News Agency of the Slovak Republic
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The News Agency of the Slovak Republic is a Slovak
news agency
founded on 30 January 1992. Its headquarters are located in Slovak capital Bratislava
. TASR's main goal is to gather, store and provide news coverage of Slovak and international events in audio, photo and text form.
TASR is partially state-funded, and its general director is appointed by the Slovak government. The current director is Jaroslav Rezník.
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
news agency
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...
founded on 30 January 1992. Its headquarters are located in Slovak capital Bratislava
Bratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...
. TASR's main goal is to gather, store and provide news coverage of Slovak and international events in audio, photo and text form.
TASR is partially state-funded, and its general director is appointed by the Slovak government. The current director is Jaroslav Rezník.