''Agerpres'' (stylised in
all caps
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; ) is the national
news agency
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of
Romania
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.
History
''Agerpres'' is the oldest
Romanian
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**Romanians, an ethnic group
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news agency and the first
autonomous
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agency in
Romania
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. It was established in March 1889 at the initiative of Foreign Minister
Petre P. Carp
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, as the
Telegraph Agency of Romania or
Romanian Agency with serving as a "fast and accurate service of all general or special interest news".
The
Telegraph Agency of Romania was suspended from the end of 1916 until the end of
World War I
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. On 16 June 1921, it established the agency
Orient-Radio, "caring only for the general interest and that of its subscribers".
In 1926, it takes place a new reorganization of the agency, the
Romanian Parliament
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Prior to the modification of the Cons ...
decided shifting to name
RADOR - Information Telegraph Agency. Later, in 1949, the first news agency in Romania becomes ''AGERPRES''.
In 1990, is established
ROMPRES
''Agerpres'' (stylised in all caps; ) is the national news agency of Romania.
History
''Agerpres'' is the oldest Romania, Romanian news agency and the first autonomous agency in Romania. It was established in March 1889 at the initiative of ...
and six years later
ROMPRES
''Agerpres'' (stylised in all caps; ) is the national news agency of Romania.
History
''Agerpres'' is the oldest Romania, Romanian news agency and the first autonomous agency in Romania. It was established in March 1889 at the initiative of ...
becomes a member of the
European Alliance of News Agencies
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(
EANA).
The first website of the National Press Agency it is launched in 1999.
The National News Agency returns to the AGERPRES name in July 2008, following the amendment of Law no. 19/2003 on the organization and functioning of the National Press
ROMPRES
''Agerpres'' (stylised in all caps; ) is the national news agency of Romania.
History
''Agerpres'' is the oldest Romania, Romanian news agency and the first autonomous agency in Romania. It was established in March 1889 at the initiative of ...
.
''Agerpres'' has the largest archive of photographs from
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
, as well as an internal and external photo service which provides in real-time, over 1,000 photos.
On 17 September 2013, ''Agerpres'' went through a rebranding process that consisted of focusing on the online environment, enriching the multimedia area with an interactive video platform and introducing the concept of a complete journalist.
See also
*
List of news agencies
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References
Agerpres History
External links
www.agerpres.ro (official website)
Mass media in Romania
News agencies based in Romania
1889 establishments in Romania
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