On December 8, annual Forum of European and Asian Media - FEAM - kicked off in Kyiv.

The forum, organized by RIA Novosti, has brought together 300 leading journalists and media executives from the CIS, Baltic states and Georgia, as well as international experts.

Representatives of media communities will discuss problems of information cooperation in the European-Asian region for two days: development of multimedia technologies, transfer to digital media, media convergence, competition between traditional media and owners of new platforms, social networks phenomenon.

Besides, the forum participants will also discuss whether Internet access should become another right of a modern person.

Sto Storon (One Hundred Parties) online paper, which is common for media of the CIS, Baltic states and Georgia, will be presented at the forum as a huge integrated project. Each media outlet, a participant of the project, is provided with the opportunity to freely publish own materials and use the common content.

Traditionally, informal communication of the event participants with the host country’s leadership is envisaged as part of the forum.

This year, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was expected to participate in the event, however, it was reported that he will be unable to meet with the forum participants due to tight working schedule.

Executive Director of PanARMENIAN Media LLC Armen Azaryan is among the forum participants.