Armenpress

Armenpress
News agency
Founded 18 December 1918 (1918-12-18)[1]
Founder National Council of Republic of Armenia
Headquarters Yerevan, Armenia
Website armenpress.am

Armenpress (Armenian Press; Armenian: Արմենպրես) is the oldest and the main state[2] news agency in Armenia.[3]

History and profile

Armenpress was founded in December 18, 1918[4] by the government of the First Republic of Armenia as the Armenian Telegraph Agency (Հայաստանի հեռագրական գործակալություն).[4][5] Simon Vratsian played a major role in the establishment of the agency.[4] After the Sovietization of Armenia in 1920 it was renamed to Armenkavrosta, and subsequently known as Armenrosta and Armenta. It was renamed to Armenpress in 1972.[4] During the Soviet period, from 1920 to 1991, it served as the "official sanctioned source of public information", operating under direct control of the Armenian Communist Party.[6]

Armenpress collaborates with Reuters, ITAR-TASS (Russia) and Xinhua (China).[3] It is a member of the Black Sea Association of National News Agencies.[5]

Many neologisms coined by Armenpress have entered the Armenian language.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". Armenpress. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Martino, John, ed. (2013). Worldwide Government Directory with Intergovernmental Organizations 2013. p. 56. ISBN 9781452299372.
  3. 1 2 Shrivastava, K.M. (2007). News Agencies from Pigeon to Internet. Elgin, IL: New Dawn Press. p. 190. ISBN 9781932705676.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Ayvazyan, Hovhannes, ed. (2012). "Հեռագրա-լրատվական գործակալություններ [Telegraph and media agencies]". Հայաստան հանրագիտարան [Armenia Encyclopedia] (in Armenian). Yerevan: Armenian Encyclopedia. p. 787.
  5. 1 2 "Albanian Telegraphic Agency - ATA". BSANNA. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  6. ↑ Suny, Ronald G. (1996). Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Washington, DC: DIANE Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 9780788128134.
  7. ↑ Ananikyan, R. (1976). "Արմենպրես [Armenpress]". In Hambardzumyan, Viktor. Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia (in Armenian). Yerevan: Armenian Encyclopedia. p. 96. Ա․ ստեղծել է շատ տերմիններ և նորաբանություններ, որոնք մտել են արդի հայերենի բառապաշարի մեջ։
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