Apsnypress is the ''de facto'' state
press agency
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of
Abkhazia
Abkhazia, ka, აფხაზეთი, tr, , xmf, აბჟუა, abzhua, or ( or ), officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, recognised by most countries as part of Georgia, which vi ...
. Its stated goals is to assist in development of democracy, sovereignty and independence of the breakaway Abkhaz republic and to ensure the information security thereof.
Detailed objectives
Apsnypress is dedicated to collecting, processing, publishing and distributing information pertaining to all sorts of events taking place in Abkhazia or otherwise concerning it. Its other activities include:
* Establishing trends; modeling the development of political and socio-economic tendencies
* Collaborating with the foreign media; accommodating the foreign journalists
* Developing the media network within the republic and abroad
* Improving the staff's professional skills; continuously recruiting of the journalists with knowledge of
Russian
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,
Abkhaz and
English
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* English language
* English people
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Peoples, culture, and language
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** English national ide ...
languages
* Prompt publishing of the Abkhazian laws,
presidential decrees
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and
cabinet
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Furniture
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* Filing ...
's decisions; its analysis, generalization and studying and publishing the responses to thereof
* Prompt publishing of statements and appeals by the government bodies and its officials.
* Reflecting the broad array of opinions regarding the important political, socio-economic and cultural events of Abkhazia.
* Preparing and distributing the daily news bulletins
* Preparing and distributing the press reviews
* Organizing the press-conferences and briefings for the senior government officials
* Information activities in the fields of TV and radio broadcasting; preparation of the self and jointly produced TV a radio programmes
* Carrying out the sociological studies, surveys and analyzing thereof
History
Apnypress was founded on 31 January 1995.
Following the
May 2014 Revolution and the election of
Raul Khajimba
Raul Jumkovich Khajimba ( ab, Рауль Џьумка-иҧа Ҳаџьымба, ka, რაულ ჯუმკას-ძე ჰაჯიმბა; born 21 March 1958) is an Abkhazian politician, and served as President of Abkhazia from 25 September ...
as President, on 23 September 2014 he replaced
Manana Gurgulia as Head of Apsnypress with
Renata Chagava.
See also
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References
News agencies based in Abkhazia
Mass media in Sukhumi
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