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Athens News Agency: News in English, 05-05-18
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[01] Papoulias, Karamanlis attend ANA event commemorating agency's 100
years of operation
[01] Papoulias, Karamanlis attend ANA event commemorating agency's 100
years of operation
The Athens News Agency (ANA) on Wednesday celebrated the 100-year
anniversary since its establishment with a high-profile event and photo
exhibition at the Zappeion Hall of downtown Athens, an event attended
by President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias and Prime Minister
Costas Karamanlis.
Several past and present ministers, deputies, newspaper editors and
reporters, party representatives, as well as Parliament President Anna
Psarouda-Benaki and former premier Constantine Mitsotakis, also
attended the commemoration.
In his address, Minister of State and government spokesman Theodoros
Roussopoulos praised the ANA's role in supplying expatriate Greek media
with news, while he also called the Greek national news agency a
"guarantor" for the dissemination of real news stories, "ones that have
a place in our lives."
Roussopoulos also underlined the transparency that defines the ANA's
operation, as he said, noting that links to both the state and to the
private sector are absolutely crystal clear.
"The ANA's work was significant for newsgathering in Greece. For a very
long time it was (Greece's) only window to the world for foreign news
as well as a primary source for domestic news, not just for Athens'
major newspapers but primarily for the mass media in the provinces..."
ANA General Director George Tambakopoulos said.
On his part, former long-time general director Andreas Christodoulides
noted that the most important development for the ANA after the
restoration of democracy in Greece (1974) was the fact that it
continuously improved its credibility, "and today it is considered as a
small, professional and credible national news agency".
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