Federal News Agency or FENA ( bs, Federalna novinska agencija - sr, Федерална новинска агенција - ФЕНА) is the government-owned national

news agency A news agency is an organization that gathers news reports and sells them to subscribing news organizations, such as newspapers, magazines and All-news radio, radio and News broadcasting, television Broadcasting, broadcasters. A news agency may ...

of the

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities within the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being Republika Srpska. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina consists ...

History

It was established in 2000 by a Decree of the

Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina,; hr, Vlada Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine; sr, Влада Федерације Босне и Херцеговине commonly abbreviated to the Federal Government,; hr, Federalna Vla ...

for the purpose of performing news and agency activities of importance to the FBiH. The FENA news agency was created by merging the former entity-owned agencies ''BH Press'' Sarajevo and ''Habena'' Mostar. The head office is based in Sarajevo (Ćemaluša 1, 71 000 Sarajevo and Obala Kulina bana 16, 71 000 Sarajevo) and in Mostar (Ante Starčevića bb, 88 000 Mostar). Every day, FENA publishes an average of about 250 news items in the official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHS) and English, and in addition to general and specialist news services, it publishes an increasing number of photo and video content. According to the media reports, FENA's correspondent network is spread throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina, because they have taken their role in the media sector seriously and publish news from all over the country on a daily basis.

FENA Offices

FENA correspondent offices in Bosnia and Herzegovina: *

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its a ...

Mostar Mostar (, ; sr-Cyrl, Мостар, ) is a city and the administrative center of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina. Mostar is sit ...

Tuzla Tuzla (, ) is the third-largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the administrative center of Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 110,979 inhabitants. Tuzla is the economic, cultural, ed ...

Brčko Brčko ( sr-cyrl, Брчко, ) is a city and the administrative seat of Brčko District, in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies on the banks of Sava river across from Croatia. As of 2013, it has a population of 39,893 inhabitants. De jure, ...

(planned) *

Bihać Bihać ( cyrl, Бихаћ) is a city and the administrative centre of Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on the banks of river Una in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina ...

(planned) *

Banja Luka Banja Luka ( sr-Cyrl, Бања Лука, ) or Banjaluka ( sr-Cyrl, Бањалука, ) is the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the largest city of Republika Srpska. Banja Luka is also the ''de facto'' capital of this entity. I ...

(planned) In addition to the FENA news agency, in Bosnia and Herzegovina also operate: * SRNA -

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level news agency of Republika Srpska * KTA BK BiH - Catholic news agency of the Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Bishops' Conference of BiH * MINA News Agency - Muslim informative news agency by

Islamic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Islamic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, Islamska zajednica Bosne i Hercegovine, IZ BiH) is a religious organisation of Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is also recognised as the highest representative body of Muslims in the regi ...

* ONASA - Independent news agency from Sarajevo - ONASA * Agencija Anadolija - sister company of

Anadolu Agency Anadolu Agency ( tr, Anadolu Ajansı, ; abbreviated AA) is a state-run news agency headquartered in Ankara, Turkey. History The Anadolu Agency was founded in 1920 during the Turkish War of Independence by the order of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. As ...

for Bosnia and Herzegovina

Associations

Since 22 September 2017, FENA news agency is first and full member of

European Alliance of News Agencies The European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) is a federation of news agencies in Europe. The organisation was founded in 1956 and is based in Bern at the seat of the Swiss Telegraphic Agency (sda). As of 2015, EANA has 32 members. EANA's predec ...

. from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Also, ''FENA news agency'' is member of non-profit professional association ABNA-SE, regional association of the news agencies of South East European countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Greece and Cyprus).

FENA Services

The news services are available in Bosnian, Croatian and

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. * ''Vijesti'' (News) - general news service ** ''Najave događaja'' (Event announcements) - schedules of daily events in BiH ** ''Stranačke aktivnosti'' (Activities of political parties) - review of statements and notices from political parties ** ''FENA.BIZ'' (Business/economic service) - the largest overview of economic events in the Bosnia and Herzegovina, PR company announcements, information from the Sarajevo Stock Exchange and

Banja Luka Stock Exchange The Banja Luka Stock Exchange or BLSE ( sr, Бањалучка берза, ''Banjalučka berza'') is a stock exchange which operates in the city of Banja Luka in the Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Banja Luka Stock Exchange is a membe ...

** ''Servisne informacije'' (Service information) - traffic and weather services * ''Foto servis'' (Photo service) - recordings of photos for newspapers and web portals * ''Video servis'' (Video service) - recording statements for TV and web portals ** ''FENA LIVE'' - a new service through which FENA will inform its customers, as well as the general public in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the world about the most important events, by broadcasting live video signals. * ''News in English'' - news summary in English

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