Agenția de Presă RADOR is the largest press monitoring center in

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

, established in 1990. RADOR editors monitor news published in

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

and in other 15 foreign languages: from audiovisual media – 57 radio and TV stations, from the written media – 150 newspapers and news agencies on all continents. RADOR publishes news, interviews, analyses and comments grouped in specialised feeds on

politics Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with decision-making, making decisions in social group, groups, or other forms of power (social and political), power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of Social sta ...

economy An economy is an area of the Production (economics), production, Distribution (economics), distribution and trade, as well as Consumption (economics), consumption of Goods (economics), goods and Service (economics), services. In general, it is ...

science Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. Modern science is typically divided into twoor threemajor branches: the natural sciences, which stu ...

, as well as specialised bulletins: "România văzută din străinătate" (Romania Seen From Abroad), "Români de pretutindeni" (Romanians From Everywhere), "Revista presei internaționale" (International Press Summary), "Economia mondială" (World Economy), "Economia românească" (Romanian Economy), "Cei 27 pentru Europa" (27 for Europe), "Balcanii și Marea Neagră" (The

Balkans The Balkans ( , ), corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throug ...

and The

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal sea, marginal Mediterranean sea (oceanography), mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bound ...

), "Universul Științei" (The Universe of Science). RADOR also maintains a website.

History

Agenția de presă RADOR was founded on June 16, 1921, replacing the first national news agency, disbanded in 1916 when Romania entered

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

. RADOR was the only Romanian large national news agency in the

interwar period In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period, also known as the interbellum (), lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days) – from the end of World War I (WWI) to the beginning of World War II ( ...

. During that time, the "RADOR" name was derived from "Radio Orient"; nowadays, "RADOR" means "Radio Observator". Apart from its press monitoring service, RADOR also encompasses the "

Dimitrie Gusti Dimitrie Gusti (; 13 February 1880 – 30 October 1955) was a Romanian sociologist, ethnologist, historian, and voluntarist philosopher; a professor at the University of Iași and the University of Bucharest, he served as Romania's Minister ...

" Documentation Center, that creates daily, weekly, and quarterly calendars of events, and the RADOR Library, an important documentation source for all Radio Romania departments. The library has about 55,000 volumes, including rare books and princeps editions.

References

External links

RADOR's official site
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