Tanjug (Telegrafska agencija nove Jugoslavije, Telegraphic Agency of New Yugoslavia) was founded on November 5, 1943. It is now a Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

n news agency based in Belgrade

Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

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From 1975 to mid-1980s, Tanjug had a leading role in the Non-Aligned News Agencies Pool

Non-Aligned News Agencies Pool

The Non-Aligned News Agencies Pool was a cooperation system among news agencies of Non-Aligned countries, which lasted from 1975 to mid-1990s...

 (NANAP), a collaborating group of news agencies of the Non-Aligned Movement

Non-Aligned Movement

The Non-Aligned Movement is a group of states considering themselves not aligned formally with or against any major power bloc. As of 2011, the movement had 120 members and 17 observer countries...

. The Yugoslav professionals helped equipping and training journalists and technicians in other NAM countries, mainly in Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

 and South Asia

South Asia

South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east...

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