On May 28-30 in Aghveran “Coverage of Issues of Public Concern during Presidential Elections 2008” seminar was held by Yerevan Press Club with the support of Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

The Editor of YPC Weekly Newsletter Elina Poghosbekian presented to the seminar participants the findings of the media monitoring administered by YPC and “TEAM” Research Center ahead of presidential elections (October-December 2007) and during the official pre-election promotion (January 21 - February 17, 2008). The YPC Expert Armen Nikoghosian told how the pre-election rhetoric of presidential candidates was reflected in Armenian press. The amendments to media legislation and their influence on the election campaign coverage were discussed in the presentation by YPC Expert Mesrop Harutiunian. Presidential elections in blogs were described by the head of Media Diversity Institute-Armenia Artur Papyan. The observer of Public Radio of Armenia Lusineh Vasilian addressed the media coverage of domestic political issues during the election campaign and after the elections. The presentation of YPC President Boris Navasardian was dealing with the media coverage of foreign policy issues during elections 2008.