Tanjug marks 71st anniversary

BELGRADE - Today marks the 71st anniversary of foundation of Tanjug News Agency.

Tanjug was established in the midst of anti-Nazi operations of the People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia and its first task was to inform the world about the outcome of the Second Session of the Anti-Fascist Council of the People's Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ).

"This is the Telegraph Agency of the New Yugoslavia … Tanjug reporting, Tanjug reporting…," were the first words broadcast by the new-founded agency on November 5, 1943, from the small town of Jajce, the center of the newly-liberated territory.

Tanjug's newsroom, moved to Drvar, where it was situated from January 8 to May 25, 1944.

Later on, Tanjug was located in Vis, Bari (Italy), Valjevo and Arandjelovac during the Belgrade Offensive in 1944.

On October 23, 1944, Tanjug moved into its first office in Belgrade in Resavska Street 28, where it started issuing the Foreign Affairs Bulletin on October 25, 1944.

Late in 1968, Tanjug moved to its current location - Prizad building at Obilicev venac.

Over the 71 years, Tanjug has tirelessly focused on informing Yugoslavia (later Serbia) and the world, releasing countless exclusives of not only local but also global importance.

The lasting relevance of Tanjug reflects its consistent non-conformist role in the field of information.

Tanjug built its worldwide reputation reporting on events such as the last day in power of the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo, Patrice Lumumba, before his assassination in 1961, the attempted US invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs, the military coup against the Chilean Popular Unity coalition and its elected leader...