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21/02/2023 - 10:17

Ukraine - a year of unprecedented coverage by AFP

Exactly one year ago, AFP reported live from Kyiv’s central Maidan Square that the Russian offensive had begun against Ukraine. Since then, the agency has deployed unprecedented resources to cover this war in the heart of Europe and its consequences for the daily lives of Ukrainians, Russians and people in the rest of the world.
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21/02/2023 - 09:45

Ukraine - a year of unprecedented coverage by AFP
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07/02/2023 - 16:15

AFP's fact-checks cited as benchmark by German study
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08/12/2022 - 16:26

MediaConnect (AFP subsidiary): new website on its first anniversary
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02/12/2022 - 10:04

AFP joins five new European hubs to fight disinformation

The European Commission has selected Agence France-Presse (AFP), a global leader in digital investigation, to be part of five new hubs dedicated to the fight against disinformation in 10 European countries.
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22/09/2022 - 07:57

‘‘Discovering past icons’’, AFP’s photographic heritage in the spotlight in Paris this autumn
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11/02/2022 - 19:00

Getty Images and AFP sign multi-year renewal of video partnership

Longstanding partnership continues to provide video creators around the world with unrivalled video coverage of news and lifestyle.
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21/09/2021 - 12:50

AFP strengthens its coverage of the Maghreb

AFP is strengthening its coverage of the strategically important Maghreb region, by launching a dedicated regional centre and boosting its network of journalists on the ground.
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16/09/2021 - 14:31

“The Poisoning”: an AFP documentary podcast on the Navalny saga

Alexei Navalny is arguably the most divisive figure in Russian politics, and certainly President Vladimir Putin’s most determined and well-known opponent. He was nearly poisoned to death in August 2020 in Siberia, and is now in a highsecurity prison. In a five-part documentary podcast, AFP takes you through the events -- worthy of a spy novel -- that have been unfolding for more than a year in Russia.
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26/08/2021 - 16:08

AFP photographers take centre stage at Visa pour l’Image 2021

AFP is presenting four exhibitions, including a retrospective of coverage of 10 years of civil war in Syria, at the 33rd edition of the International Festival of Photojournalism Visa Pour l’Image in Perpignan, from 28 August to 26 September.
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