Agenţia Naţională de Presă AGERPRES
AGERPRES National Press Agengy

Type	Public
Founded	27 March 1889
Headquarters	Piaţa Presei Libere, Bucureşti, Romania
Key people	Ioan Roşca
Industry	News agency
Website	www.agerpres.ro

AGERPRES is the national news agency of Romania.

[edit] History

The agency was founded with the name AGERPRES, standing for "Romanian Press Agency" (Romanian: Agenţia Română de Presă)

The logo used until the name re-change

After 1989 the agency changed its name to ROMPRES (to underline the close relations of Romania with France, as an equivalent to Agence France-Presse).

In 2008 the agency changed its name back to AGERPRES.

[edit] External links

• www.agerpres.ro (official web site) (the old website can still be used)

[edit] References

• The official site

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