Agence France-Presse, a global leader in digital investigation, has been selected in an open tender by the European Commission to help in the fight against disinformation in Hungary, which to date has no other recognised organisation in this field.

Agence France-Presse and Google today announced an agreement on the remuneration of neighbouring rights under French law. This follows months of constructive negotiations within the framework set by the French Competition Authority. The wider partnership with AFP will also encompass other projects, including a program dedicated to fact checking, with more details to be shared soon.

From January 2022, AFP will become a regular supplier of international video production for the prestigious German public television network ARD, one of Europe’s biggest audio-visual groups known for its daily news broadcast “Tagesschau”, rolling news channel tagesschau24 and website tagesschau.de.

Global News Director Phil Chetwynd has announced a reorganisation of AFP’s news management to strengthen coordination between its editorial departments and to create a truly multimedia team at the head of the agency.

The aim of this reform is to modernise the agency's structures to better reflect its editorial strategy and to strengthen its coverage of priority themes, foremost among them the future of the planet and the digital world.