IN 2011, AFP PUT VIDEO AT THE HEART OF EXCEPTIONAL EDITORIAL COVERAGE, WITH WORLD EXCLUSIVES AND BROADENED REVENUE BASE
2011 : VIDEO COMES OF AGE AT AFP • Video is now firmly established as part of AFP's news coverage:
Paris (AFP) | 29/01/2026 - 12:01:25 | Iran army has 1,000 new drones, vows 'crushing response': army chief
Kyiv (AFP) | 29/01/2026 - 11:33:54 | Ukraine says has received 1,000 bodies from Russia
Moscow (AFP) | 29/01/2026 - 11:22:17 | Kremlin says room for negotiation on Iran 'not exhausted'
Beijing (AFP) | 29/01/2026 - 11:20:47 | UK drugs giant AstraZeneca to invest $15 bn in China
Brussels (AFP) | 29/01/2026 - 11:14:01 | 'Forever chemicals' could cost Europe up to €1.7 tn by 2050: report
London (AFP) | 29/01/2026 - 10:47:34 | Brent oil price tops $70 on Trump's Iran threats
Maputo (AFP) | 29/01/2026 - 10:33:51 | Mozambique officially relaunches huge TotalEnergies gas project
Addis Ababa (AFP) | 29/01/2026 - 10:22:33 | Flights to Ethiopia's Tigray region suspended as clashes erupt: diplomatic and security sources
Istanbul (AFP) | 29/01/2026 - 09:54:44 | Turkey to offer help resolving US-Iran tension when top diplomat visits Friday: source
Istanbul (AFP) | 29/01/2026 - 09:38:16 | Turkey plans to 'reinforce border security' if US attacks Iran: official to AFP
2011 : VIDEO COMES OF AGE AT AFP • Video is now firmly established as part of AFP's news coverage:
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned on December 25, 1991, bringing an end to the Soviet Union.
THE BOARD MET DEC 13, 2011 TO APPROVE THE AFP INTERIM RESULTS UP TO END-JUNE WHICH SHOWED THAT THE AGENCY HIT ITS TARGET FOR SALES, AT 140.3 MILLION EUROS, OPERATING PROFIT AT 9.0 MILLION EUROS AND NET PROFIT AT 200,000 EUROS.
Agence France-Presse (AFP) is teaming up with the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s giant newspaper group, to supply AFP clients worldwide with news pictures from Japan.
TIME MAGAZINE HAS CHOSEN A PICTURE BY AFP PHOTOGRAPHER PEDRO PARDO AS ONE OF ITS TOP 10 PHOTOS OF THE YEAR.
HOOG, AFP’S CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, CONFIRMED THE AGENCY’S INTENTION TO SPEED UP DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MARKETS IN BRAZIL AND FURTHER AFIELD IN LATIN AMERICA, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH NEW PRODUCTS AND BY STRENGTHENING THE EDITORIAL CONTENT IN PORTUGUESE. “BRAZIL IS AT THE CROSSROADS OF FOUR AFP PRIORITIES: INTERNATIONALISATION, VIDEO, MOBILE APPLICATIONS AND SPORT,” HE SAID.
GLOBAL NEWS AGENCY AFP LAUNCHES ITS IPAD APPLICATION IN SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE ON NOVEMBER 28TH.
The World Association of Journalists and Press Editors has awarded an AFP videographic first prize en the category "best online animated graphic" at the Asian Conference on Digital Media in Hong Kong
AFP launched in London Tuesday the English version of Sport Direct, a multimedia venture which brings together the Agency's unrivalled sports coverage network and its award-winning international photo service. Until now, it has only been available in French.
TOKYO BUREAU CHIEF GILLES CAMPION HAS BEEN APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION FROM JULY 1 NEXT YEAR.