The National News Agency of Ukraine ( uk, Українське національне інформаційне агентство), or Ukrinform ( uk, Укрінформ), is a state information and

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, and international broadcaster of

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. It was founded in 1918 during the

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Українському національному інформаційному агентству «Укрінформ» — 90 років. Вітаємо!
Телекритика (March 17, 2008) as the Bureau of Ukrainian Press (BUP). The first director of the agency was

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, when the agency name was ''The Ukrainian Telegraph Agency''.

History

The state agency was established as the Bureau of Ukrainian Press (BUP) in 1918, yet since then it went through series of reorganizations. During the Soviet period, it was associated with

Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union The Russian News Agency TASS (russian: Информацио́нное аге́нтство Росси́и ТАСС, translit=Informatsionnoye agentstvo Rossii, or Information agency of Russia), abbreviated TASS (russian: ТАСС, label=none) ...

(TASS). * 1918 – Bureau of Ukrainian Press * 1920 – All-Ukrainian bureau of the

Russian Telegraph Agency Russian Telegraph Agency (russian: Российское телеграфное агентство, ''Rossiyskoye telegrafnoye agentstvo''), abbr. ROSTA, was the state news agency in Soviet Russia (1918-35). After the creation of Telegraph Agency ...

(UkROSTA) * 1921 – Radio-Telegraph Agency of Ukraine (RATAU) * 1990 – Ukrainian National Informational Agency (UKRINFORM) * 1996 – State Informational Agency of Ukraine (DINAU) * 2000 – Ukrainian National Informational Agency (UKRINFORM) *2015 – Ukrinform became a part of the Multimedia Broadcasting Platform of Ukraine (UA, TV) *2018 – Ukrinform signed a co-operation agreement with the Athens–Macedonian News Agency (ANA) providing for an exchange of news items in all categories. Укрінформ

Outlook

Ukrinform main objectives are: the coverage of public policy and public life in Ukraine and providing information to government bodies; according to a Decree of the

Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine ( uk, Кабінет Міністрів України, translit=Kabinet Ministriv Ukrainy; shortened to CabMin), commonly referred to as the Government of Ukraine ( uk, Уряд України, ''Uriad Ukrai ...

from February 19, 1997 the agency carries out its activities independently of political parties and public organizations.Resolution of July 15, 1997 #749
Government of Ukraine (March 2, 2005) Per day Ukrinform issues some 500 reports in English, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, French, Spanish, Japanese and around 200 photos and audio digest. Ukrinform delivers information to the media, TV channels, radio stations, official establishments and local governments, foreign embassies and Ukrainian diplomatic missions abroad and foreign media.

Television

(formerly UATV) is a Russian-language television news channel with focus on the

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. It's transmitted live on its website, via satellite, and through

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operators. It has content in English on

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. Prior to its temporary closure in January 2020, the channel also broadcast in English, Ukrainian, Crimean Tatar and Arabic.

References

External links

Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency (English)

Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency (Ukrainian)

Agency's statute (Statement of the Cabinet of Ministers)
* 1918 establishments in Ukraine Mass media in Kyiv Ukrainian brands Ukrainian news websites State companies of Ukraine International broadcasters Institutions with the title of National in Ukraine {{Ukraine-company-stub