Baku, August 21, AZERTAC
Seventy years ago today, on 21 August 1956, European news agencies came together in Strasbourg to establish the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA).
What began as a forum for cooperation among a handful of European agencies has grown into a network of 33 member organizations representing 33 countries and over 670 million people, from Helsinki to Nicosia, from Lisbon to Baku.
Seven decades later, the principles that inspired EANA's founding remain at the heart of its mission: to safeguard the common interests of member agencies, to ensure they can operate as providers of unbiased news, and to uphold press freedom as a cornerstone of democratic societies.
Since being elected as a member of EANA in 2008, AZERTAC has been heavily involved in the organization's activities.