{"id":350,"date":"2011-03-14T10:20:52","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T06:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jnews.harouta.sg-host.com\/2011\/03\/14\/rfe-rl-finnish-tv-team-barred-from-entering-armenia\/"},"modified":"2022-06-06T13:01:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T09:01:16","slug":"rfe-rl-finnish-tv-team-barred-from-entering-armenia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jff.am\/en\/2011\/03\/14\/rfe-rl-finnish-tv-team-barred-from-entering-armenia\/","title":{"rendered":"RFE\/RL: Finnish TV Team Barred From Entering Armenia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"introduction\"><span class=\"zoomMe\">A group of journalists and  film-makers working for Finnish television was held up at Yerevan  airport and denied entry into Armenia on Friday for reasons that the  Armenian authorities refused to publicize.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"introduction\">Andrius  Brokas, an executive producer at Finland\u2019s YLE public television and  radio network, said immigration officials at the Zvartnots international  airport refused to issue visas to the four-member TV crew without any  explanation.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"introduction\"><span class=\"zoomMe\">A group of journalists and  film-makers working for Finnish television was held up at Yerevan  airport and denied entry into Armenia on Friday for reasons that the  Armenian authorities refused to publicize.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"introduction\">Andrius  Brokas, an executive producer at Finland\u2019s YLE public television and  radio network, said immigration officials at the Zvartnots international  airport refused to issue visas to the four-member TV crew without any  explanation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zoomMe\">\u201cSomebody whispered to them that they have been  banned from entering the country and that they are going to clarify the  situation,\u201d Brokas told RFE\/RL\u2019s Armenian service from Helsinki.<\/p>\n<p>The  Armenian Foreign Ministry confirmed the information but did not give  any reasons for the ban. Its spokesman, Tigran Balayan, argued that the  ministry\u2019s consular services issue visas only outside Armenia.<\/p>\n<p>The  Armenian police and National Security Service (NSS), which manages the  Armenian border crossings, also refused to explain why the Finnish,  Lithuanian and Estonian nationals were denied entry into the country. It  was not clear if they were still kept at Zvartnots or deported as of  late evening.<\/p>\n<p>Brokas told RFE\/RL that they flew to Yerevan to produce a report on Armenia for a YLE morning show.<\/p>\n<p>But  in a separate written statement , Brokas said the group was  commissioned by YLE to  collect material for a documentary on the  Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and, in particular, the 1992 killings of  Azerbaijani civilians in Khojaly village. He condemned the visa  rejection as \u201can open defiance of European values of open access to  information.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>By Tigran Avetisyan<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azatutyun.am\/content\/article\/2335579.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.azatutyun.am<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of journalists and film-makers working for Finnish television was held up at Yerevan airport and denied entry into Armenia on Friday for reasons that the Armenian authorities refused to publicize. 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