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BELGRADE - Responding to the informal Group for Media Freedom, which had demanded that the Tanjug News Agency cease operations, Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said the best solution was being sought for the national news agency that would fulfil the public interest of the citizens to the largest extent.

AGERPRES National News Agency organises an "ARtfel" photography exhibition, which combines the photo reportage, the video documentary and enhanced reality.

The exhibition can be visited November 24 through December 10, at Sutu Palace — Bucharest Municipal Museum, and the opening will take place on Monday, 18:30 hrs.

A bill proposed by Romania's ruling Social Democrat Party to change the way the national public news agency, Agerpres, operates, could leave it vulnerable to political pressure, media freedom activists warned. 

The Culture and Media Committee of the Romanian Senate on Wednesday passed the bill submitted by Culture Minister Lucian Romascanu and four other Social Democrat MPs.

A cease-fire deal has been reached that will see jihadist fighters withdraw from the Syria-Lebanon border, a top Lebanese official said July 27 after a week-long operation there by the Hezbollah movement.

Austrian police have stopped a Bulgarian-registerd van packed with 42 migrants, Press Association news agency reported on Sunday.

Police in Lower Austria province arrested the 37-year old Romanian driver of the vehicle.

Migrants said he had driven them from the Serbian-Hungarian border, according to the national news agency for the UK and Ireland .

AGERPRES National News Agency is the first news agency in Romania, as its history began on March 27, 1889, when then-Foreign Minister P. P. Carp signed the 'birth certificate' of the Telegraphic Agency of Romania.

Copy of the act establishing the Romanian News Agency
Photo credit: (c) AGERPRES ARCHIVE

The British ambassador in Bucharest, Paul Brummell on Wednesday has visited the AGERPRES National News Agency, an opportunity to talk to the journalists about their daily work and their projects for the future.

Photo credit: Alex MICSIK / AGERPRES FLOW

The 125 years of uninterrupted activity of AGERPRES National News Agency were celebrated on Monday evening at the Elisabeta Palace, the ceremony being held in the presence of Princess Margareta and Prince Radu.

AGERPRES and Reuters open a photography exhibition in London on Thursday. Hosted at Reuters' headquarters, the event celebrates 125 years since the foundation of the Romanian National News Agency. The event benefits of the support of the Romanian embassy in London.

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