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WARSAW, September 21 (FENA) - The European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) has held its annual conference in Warsaw, Poland.
Held under the motto "The Future for National News Agencies in Europe. Training of News Agency Journalists for the Future", the conference was attended by heads and representatives of more than 30 news agencies, including the news agencies of Turkey, Germany, Albania, Croatia, Azerbaijan and the general manager of the Federal News Agency from Mr. Elmir Huremovic.
In their remarks, CEO of Poland’s PAP news agency Wojciech Surmacz, CEO and Director of the Swedish agency TT, EANA President Jonas Eriksson stressed the importance of using appropriate mechanisms in the field of public information, Azertac stated.
During the General assembly held in Warsaw on Friday, September 21st, members of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) elected Mr. Peter Kropsch, CEO of German news agency DPA, as new President of the organization, for a 2 year mandate. Also, Mr. Alexandru Giboi, CEO of Romanian National News Agency AGERPRES, was elected Secretary General of EANA, for a 3 year mandate. Mr. Jiri Majstr, CEO of Czech news agency CTK, and Mr. Michalis Psilos, CEO of Greek news agency ANA-MPA, were elected Board Members, joining Mr. Clemens Pig, CEO of the Austrian APA, who is going to serve for another 2 years.
“I thank the outgoing president Jonas Eriksson from TT, Sweden, for his great work during his presidency since 2016. I am sure that I speak also for all EANA members when I thank the outgoing Secretary General Erik Nylen who has so wonderfully taken care of EANA during the past 17 years. For the next tenure there are many issues to be addressed by EANA. The fight for a fair copyright directive, the freedom of press and a sound transition of the news agency business will be definitely on top of the list”, Mr. Kropsch said after the elections, EANA stated in a press release.
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 copyright, access to quality information, technological development of media and, last but not least, freedom of press.
Federal News Agency FENA became a member of EANA in 2017 as the only representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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