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16/06/2026 - 12:13

AFP and relaxnews launch the first worldwide leisure newswire

The international news agency AFP and leisure news service relaxnews joined forces Monday to launch the first global newswire devoted to leisure and lifestyle coverage at the Fondation Cartier in Paris.

16/06/2026 - 12:13

AFP photo of Obama featured on US post office souvenir

The US Postal Service has issued a souvenir commemorating Barack Obama's election as US president which features a portrait of the president-elect taken by an Agence France-Presse photographer.

16/06/2026 - 12:13

AFP and SKorean partner launch ’news community’ website

Agence France-Presse and its South Korean partner Thursday launched a website which seeks to become the leading news community site in one of the world's most wired nations.

16/06/2026 - 12:13

Debate in Sarajevo on the role of the media in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Twenty years after war broke out in Bosnia, the AFP Foundation, the Council of Europe, and the Press Council and Journalists Association of Bosnia-Herzegovina stage a major debate in Sarajevo on the role of the media in the country today.
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16/06/2026 - 12:13

A Pulitzer for AFP: Afghan photographer Massoud Hossaini wins award

16/06/2026 - 12:13

AFP awarded six prestigious photo prizes

16/06/2026 - 12:13

AFP wins three prizes at the Human Rights Press Awards

Two AFP photographers honoured on 21 April at the 16th "Human Rights Press Awards in Hong Kong.

16/06/2026 - 12:13

Pulitzer prize winner Massoud Hossaini visits the US

AFP photographer Massoud Hossaini starts a 10-day tour of the northeastern United States on May 20th, having recently been awarded the Pulitzer prize in the Breaking News Photography category.
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16/06/2026 - 12:13

Three AFP Photo Exhibitions at "Visa pour l’Image"

Photo Journalism's International Festival, Visa pour l'Image, held in Perpignan from September 1 to 16, will highlight the work of six AFP Photographers who will be available for interviews throughout the Professional Week.

16/06/2026 - 12:13

September 25 Board of Directors’meeting: AFP confirms that it will post a positive operative margin at the end of 2012

AMIDST DIFFICULT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, A SUSTAINED INTERNATIONAL CRISIS AND STRUCTURAL DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED BY THE FRENCH PRESS, AFP – ON THE OCCASION OF ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING HELD ON 25 SEPTEMBER – CONFIRMED A TRIPLE OBJECTIVE:
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