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| type = [[State enterprise]]
| type = [[State enterprise]]
| foundation = March 16, 1918<ref>[http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/index.php?id=148&listid=66334 Ukrainian National News Agency UKRINFORM celebrates its 90th anniversary], [[National Radio Company of Ukraine]] (May 15, 2008)</ref><ref>[http://www.kmu.gov.ua/control/en/publish/article?art_id=13256968&cat_id=32740 On March 1 the national news agency Ukrinform launched Ukraine's first Internet radio service], [[Government of Ukraine]] (March 2, 2005)</ref>
| foundation = March 16, 1918<ref>[http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/index.php?id=148&listid=66334 Ukrainian National News Agency UKRINFORM celebrates its 90th anniversary], [[National Radio Company of Ukraine]] (May 15, 2008)</ref><ref>[http://www.kmu.gov.ua/control/en/publish/article?art_id=13256968&cat_id=32740 On March 1 the national news agency Ukrinform launched Ukraine's first Internet radio service], [[Government of Ukraine]] (March 2, 2005)</ref>
| location = 8/16, Bohdan Khmelnytskoho,<br> [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]], 01001 <ref>{{cite web
| location = 8/16, Bohdan Khmelnytskoho,<br /> [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]], 01001<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.ukrinform.net/info/contacts.html
| url = https://www.ukrinform.net/info/contacts.html
| title = Official website. Contact Us. ("Kyiv" spelling)
| title = Official website. Contact Us. ("Kyiv" spelling)
| date = Mar 2017
| date = Mar 2017
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
| key_people = Oleksandr Kharchenko <ref>[http://photo.ukrinform.ua/ukr/current/photo.php?id=387169 Official website]</ref>
| key_people = Oleksandr Kharchenko<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://photo.ukrinform.ua/ukr/current/photo.php?id=387169 |title=Official website |access-date=2011-12-19 |archive-date=2020-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721152846/http://photo.ukrinform.ua/ukr/current/photo.php?id=387169 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| industry = [[News agency]]
| industry = [[News agency]]
| products =
| products =
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| net_income =
| net_income =
| num_employees =
| num_employees =
| owner = [[Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine|Cabinet of Ministers]]
| owner = [[Ministry of Culture and Information Policy]]
| subsid =
| subsid =
| homepage = {{url|https://www.ukrinform.net|ukrinform.net}}<ref name="ukrinform-uatv"/><br>{{url|https://uatv.ua/en/|uatv.ua/en/}}
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.ukrinform.net|ukrinform.net}}<ref name="ukrinform-uatv"/><br />{{URL|https://uatv.ua/en/|uatv.ua/en/}}
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The '''National News Agency of Ukraine''' ({{lang-uk|Українське національне інформаційне агентство}}), or '''Ukrinform''' ({{lang-uk|Укрінформ}}), is a state information and [[news agency]], and [[international broadcaster]] of [[Ukraine]]. It was founded in 1918 during the [[Ukrainian War of Independence]]<ref name="Interview">{{in lang|uk}} [http://telekritika.ua/daidzhest/2008-03-17/37178 Українському національному інформаційному агентству «Укрінформ» — 90 років. Вітаємо!], Телекритика (March 17, 2008)</ref> 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''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ukrinform marks 100th anniversary of its foundation|url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/2422745-ukrinform-marks-100th-anniversary-of-its-foundation.html |website=ukrinform.net |access-date=21 May 2022}}</ref>
The '''National News Agency of Ukraine''' ({{lang-uk|Українське національне інформаційне агентство}}), or '''Ukrinform''' ({{lang-uk|Укрінформ}}), is a state information and [[news agency]], and [[international broadcaster]] of [[Ukraine]]. It was founded in 1918 during the [[Ukrainian War of Independence]]<ref name="Interview">{{in lang|uk}} [http://telekritika.ua/daidzhest/2008-03-17/37178 Українському національному інформаційному агентству «Укрінформ» — 90 років. Вітаємо!], Телекритика (March 17, 2008)</ref> 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''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ukrinform marks 100th anniversary of its foundation|url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/2422745-ukrinform-marks-100th-anniversary-of-its-foundation.html |website=ukrinform.net |date=16 March 2018 |access-date=21 May 2022}}</ref>

Ukrinform is Ukraine's representative of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) and the Black Sea Association of National News Agencies (BSANNA).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Information on Agency |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/info/about_agency.html |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=www.ukrinform.net |language=en}}</ref>

Ukrinform delivers news stories in Ukrainian, English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, and Polish.<ref name=":0" />


==History==
==History==
[[File:Logo (3).png|thumb|Previous logo of Ukrinform]]
[[File:Logo (3).png|thumb|Previous logo of Ukrinform]]
The state agency was established as the Bureau of Ukrainian Press (BUP) in 1918, yet since then it went through series of reorganizations. During the [[History of the Soviet Union|Soviet period]], it was associated with [[Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union]] (TASS).
The state agency was established as the Bureau of Ukrainian Press (BUP) in 1918, yet since then it went through a series of reorganizations. During the [[History of the Soviet Union|Soviet period]], it was associated with [[Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union]] (TASS).
* 1918 – Bureau of Ukrainian Press
* 1918 – Bureau of Ukrainian Press
* 1920 – All-Ukrainian bureau of the [[Russian News Agency TASS|Russian Telegraph Agency]] (UkROSTA)
* 1920 – All-Ukrainian bureau of the [[Russian News Agency TASS|Russian Telegraph Agency]] (UkROSTA)
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* 1996 – State Informational Agency of Ukraine (DINAU)
* 1996 – State Informational Agency of Ukraine (DINAU)
* 2000 – Ukrainian National Informational Agency (UKRINFORM)
* 2000 – Ukrainian National Informational Agency (UKRINFORM)
*2015 – Ukrinform became a part of the [[:uk:UATV|Multimedia Broadcasting Platform of Ukraine]] (UA|TV)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-polytics/1927117-inomovlennya-uhvalili-v-drugomu-chitanni.html|script-title=uk:Рада ухвалила закон про іномовлення|agency=Ukrinform|language=uk|access-date=2019-03-03}}</ref>
*2015 – Ukrinform became a part of the [[:uk:UATV|Multimedia Broadcasting Platform of Ukraine]] (UA|TV)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-polytics/1927117-inomovlennya-uhvalili-v-drugomu-chitanni.html|script-title=uk:Рада ухвалила закон про іномовлення|agency=Ukrinform|language=uk|access-date=2019-03-03 |date=8 December 2015 }}</ref>
*2018 – Ukrinform signed a co-operation agreement with the Athens–Macedonian News Agency (ANA) providing for an exchange of news items in all categories.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amna.gr/en/article/278520/ANA-signs-deal-with-Ukraines-Ukrinform|title=ANA signs deal with Ukraine's Ukrinform |agency=Athens-Macedonian News Agency|access-date=2019-04-30}}</ref>
*2018 – Ukrinform signed a co-operation agreement with the Athens–Macedonian News Agency (ANA) providing for an exchange of news items in all categories.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amna.gr/en/article/278520/ANA-signs-deal-with-Ukraines-Ukrinform|title=ANA signs deal with Ukraine's Ukrinform |agency=Athens-Macedonian News Agency|access-date=2019-04-30}}</ref>


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==Outlook==
==Outlook==
Ukrinform main objectives are: the coverage of public policy and public life in Ukraine and providing information to government bodies; according to a Decree of the [[Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine]] from February 19, 1997 the agency carries out its activities independently of political
Ukrinform's main objectives are: the coverage of public policy and public life in Ukraine and providing information to government bodies; according to a Decree of the [[Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine]] from February 19, 1997 the agency carries out its activities independently of political
parties and public organizations.<ref name=decree>{{in lang|uk}} [http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=749-97-%EF Resolution of July 15, 1997 #749], [[Government of Ukraine]] (March 2, 2005)</ref>
parties and public organizations.<ref name=decree>{{in lang|uk}} [http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=749-97-%EF Resolution of July 15, 1997 #749], [[Government of Ukraine]] (March 2, 2005)</ref>


Per day Ukrinform issues some 500 reports in English, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, French, Spanish, Japanese and around 200 photos and audio digest. Ukrinform delivers information to the media, TV channels, radio stations, official establishments and local governments, foreign embassies and Ukrainian diplomatic missions abroad and foreign media.<ref>[http://web.ukrinform.com/web/default.php?lang=en THROUGH TRUTH AND OBJECTIVITY], Victor Chamara, Director General Ukrinform on the official website of Ukrinform</ref>
Per day Ukrinform issues reports in English, German, Ukrainian, Polish, French, Spanish, Japanese. Ukrinform delivers information to the media, TV channels, radio stations, official establishments and local governments, foreign embassies and Ukrainian diplomatic missions abroad and foreign media.<ref>[http://web.ukrinform.com/web/default.php?lang=en THROUGH TRUTH AND OBJECTIVITY] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706223609/http://web.ukrinform.com/web/default.php?lang=en |date=2007-07-06 }}, Victor Chamara, Director General Ukrinform on the official website of Ukrinform</ref> In March 2022, the Institute of Mass Information recommended the online media outlet Ukrinform as a reliable and trustworthy media outlet.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ІМІ рекомендує читати новини з достовірних джерел. Список медіа|url=https://imi.org.ua/news/imi-rekomenduye-chytaty-novyny-z-dostovirnyh-media-spysok-i44370|website=imi.org.ua|accessdate=2022-04-25|language=uk-UA|archive-date=15 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315230132/https://imi.org.ua/news/imi-rekomenduye-chytaty-novyny-z-dostovirnyh-media-spysok-i44370}}</ref>


== Television ==
== Television ==
[[File: FreeDOMUAlogo.svg|201px|right]]
[[File: FreeDOMUAlogo.svg|201px|right]]
'''{{ill|FREEДОМ|uk}}''' (formerly '''UATV''') is a Russian-language television propaganda channel with focus on the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]].<ref name="uatv.ua/about">{{cite web |url=https://uatv.ua/en/about-us/ |title=About us |website= |publisher= |access-date=8 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=14 December 2021 |title="DOM" AND UATV GOT 362 MILLION HRIVNYAS FOR NEXT YEAR |url=https://imi.org.ua/en/news/dom-and-uatv-got-362-million-hryavnyas-for-next-year-i42866 |work=Institute of Mass Information |access-date=8 June 2022}}</ref> It's transmitted live on its website, via satellite, and through [[cable television]] operators.<ref name="uatv.ua/about"/> It has content in English on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{YouTube|channel=UCOmfcmDrWs7iJrXx7V5Cnwg|title=UATV English}}</ref> Prior to its temporary closure in January 2020, the channel also broadcast in English, Ukrainian, [[Crimean Tatar language|Crimean Tatar]] and Arabic.<ref name="ukrinform-uatv">{{cite web |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/info/uatv.html |title=UA-TV |publisher=Ukrinform |access-date=8 June 2022}}</ref><ref name="khpg-axes">{{Cite news |last=[[Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group]] |title=Ukraine axes English & Crimean Tatar TV to launch risky Russian channel for occupied Donbas and Crimea |url=https://khpg.org//en/1579377963 |access-date=2022-03-18}}</ref>
'''FREEДОМ''' (formerly '''UATV''') is a Russian-language television news channel with focus on the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]].<ref name="uatv.ua/about">{{cite web |url=https://uatv.ua/en/about-us/ |title=About us |website= |publisher= |access-date=8 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=14 December 2021 |title="DOM" AND UATV GOT 362 MILLION HRIVNYAS FOR NEXT YEAR |url=https://imi.org.ua/en/news/dom-and-uatv-got-362-million-hryavnyas-for-next-year-i42866 |work=Institute of Mass Information |access-date=8 June 2022}}</ref> It's transmitted live on its website, via satellite, and through [[cable television]] operators.<ref name="uatv.ua/about"/> It has content in English on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{YouTube|channel=UCOmfcmDrWs7iJrXx7V5Cnwg|title=UATV English}}</ref> Prior to its temporary closure in January 2020, the channel also broadcast in English, Ukrainian, [[Crimean Tatar language|Crimean Tatar]] and Arabic.<ref name="ukrinform-uatv">{{cite web |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/info/uatv.html |title=UA-TV |publisher=Ukrinform |access-date=8 June 2022}}</ref><ref name="khpg-axes">{{Cite news |last=[[Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group]] |title=Ukraine axes English & Crimean Tatar TV to launch risky Russian channel for occupied Donbas and Crimea |url=https://khpg.org//en/1579377963 |access-date=2022-03-18}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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* [http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=749-97-%EF Agency's statute (Statement of the Cabinet of Ministers)]
* [http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=749-97-%EF Agency's statute (Statement of the Cabinet of Ministers)]
* {{YouTube|channel=UCOmfcmDrWs7iJrXx7V5Cnwg|title=UATV English}}<!-- "UATV is funded in whole or in part by the Ukrainian government" -->
* {{YouTube|channel=UCOmfcmDrWs7iJrXx7V5Cnwg|title=UATV English}}<!-- "UATV is funded in whole or in part by the Ukrainian government" -->
* {{Telegram | ukrinform_news }}


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National News Agency of Ukraine
Native name
Українське національне інформаційне агентство
Company typeState enterprise
IndustryNews agency
FoundedMarch 16, 1918[1][2]
Headquarters8/16, Bohdan Khmelnytskoho,
Kyiv, Ukraine, 01001[3]
Key people
Oleksandr Kharchenko[4]
OwnerMinistry of Culture and Information Policy
Websiteukrinform.net[5]
uatv.ua/en/

The National News Agency of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Українське національне інформаційне агентство), or Ukrinform (Ukrainian: Укрінформ), is a state information and news agency, and international broadcaster of Ukraine. It was founded in 1918 during the Ukrainian War of Independence[6] 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.[7]

Ukrinform is Ukraine's representative of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) and the Black Sea Association of National News Agencies (BSANNA).[8]

Ukrinform delivers news stories in Ukrainian, English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, and Polish.[8]

History

Previous logo of Ukrinform

The state agency was established as the Bureau of Ukrainian Press (BUP) in 1918, yet since then it went through a series of reorganizations. During the Soviet period, it was associated with Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS).

  • 1918 – Bureau of Ukrainian Press
  • 1920 – All-Ukrainian bureau of the Russian Telegraph Agency (UkROSTA)
  • 1921 – Radio-Telegraph Agency of Ukraine (RATAU)
  • 1990 – Ukrainian National Informational Agency (UKRINFORM)
  • 1996 – State Informational Agency of Ukraine (DINAU)
  • 2000 – Ukrainian National Informational Agency (UKRINFORM)
  • 2015 – Ukrinform became a part of the Multimedia Broadcasting Platform of Ukraine (UA|TV)[9]
  • 2018 – Ukrinform signed a co-operation agreement with the Athens–Macedonian News Agency (ANA) providing for an exchange of news items in all categories.[10]
Corporate headquarters in Kyiv

Outlook

Ukrinform's main objectives are: the coverage of public policy and public life in Ukraine and providing information to government bodies; according to a Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine from February 19, 1997 the agency carries out its activities independently of political parties and public organizations.[11]

Per day Ukrinform issues reports in English, German, Ukrainian, Polish, French, Spanish, Japanese. Ukrinform delivers information to the media, TV channels, radio stations, official establishments and local governments, foreign embassies and Ukrainian diplomatic missions abroad and foreign media.[12] In March 2022, the Institute of Mass Information recommended the online media outlet Ukrinform as a reliable and trustworthy media outlet.[13]

Television

FREEДОМ (formerly UATV) is a Russian-language television news channel with focus on the Russo-Ukrainian War.[14][15] It's transmitted live on its website, via satellite, and through cable television operators.[14] It has content in English on YouTube.[16] Prior to its temporary closure in January 2020, the channel also broadcast in English, Ukrainian, Crimean Tatar and Arabic.[5][17]

References

  1. ^ Ukrainian National News Agency UKRINFORM celebrates its 90th anniversary, National Radio Company of Ukraine (May 15, 2008)
  2. ^ On March 1 the national news agency Ukrinform launched Ukraine's first Internet radio service, Government of Ukraine (March 2, 2005)
  3. ^ "Official website. Contact Us. ("Kyiv" spelling)". Mar 2017.
  4. ^ "Official website". Archived from the original on 2020-07-21. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  5. ^ a b "UA-TV". Ukrinform. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  6. ^ (in Ukrainian) Українському національному інформаційному агентству «Укрінформ» — 90 років. Вітаємо!, Телекритика (March 17, 2008)
  7. ^ "Ukrinform marks 100th anniversary of its foundation". ukrinform.net. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Information on Agency". www.ukrinform.net. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  9. ^ Рада ухвалила закон про іномовлення (in Ukrainian). Ukrinform. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  10. ^ "ANA signs deal with Ukraine's Ukrinform". Athens-Macedonian News Agency. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  11. ^ (in Ukrainian) Resolution of July 15, 1997 #749, Government of Ukraine (March 2, 2005)
  12. ^ THROUGH TRUTH AND OBJECTIVITY Archived 2007-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Victor Chamara, Director General Ukrinform on the official website of Ukrinform
  13. ^ "ІМІ рекомендує читати новини з достовірних джерел. Список медіа". imi.org.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  14. ^ a b "About us". Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  15. ^ ""DOM" AND UATV GOT 362 MILLION HRIVNYAS FOR NEXT YEAR". Institute of Mass Information. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  16. ^ UATV English's channel on YouTube
  17. ^ Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group. "Ukraine axes English & Crimean Tatar TV to launch risky Russian channel for occupied Donbas and Crimea". Retrieved 2022-03-18.

External links

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