Armenia
Controversy after Armenian Catholicos’ New Year speech not aired on Public TV
Armenia’s Apostolic Church and Public TV are in dispute after the head of the church’s New Year’s Eve speech was not broadcast for the first time in Armenia’s post-independence history, amidst a souring in relations between the church and the government. In previous years, the public broadcaster has aired a speech by the Catholicos, the head of the Armenian church, shortly before midnight on New Year’s Eve. A statement released by the Mother See, the Church’s governing body, on the evening
