Athens News Agency

The Athens News Agency (ANA) was the national news agency of Greece. Founded in 1895 as a private company, the Stefanopoli Telegraphic Agency, the Greek State assumed its subsidisation in 1905, at which time it acquired its present name.

In 1994 the ANA became a Societe Anonyme with a 7-member Board of Directors, three of whom are appointed by the government and one each by the journalist unions of Athens and Thessaloniki, the publishers' union and the ANA employees.

In 2005, the Hellenic Parliament approved a bill for the merger of Athens News Agency with the Thessaloniki based news agency Macedonian Press Agency. The bill called for the creation of a new S.A. company under the title of Athens News Agency-Macedonian Press Agency S.A. (ANA-MPA S.A). The new company is under the supervision of the minister who has the responsibility for the press and mass media.

References

• Athens News Agency - Macedonian Press Agency (ANA-MPA) official site