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Ukrinform
Summary
The National News Agency of Ukraine (Українське національне інформаційне агентство), or Ukrinform (Укрінформ), is a state information and news agency, and international broadcaster of Ukraine. It was founded in 1918 during the Ukrainian War of Independence as the Bureau of Ukrainian Press (BUP). The first director of the agency was Dmytro Dontsov, when the agency name was The Ukrainian Telegraph Agency.
Ukrinform is Ukraine's representative of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) and the Black Sea Association of National News Agencies (BSANNA).
Ukrinform delivers news stories in Ukrainian, Russian, English, German, Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, and Polish.
The state agency was established as the Bureau of Ukrainian Press (BUP) in 1918, yet since then it went through a series of reorganizations. During the Soviet period, it was associated with Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS).
1918 – Bureau of Ukrainian Press
1920 – All-Ukrainian bureau of the Russian 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.
Ukrinform's 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 from February 19, 1997 the agency carries out its activities independently of political
parties and public organizations.
Per day Ukrinform issues some 500 reports in English, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, French, Spanish, Japanese and around 200 photos and audio digest.
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