On May 22 at "Urbat" club Yerevan Press Club presented the preliminary findings of monitoring the coverage of elections of Yerevan Council of Elderly on May 31, 2009 by broadcast media of Armenia. The study is implemented by Yerevan Press Club, with the assistance of Open Society Institute, in two stages: first stage - April 16 - May 1, 2009 (ahead of the pre-election promotion); second stage - May 2-29, 2009 (period of pre-election promotion).

The monitoring covers 7 Armenian TV channels: 3 national channels - First Channel of the Public Television of Armenia, "ALM", Second Armenian TV Channel; 4 channels of Yerevan - "ArmNews", "Yerkir Media", "Kentron", "Shant".

To learn more on monitoring results please visit www.ypc.am/eng/?go=newsletter#2