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03/03/2026 - 00:53

The fall of the USSR, an AFP webdocumentary

Mikhail Gorbachev resigned on December 25, 1991, bringing an end to the Soviet Union.

03/03/2026 - 00:53

AFP 2012: VIDEO AND SPORT REMAIN PRIORITIES

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.

03/03/2026 - 00:53

AFP teams up with Yomiuri Shimbun on Japan images

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.

03/03/2026 - 00:53

AFP: PEDRO PARDO PHOTO SELECTED FOR TIME MAGAZINE’S TOP 10 PICTURES OF THE YEAR

TIME MAGAZINE HAS CHOSEN A PICTURE BY AFP PHOTOGRAPHER PEDRO PARDO AS ONE OF ITS TOP 10 PHOTOS OF THE YEAR.

03/03/2026 - 00:53

AFP CEO EMMANUEL HOOG OUTLINED THE AGENCY’S DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR BRAZIL DURING A NOVEMBER 25 - DECEMBER 1 TRIP TO LATIN AMERICA

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.

03/03/2026 - 00:53

AFP- The first global news agency to launch its iPad application in Spanish and Portuguese

GLOBAL NEWS AGENCY AFP LAUNCHES ITS IPAD APPLICATION IN SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE ON NOVEMBER 28TH.

03/03/2026 - 00:53

AFP 3D VIDEOGRAPHIC WINS ASIAN DIGITAL PUBLISHING INNOVATORS FIRST PRIZE

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

03/03/2026 - 00:53

AFP LAUNCHES SPORT DIRECT IN ENGLISH, A WIRE DEDICATED TO ILLUSTRATED SPORTS BRIEFS

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.

03/03/2026 - 00:53

GILLES CAMPION HAS BEEN APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION

TOKYO BUREAU CHIEF GILLES CAMPION HAS BEEN APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION FROM JULY 1 NEXT YEAR.

03/03/2026 - 00:53

DAVID MILLIKIN HAS BEEN APPOINTED DIRECTOR FOR NORTH AMERICA

DAVID MILLIKIN, CHIEF NEWS EDITOR FOR NORTH AMERICA, HAS BEEN APPOINTED DIRECTOR FOR NORTH AMERICA FROM APRIL 1.