YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. More than 70 print media financed from the state budget either are not released at all or come out once or twice a year on the occasion of elections or birthdays of heads of local self-government bodies, member of "Prosperous Armenia" faction of the RA National Assembly Naira Zohrabian said at the National Assembly on September 30. According to her, the matter concerns first of all regional newspapers, whereas, under the law, the mass media receiving state assistance shall be released at least every month. She said that 135.3 million drams was allocated by this year's budget for book publishing done with state assistance. She organized monitoring which showed that some part of this literature is not published, while the other part remains on shelves of bookstores as it is not in demand of readers. N. Zohrabian expressed an opinion that the parliament, in particular, the NA Standing Committee of Science, Education, Culture, Sport and Youth Issues (she is the deputy chairperson of the indicated committee), is also to blame for this situation. She called on her colleagues to be more attentive during discussions of the state budget and to adopt a more responsible attitude to state resources.

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