Azerbaijani Press Agency (APA, ) is an
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...
i government
press agency
A news agency is an organization that gathers news reports and sells them to subscribing news organizations, such as newspapers, magazines and radio and television broadcasters. A news agency may also be referred to as a wire service, newswi ...
. It was registered on 8 January 2004 by the
Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan and became operational on 16 November 2004.
The agency is a member of APA Holding
LLC
A limited liability company (LLC) is the United States-specific form of a private limited company. It is a business structure that can combine the pass-through taxation of a partnership or sole proprietorship with the limited liability of a ...
which also includes APA Servis LLC. APA Servis includes internet television channel APA.tv.
Content
APA presents information in Azerbaijani, Russian and English. The news coverage includes political, economic, social, cultural and sports events in Azerbaijan, as well as
breaking news
Breaking news, also called late-breaking news, a special report, special coverage, or a news flash, is a current issue that warrants the interruption of a scheduled broadcast in order to report its details. News broadcasters also use the term ...
about ongoing local and worldwide developments.
In addition to offices in all regions of Azerbaijan, APA has foreign offices in Turkey, Russia, Iran, Georgia and the Great Britain.
References
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External links
Official English website
News agencies based in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani news websites
2004 establishments in Azerbaijan