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As from 6 January 2002 CNA offers a Press
Release Service, on a subscription basis, offering interested organisations the possibility of distributing verbatim their press releases to the media and other subscribers of the Agency. Through this service, the releases of the Press and Information Office
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CNA transmits daily news items in Greek, English and
Turkish to its subscribers at home and abroad. Subscribers include daily and weekly newspapers, radio and television stations, international and national press agencies, international organisations, local public and private institutions, Cyprus
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Together with the budget for 2004, the
Council of Ministers and the House of Representatives approved the re-organisation of CNA and a new organisational chart which is to be implemented fully by the end of 2005, thus allowing a further upgrading of the services offered and the operation of the
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Previously, a private news service under the same name had been set up by
Miltiades Christodoulou, in 1957. On his appointment as director of the government Press and Information Office (PIO), he handed over to journalist Christakis Katsambas. The operation closed down in 1967.
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In addition to the news items distributed throughout the day, CNA also issues a Cyprus press review in Greek and a 24-hours news summary in Greek for overseas subscribers in large
Cypriot and Greek communities, as well as a bulletin on activities of Cypriots abroad.
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The Agency is planning the introduction of other news services and multimedia services, after implementation of its new organisational chart which will allow an increase of its editorial staff and working hours. These services include news in the format of
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Under the Act, CNA is governed by a seven-member Board of
Directors comprising established media professionals. The Board includes representatives of the Cyprus Journalists Union, the Cyprus Newspaper and Magazine Publishers Association, CyBC and the PIO.
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At the same time, CNA sought membership in established media organisations and regional associations of news agencies. Thus, it became a member of the
Alliance of Mediterranean News Agencies (AMAN), the European Alliance of Press Agencies (EAPA) and the
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As a national news agency, CNA focuses its attention on events in Cyprus and on developments abroad that have some bearing on Cyprus or are of particular interest to the country. It also covers news in the region and activities of the
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In 1996, an important year in the development of CNA, news in Greek was introduced, to meet the needs of the local news media which were proliferating, especially in the electronic field and the CNA home page was created on the
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Coverage includes developments in the Cyprus issue and the country's accession to the EU, as well as home news, domestic politics, foreign policy, economic and business news, social issues, culture/arts and sports.
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A landmark in CNA's history is the signing in 1996 of a cooperation agreement with the Athens News Agency (ANA), which provided CNA its first computerised editing system.
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In 1984, CNA expanded its activities, hired journalists and other staff and secured translation and distribution of its dispatches in other languages apart from
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in Cyprus, as chief editor of the Agency. Technical facilities were provided by the PIO, thus enabling
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approved legislation providing for the operation of the Cyprus News Agency as a "semi-governmental" news organisation with full
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embassies and press offices throughout the world, foreign embassies and diplomatic missions in Cyprus, as well as Cypriot and
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