TIRANA, April 4 /ATA/ – The Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA) and the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) signed Thursday a cooperation agreement on exchange of information between the two countries .
For the first time, a cooperation agreement on exchange of information was signed by the Director General of the Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA), Armela Krasniqi and General Manager of Slovenian Press Agency (STA), Bojan Veselinovic.
The signing of the co-operation agreement between the two agencies, as well as with a new EU member state as Slovenia, was considered very important, especially at a time when public opinion is being threatened by the fake news phenomenon.
ATA and STA are signatories to the “Tirana Declaration” to eradicate fake news.
Over the course of one year, four co-operation agreements with EU member states have been signed; the Athens News Agency ANA, the Bulgarian News agency BTA, the Polish Press Agency, PAP and the Slovenian Press Agency STA, while other agreements are expected to be signed.
The European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA), in which Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA) is a full-fledged member, held today a conference on “Opportunities For News Agencies In The Fight Against Disinformation”, in Berlin.//a./
