Azerbaijan State Telegraph Agency
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Azerbaijan State Telegraph Agency (AzerTAc or AzerTAj) is the official news agency
of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
(Romania), Ukrinform
(Ukraine), BelTA
(Belarus), Tanjug
(Serbia), BTA
(Bulgaria), ANSA (Italy), IRNA (Iran), Moldpres
(Moldova), ATA (Albania), MTI
(Hungary) MENA (Egypt), PETRA (Jordan) and ANTARA
(Indonesia), Montsame (Mongolia), Yonhap
(South Korea), LETA
(Latvia), Kabar
(Kyrgyzstan), Kazinform (Kazakhstan), KUNA
(Kuwait), Khovar (Tajikistan).
It is a member of Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies and European Alliance of News Agencies AzerTAc is also the co-founder of Association of the National News Agencies of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Union of the Turkish Speaking News Agencies (TKA) and the Black Sea Association of National News Agencies (BSANNA). The agency has offices in the United States, Russia, Turkey, France, Germany, Austria, Iran, Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan and all provinces of Azerbaijan.
News agency
A news agency is an organization of journalists established to supply news reports to news organizations: newspapers, magazines, and radio and television broadcasters. Such an agency may also be referred to as a wire service, newswire or news service.-History:The oldest news agency is Agence...
of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
History
AzerTAc was established on March 1, 1920. Throughout the Soviet period, the agency held various names and after restoration of Azerbaijani independence in 1991, the agency name was restored. In 1995-2000, the agency was named State Telegraph Agency under Cabinet of Ministers and then it was renamed to Azerbaijan State Telegraph Agency.International ooperation
AzerTAc cooperates with other notable news agencies such as ITAR-TASS (Russia), Anatolian News Agency (Turkey), Xinhua (China), RompresROMPRES
-History:The agency was founded with the name AGERPRES, standing for "Romanian Press Agency" After 1989 the agency changed its name to ROMPRES ....
(Romania), Ukrinform
Ukrinform
The National News Agency of Ukraine or Ukrinform is a Kiev-based Ukrainian news agency founded in 1918 during the Ukrainian War of Independence....
(Ukraine), BelTA
Belarusian Telegraph Agency
The Belarusian Telegraph Agency or BelTA is the state-owned national news agency of the Republic of Belarus. It operates in the Russian and Belarusian languages....
(Belarus), Tanjug
Tanjug
Tanjug was founded on November 5, 1943. It is now a Serbian news agency based in Belgrade....
(Serbia), BTA
Bulgarian News Agency
The Bulgarian News Agency is the national news agency of Bulgaria. It was founded in 1898 through a decree of Knyaz Ferdinand of Bulgaria during the government of Konstantin Stoilov....
(Bulgaria), ANSA (Italy), IRNA (Iran), Moldpres
Moldpres
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(Moldova), ATA (Albania), MTI
Magyar Távirati Iroda
MTI is a Hungarian news agency. One of the oldest news agencies in the world, it was founded in 1880.MTI is owned by MTI Rt., founded by the Parliament. The members of the Owners’ Advisory Body are elected by the National Assembly of Hungary on four-year terms. It's a marketleader, and is...
(Hungary) MENA (Egypt), PETRA (Jordan) and ANTARA
ANTARA
ANTARA is the official news agency of the government of Indonesia. It was founded on 13 December 1937 by Adam Malik, Soemanang, AM Sipahoetar and Pandoe Kartawigoena...
(Indonesia), Montsame (Mongolia), Yonhap
Yonhap
Yonhap News Agency is South Korea's largest news agency. It is a publicly-funded company, and based in Seoul, South Korea. Yonhap supplies domestic, foreign news and other information to newspaper, TV broadcast and other media in South Korea.-History:...
(South Korea), LETA
LETA
LETA is the main Latvian news agency. Its headquarters are in Riga.- History :It was founded as Latopress in 1919, soon after Latvia became independent; the name was changed to LTA the next year when the wire service was subordinated to the Latvian Telegraph Agency...
(Latvia), Kabar
Kabar
The Khavars or erroneously Kabars were Khazarians, therefore Turkic people who joined to the Magyars in the 8th century.- History :...
(Kyrgyzstan), Kazinform (Kazakhstan), KUNA
Kuwait News Agency
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(Kuwait), Khovar (Tajikistan).
It is a member of Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies and European Alliance of News Agencies AzerTAc is also the co-founder of Association of the National News Agencies of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Union of the Turkish Speaking News Agencies (TKA) and the Black Sea Association of National News Agencies (BSANNA). The agency has offices in the United States, Russia, Turkey, France, Germany, Austria, Iran, Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan and all provinces of Azerbaijan.