European Friends of Armenia (EuFoA) Brussels organization hosted 15 press representatives from May 7 to 15. The latter had arrived in Armenia and headed for the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR/Artsakh) to cover the developments following the period of Azerbaijani aggression in early April.
The journalists visited the frontline and made shootings in the shelled settlements of Martakert and Talish. They also talked to the families evacuated from the border regions and wounded soldiers undergoing treatment at Stepanakert military hospital.
Apart from this, the journalists met with a number of NKR officials, including the Speaker of NKR National Assembly (NA) Ashot Ghoulyan, PM Arayik Harutyunyan and FM Karen Mirzoyan.
One of the journalists, Liuba Maxim, noted that as a journalist it was interesting for her to discover new people and stories through which the world should know about Nagorno-Karabakh. She also added that before her trip, she had a vague idea about Artsakh and was very concerned about her security.
According to another journalist, Monika Elena, she was able to approach and get familiar with a conflict which is selectively and incompletely presented to the international community.
The group of journalists included representatives of newspapers and television, who had arrived from Belgium, Italy, Britain, Germany, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine. They had been joined by two photo journalists from U.S.
The team was composed of regular and freelance journalists, who represented such media outlets as La Stampa, New Business Europe, BBC, NewsWeek, as well as editors from Getty Images Image Bank, photojournalists from New York Times, editors from English language KyivPost, and shooting groups of Bulgarian Btv and Moldovan Atlantic Media TV company.
In the framework of their visit, some of the journalists covered the situation via live stream, while others published and continue to publish various materials after returning to their respective countries. The links to the mentioned materials are partially available on the official EuFoA Facebook page.
