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MOM Armenia reports that Armenpress operates as a closed joint-stock company whose shares are wholly owned by the Republic of Armenia.
Media Ownership Monitor Armenia · 2025 · Open the source
Operating under various names during the Soviet years, it was renamed Armenpress in 1972 and today functions as a closed joint-stock company whose shares are entirely owned by the Republic of Armenia. MOM Armenia reports that the state-owned outlets it lists (Armenpress and the Public Broadcasters) are funded from the state budget.
Media Ownership Monitor Armenia · 2025 · Open the source
These media outlets receive funding from the state budget, creating a direct relationship between government resources and media operations. MOM Armenia reports that, under a 2021 government decision, Armenpress is controlled by the Head of the Prime Minister's Office (50%), the Prime Minister's Press Secretary (25%) and the Director of the Public Relations and Information Center SNCO (25%), and that the director chosen by competition must be appointed by these representatives.
Media Ownership Monitor Armenia · 2025 · Open the source
According to a 2021 government decision, control of Armenpres CJSC rests with the following authorized representatives: the Head of the Prime Minister’s Office (50%), the Prime Minister’s Press Secretary (25%), and the Director of the Public Relations and Information Center SNCO (25%). While the director is elected through competition, the winning candidate must be appointed during meetings of these government-appointed representatives, creating a direct line of executive control over the country’s primary state news outlet. RSF states that state-owned media outlets in Armenia refrain from all criticism of the government (general statement about state-owned media; Armenpress is not named).
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) · 2026 · Open the source
Meanwhile, state-owned media outlets refrain from all criticism of the government. 16 articles analysed: 1 with loaded wording, 15 neutral.
What happenedMoD: Soldier injured due to breach of weapon-handling rules
EmphasisFavours the government The headline states the Defence Ministry's explanation (a breach of weapon-handling rules) as fact, without attribution or the word 'preliminary' that the ministry used; the opening attributes it, while Past and Public TV attribute it in their headlines.
OriginalWhat happenedSedrak Kocharyan's detention extended by two months
Neutral States the court decision and its length in plain terms, identical in substance to the neutral headline.
OriginalWhat happenedMirzoyan: Process of opening the border with Turkey has matured
Neutral Gives Mirzoyan's assessment that the process "has matured" and his remark about a possible border headline, attributed to him, as in the summary.
OriginalEvery quote is checked: it appears word for word in its source. The highlighted words in the examples are taken unchanged from that outlet's own article.
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