Ukrinform

Also known as National News Agency of Ukraine

The National News Agency of Ukraine (), or Ukrinform (), is a state information and news agency, and international broadcaster 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, when the agency name was The Ukrainian Telegraph Agency.

Key facts

Company.name: National News Agency of Ukraine
Company.logo: Logo Ukrinform.svg
Company.native_name: Українське національне інформаційне агентство
Company.type: State enterprise
Company.foundation: March 16, 1918
Company.location: 8/16, Bohdan Khmelnytskoho, Kyiv, Ukraine, 01001
Company.key_people: Oleksandr Kharchenko
Company.industry: News agency
Company.owner: Ministry of Culture and Information Policy

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: online newspaper
Part of: media of Ukraine
Country: Ukraine
Located in: Kyiv
Headquarters: Kyiv
Owned by: Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
Parent organization: Ministry of Culture of Ukraine
Industry: international broadcasting
Legal form: state-owned enterprise
Official website: www.ukrinform.ua
Image: Укрінформ.jpg

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Commons category: Ukrinform
email address: mailto:[email protected]
applies to jurisdiction: Ukraine
inception: 1918-03-16
social media followers: 938000
on focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Ukraine

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Outlook
Television
References
External links

Ukrinform is Ukraine's representative of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) and the Black Sea Association of National News Agencies (BSANNA).

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