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Industry
  
Website
  
Official website

Owner
  
Government of Ukraine

Type of business
  
State-owned enterprise

Key people
  
Oleksandr Detsyk

Headquarters
  
Kiev, Ukraine

Founded
  
16 March 1918

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The National News Agency of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Українське національне інформаційне агентство) or Ukrinform (Ukrainian: Укрінформ) is a state information and news agency of Ukraine. It was founded in 1918 during the Ukrainian War of Independence as the Bureau of Ukrainian Press (BUP). The first director of the agency was Dmytro Dontsov.

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History

The state agency was established as the Bureau of Ukrainian Press (BUP) in 1918, yet since then it went through series of reorganizations. During the Soviet period, it was associated with Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS).

  • 1918 - Bureau of Ukrainian Press
  • 1920 - All-Ukrainian bureau of the Russian Telegraph Agency (UkROSTA)
  • 1921 - Radio-Telegraph Agency of Ukraine (RATAU)
  • 1990 - Ukrainian National Informational Agency (UKRINFORM)
  • 1996 - State Informational Agency of Ukraine (DINAU)
  • 2000 - Ukrainian National Informational Agency (DINAU)
  • Outlook

    Ukrinform main objectives are: the coverage of public policy and public life in Ukraine and providing information to government bodies; according to a Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine from February 19, 1997 the agency carries out its activities independently of political parties and public organizations.

    Per day Ukrinform issues some 500 reports in English, German, Russian and Ukrainian and around 200 photos and audio digest. Ukrinform delivers information to the media, TV channels, radio stations, official establishments and local governments, foreign embassies and Ukrainian diplomatic missions abroad and foreign media.

    References

    Ukrinform Wikipedia


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