APS - New General Director Profile of Mr. Samir GAID
Mr. Samir GAID is the new Director General at the Algerian Press Service agency, based in Algiers, after having spent more than two years as Director of the western region of APS in Oran from the beginning of 2019 to 2021, date of his appointment as Director General of APS. 4 (more)

ATA - Armela Krasniqi elected head of Audiovisual Media Authority
TIRANA, July 7/ATA/ Armela Krasniqi was elected on Wednesday the head of the Audiovisual Media Authority-AMA.  (more)

Valbona Zhupa was appointed as the new ATA Director General
Mrs. Valbona Zhupa is the new Director General at the Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA), while during 2013-2016 period she was Deputy Director at this agency. Also during 2015-2016 she was Head of News at Albanian Public Television. (more)

 CNA  - CNA new Board of Directors
CNA has new management in place. Mr. Iosif Iosif was re-appointed by the Council of Ministers as Chairman of the Board Directors of the Cyprus News agency for the next three years.
Mr. George Frangos, President of the Cyprus Union of Journalists, was appointed as Board Deputy Chairman.
CNA is governed by a seven-member Board of Directors. (more)

CNA Acting Director
The Editor-in-Chief Mr. George Christodoulides has been assigned to additionally act as Acting Director of the Cyprus News Agency, succeeding Mr. George Penintaex, who retired at the end of March 2021. (more)

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Nominations open for Journalism Awards founded by EFE
Nominations for the King of Spain International Journalism Awards opened on Wednesday, with six new and updated categories to bring awareness to journalism excellence with 10,000 euros in prize money, similar to the Pulitzer Awards, which consolidates them as the most recognized in Ibero-America. (more)

THE ESSENTIAL LINK BETWEEN FREE PRESS AND COOPERATION
"It is a source of pride for AECID to present these awards, which bring together the best examples of Ibero-American journalism, committed journalism in our sister languages of Spanish and Portuguese," Anton Leis, the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation Director, said.(more)

IAPA opens general assembly after ‘disastrous’ year so far for press freedom
The president of the Inter American Press Association Jorge Canahuati on Tuesday opened the organization’s 77th General Assembly with a message in which he highlighted how this year had been "disastrous" for press freedom. (more)

HINA - Branka- Gabriela Vojvodic re-elected HINA Director
The five-member HINA Steering Board has unanimously re-elected Branka- Gabriela Vojvodic as the agency's Director for a third term in office.
Mrs Vojvodic was also elected Secretary General of the Association of News Agencies in the Balkans and South-East Europe (ABNA-SEE) during the General Assembly held in Pristina. (more)

TAP - Bizerte in spotlight at 13th edition of TAP's "Zoom on Regions" programme
(TAP) – Bizerte governorate (North Tunisia) played host, from June 14 to 19, to the 13th edition of the "Zoom on Regions" programme, organised by TAP news agency, in co-operation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS). 15 (more)

EANA - European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) elected new President and members of the Board, Secretary General reelected
During the General assembly held in Vienna on Friday, October 8th, 2021, members of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) (more)
 

About EANA
 Founded on August 21st 1956, after a conference in Strasbourg, EANA is a cooperation and information exchange forum of European news agencies. EANA consists of 32 news agencies promoting and respecting quality journalism, copyright, access to quality information, technological development of media and, last but not least, freedom of press. (more)

UfM  - 28th of November will be celebrated every year as the Day of the Mediterranean.
The decision to declare this International Day was unanimously taken by the 42 Member States of the Union for the Mediterranean in November 2020, aiming to create an annual unique momentum to reinforce Mediterranean unity, celebrate our common identity and enhance the visibility of the Positive Agenda in the region. (more)