Anadolu Agency - English News
December 7, 2007
 
  ATHENS (A.A) - 07.12.2007 - The Association of the Balkan News
Agencies (ABNA) held its 17th General Assembly meeting on Friday in
Greek capital Athens.
       Athens News Agency and Macedonia News Agency hosted this years
meeting where Turkey's Anadolu Agency (A.A) was represented by Director
General Dr. Hilmi Bengi and Deputy Director General Tahsin Akti.
       The meeting agreed that Serbian News Agency (TANJUG) would take
over the rotating presidency of the association on January 1, 2008.
       ABNA was established in 1995, aiming both at the development of
full-scale cooperation between the region's news agencies, and aspiring
to contribute to peace, friendship, security and cooperation in the
region.
       Anadolu Agency (Turkey), Athens News Agency, Albanian News Agency,
Bulgarian News Agency, Macedonian Press Agency, Romanian News Agency
(ROMPRESS), Serbian News Agency (TANJUG), Croatian News Agency (HINA),
Bosnia-Herzegovina News Agencies (FENA-SRNA), Montenegrin News Agency
(MINA) participated at the meeting.
       (İMB)