Mediamax media company was awarded the diploma of the President of Union of Banks of Armenia for actively reporting the developments in Armenian economy and financial-banking sector.

During the first awards ceremony of media outlets and journalists reporting the Armenian economic and financial sphere held in the Union of Banks today, the following media outlets and programs were awarded for active and professional reporting over 2012:

•    "Business News" program on ArmNews TV channel
•    "Capital" program of Yerkir Media TV company
•    "Sharp Angle" program of Armenia TV company
•    "Epicenter" economic appendix of Kentron TV company
•    Mediamax news agency
•    Arka news agency
•    ArmInfo news agency
•    "Golos Armenii" newspaper

"Media outlets play a big role in forming expectations in economy and it's very important for the Union of Banks to encourage quality and analytical economic journalism", said the President of Union of Banks of Armenia Ashot Osipyan.


"Mediamax's Banks.am portal is one of the most popular websites among people and it's marked with quality analitical materials on economy and financal and banksing sector. Visiting this website, you can understand what is going on in our banking system", said Ashot Osipyan.

Mediamax's journalist was also awarded the special prize of the President of the Union of Banks which is granted to 4 journalists for demonstrating high profiessional skills in the sphere - Ashot Aramyan ("Golos Armenii" newspaper), Armenak Chatinyan ("Orakarg" newspaper) and Babken Tunyan ("168" newspaper" were also among them. Besides the diplomas, the winners of the nomination were also given money prizes.