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YEREVAN, DECEMBER 18, ARMENPRESS. ProsecutorGeneral of ArmeniaArtur Davtyancongratulated ARMENPRESS news agency on the 99th anniversary of the establishment.
ARMENPRESS reports the Prosecutor General emphasized that ARMENPRESS has been the unwearying companion of the three Armenian republics, has managed to create professional journalistic traditions, gather rich and valuable archive.
“Despite his considerable age, the agency today acts as a young, dynamic, interesting and developing news outlet permanently seeking for new creative and marketing solutions, bringing forward various cultural programs and initiatives. These qualities and achievements, which are the result of coordinated team work and high sense of responsibility, make ARMENPRESS in this era of internet news permanently wanted and demanded and what is crucially important – one of the most reliable information sources for both the domestic and external audience”, Artur Davtyan said.
The Prosecutor General wished the news agency longevity and effective and productive work to the staff of ARMENPRESS.
ARMENPRESS news agency was established on December 18, 1918 when by the decision of the National Council of the first Armenian Republic an unprecedented state-run news agency, Armenian Telegraph Agency, was created. Currently, ARMENPRESS news agency operates as a Closed Joint-Stock Company the stocks of which are owned by the Republic of Armenia. The agency is the oldest in Armenia. At the moment it produces eleven newslines: official, politics, economy, society, regional, international, Armenian world, culture, sport, life, innovation, interviews and photo news.
ARMENPRESS has signed agreements on bilateral partnership with over 20 leading news agencies nearly 1/3 of which have been signed during the last 5 years. TASS, Reuters, Xinhua, IRNA, MENA, BTA, AGERPRES, BELTA, Kazinform and many other media outlets with which information and photo exchange is conducted are among our partners.
ARMENPRESS is the most frequently quoted Armenian news agency by international media. Apart from partners, the news produced by ARMENPRESS is used by such international giants as CNN, UPI, BBC, “RiaNovosti” and so on.