KosovaPress News Agency has officially been accepted as a full member of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA), where the General Assembly of EANA is holding its proceedings. This is an important day for the media and the Republic of Kosovo.
The decision on the membership of the KosovaPress News Agency was made by secret ballot where ¾ of all members’ votes were required. KosovaPress (Kosovo), MIA (North Macedonia) and Armenpress (Armenia) applied to be part of this organization. The meeting this time is being held in Zurich, Switzerland.
From 32 member countries, (after the start of the war in Ukraine, the news agency of Russia, TASS has been suspended), 27 news agencies participated. KosovaPress received 25 votes (24 votes were necessary), thus becoming the 33rd member of the European Alliance of News Agencies (https://www.newsalliance.org).
The agency of North Macedonia (MIA) and Armenia (Armenpress) did not get enough votes.
With this membership, many paths have been opened to KosovaPress to cooperate with all European News Agencies, and thanks to these agreements, the media and readers will have more news from these countries in all fields.
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The General Director of KosovaPress, Suzana Rakovica, is participating in this meeting that started on Thursday and is continuing.
This is the most important organization in which KosovaPress is a part, completing the path of membership in the network of European News Agencies.
What is EANA?
The European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) was founded on August 21, 1956 in connection with a conference on new media technology held in Strasbourg. In 1970, agencies behind the so called “iron curtain” were invited to join. EANA´s predecessor Agences Alliées was founded in 1924 and was active until the World War II when the activities were discontinued.
EANA serves as a forum for cooperation and exchange of information and experiences among European news agencies. The news agency business constitutes the very basics of news gathering and distribution. It is a business that needs a healthy environment abounding in freedom of the press, fair competition and simple and basic rules to operate. The members of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) are engaged in the promotion and the preservation of this environment.
KosovaPress is the 33rd member of EANA and will continue to contribute to the mission of the European Alliance of News Agencies.
KosovaPress part of ABNA-SEE since 2017
KosovaPress has already made history in the Association of the Balkan News Agencies – Southeast Europe (ABNA-SE) since its membership in 2017. In addition to its contributions to the further qualitative improvement of ABNA-SE, it also organized the 29th Assembly of this Association, taking the one-year Presidency, which it handed over weeks ago to the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA).
In September 2021, KosovaPress brought all the Balkan and Southeast European news agencies to Prishtina, making Kosovo the center of news agencies, where for almost a week their role in the post-COVID-19 period was discussed.
During the Presidency of KosovaPress, the Association of the Balkan News Agencies – Southeast Europe (ABNA-SE) managed to obtain legal status by registering its headquarters in Sofia, Bulgaria. Officially, KosovaPress is one of the founding agencies of ABNA-SE, giving a great contribution to the approval of the statute. Currently, KosovaPress is a member of the ABNA-SE board together with Greece and Turkey.
KosovaPress has had continuous growth from year to year
KosovaPress News Agency, since its operation as an independent medium, has had continuous growth, year after year, while in recent years it has focused on raising the flag and representing Kosovo in the most important forums and organizations of the news agencies.
KosovaPress currently operates in three languages (Albanian, English and Serbian) offering subscriptions and services with text, audio, video, and photos. Following the daily activities and touching on topical issues through topics and interviews, KosovaPress has often been quoted by the most important world media.
In the last two surveys, KosovaPress was announced as the agency with zero errors as well as the most reliable. It remains loyal to true and accurate news, offering guarantees to all media in Kosovo, Albania, North Macedonia and the region, that what is offered is only quality.
Continuous technical investments make KosovaPress bring visual quality through cameras, but also the possibility of live broadcasting of 10 activities simultaneously from wherever they happen.
Currently, KosovaPress operates with the News Department, the Foreign Languages Department, the Sales Department, the Finance Department, the Projects Department and the Technical Department.
Our 24th anniversary will bring further investments and innovations that will serve to improve the quality of what we offer to all our clients and followers.
