same as in previous months.

 

MaxMonitor specialists separately analyze publications of 13 news media websites (168.am, 1in.am, A1plus.am, Aravot.am, Armenpress.am, Armlur.am, Blognews.am, Hraparak.am, Lragir.am, Mediamax.am, News.am, Panorama.am, Tert.am), which makes it possible to map the mentions with positive, neutral, and negative undertones.

The January 2019 monitoring covered total of 790 news articles, which contained the key words “EU” or “EAEU”. Only Armenia-related publications were selected for monitoring.

 

Main occasions of media coverage

EU

• In early January 2019 former MP Armen Ashotyan criticized the foreign policy of current authorities, noting that “Brussels was not satisfied with the roadmap submitted by Armenia”.

• The media reprinted 168.am’s interview with German political scientist Susan Stewart, who said that “there will be no further progress in ratification of Armenia-EU agreement (CEPA) in the next few months as well”.

• Spokeswoman for European External Action Service Maja Kocijancic made a statement after the latest Aliyev-Pashinyan meeting, saying that the EU saw positive signs for the peaceful resolution of Karabakh conflict.

• President of the Armenian National Assembly received the ambassador of Sweden, who assured that Riksdag would not delay the ratification of CEPA.

• Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a number of meetings on the margins of the Global Economic Forum in Davos, during which he highlighted the importance of Armenia-EU relations.

• EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn paid a visit to Armenia.

EAEU

• Head of Customer Counseling Center NGO Karen Chilingaryan announced that prices for certain goods were going to rise in 2020 due to the EAEU market regulations. According to Zhamanak newspaper, Armenian parliament planned to form a standing committee for EAEU affairs. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko had a meeting with the Armenian ambassador, during which he noted that Armenia was and had been a reliable partner for Belarus.

• Nikol Pashinyan attended the ceremony of transfer of the EAEU chairmanship to Armenia, which was held in Moscow.

• At the press conference in Moscow, Pashinyan attached importance to consolidation of the level of trust within the Eurasian Economic Union. He also noted that he viewed long-term agreement on gas prices in the framework of EAEU.

• The Armenian Prime Minister had a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev, during which they discussed a range of issues related to the Armenian-Russian cooperation within EAEU and at the bilateral level.

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