Azg (daily)
| Type | daily |
|---|---|
| Format | A3[1] |
| Founder(s) | Hakob Avedikian |
| Editor-in-chief | Hakob Avedikian |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Language | Armenian |
| Headquarters | Hanrapetutyan Street, Building 47, 3rd Floor, Yerevan, Armenia |
| Circulation | 3,000[2] (as of 2009) |
| Website | www |
Azg (Armenian: Ազգ, "Nation") is a daily newspaper published in Yerevan, Armenia since 1991.[3][2]
The newspaper was prominent during the 1990s. Published by the Democratic Liberal Party of Armenia (Ramkavar-Azatakan) Party—financed from the Armenian diaspora party ADL—its circulation regularly exceeded 30,000 by 1993.[4] According to Edik Baghdasaryan, Azg served as "a good school for many journalists" during this period.[5]
In 1996, the newspaper was temporarily suspended by the government of Levon Ter-Petrosyan. Its office was ransacked, and editors and journalists were beaten.[6] The ownership of the newspaper was transferred to a newly-split pro-government branch of the Ramkavar Party.[7] After Ter-Petrosyan’s resignation as president, the newspaper was supportive of Robert Kocharyan who became president in 1998.[8] In 1999, it was described as Armenia’s "most authoritative daily."[9] The circulation of Azg was 3,000 as of 2003[8] and remained the same as of 2009.[2]
Since 1999 Azg has been available online in four languages: Armenian, Russian, English, and Turkish.[2]
Its founder[2] and editor-in-chief is the veteran Lebanese-born Ramkavar activist Hakob Avedikian.[10] In the 1980s, he served as the editor-in-chief of Zartonk daily in Lebanon.[2]
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