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Reporters Without Borders unveiled the World Press Freedom Index today, where Armenia made progress by 4 points and is the 74th on the rankings list.

Seen as a benchmark throughout the world, the Index ranks 180 countries according to the freedom allowed journalists. It also includes indicators of the level of media freedom violations in each region.

Among post-Soviet countries, Armenia (74) and Georgia (64) are the ones with higher rankings.

The report shows that Armenia is in a better condition in terms of press freedom than Italy (77), Greece (89), Israel (101), Singapore (154).

All other post-Soviet states, including Russia (148), Ukraine (107), Moldova (76), Belarus (157), Kazakhstan (160), Kyrgyzstan (85), Uzbekistan (166), Turkmenistan (178), Tajikistan (150) have rather low indicators.
Turkey (178) and Azerbaijan (163) have seriously low indicators. Press restrictions and violations are still a big issue in both countries.

“The 2016 World Press Freedom Index reflects the intensity of the attacks on journalistic freedom and independence by governments, ideologies and private-sector interests during the past year,” reads the report.
Three north European countries Finland, Netherlands and Norway head the rankings.