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Huawei selects MediaConnect for the global distribution of its press releases

Tech / Digital

MediaConnect

Huawei selects MediaConnect for the global distribution of its press releases

Huawei selects MediaConnect for the global distribution of its press releases

Huawei entrusts AFP’s MediaConnect with global press distribution.

29 September 2025

1 min

ChatEurope, the first chatbot dedicated to European news

Diplomacy / International

Diplomacy / International

ChatEurope

ChatEurope, the first chatbot dedicated to European news

ChatEurope, the first chatbot dedicated to European news

Where have rents increased the most in Europe? Who won the presidential election in Poland? What does the European rearmament plan entail? ... Everything you want to know about Europe, ask #ChatEurope and get the...

01 July 2025

2 min

AFP and Mistral AI announce global partnership to enhance AI responses with reliable news content

Media

Agence France-Presse

AFP and Mistral AI announce global partnership to enhance AI responses with reliable news content

AFP and Mistral AI announce global partnership to enhance AI responses with reliable news content

Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Mistral AI have formed a partnership that will provide Mistral's conversational AI assistant, Le Chat, with access to the full range of AFP's text stories. This collaboration will allow users to...

16 January 2025

1 min

World Press Photo 2024: AFP photographer Adem Altan wins the Europe Prize

Media

Agence France-Presse

World Press Photo 2024: AFP photographer Adem Altan wins the Europe Prize

World Press Photo 2024: AFP photographer Adem Altan wins the Europe Prize

The Europe Prize rewards the photo of the earthquake in Turkey, which happened in February 2023. Adem Altan is also in the running for the global World Press, which will be announced on April 18th.

03 April 2024

2 min

AFP condemns the strike on its Gaza bureau

Diplomacy / International

Diplomacy / International

Agence France-Presse

AFP condemns the strike on its Gaza bureau

AFP condemns the strike on its Gaza bureau

AFP Chairman and CEO, Fabrice Fries, has strongly condemned the strike that severely damaged the Agency’s office in Gaza on Thursday, November 2nd.

03 November 2023

1 min

Fabrice Fries (AFP) elected new President of the European Alliance of News Agencies

Media

Agence France-Presse

Fabrice Fries (AFP) elected new President of the European Alliance of News Agencies

Fabrice Fries (AFP) elected new President of the European Alliance of News Agencies

Fabrice Fries, CEO of Agence France-Presse, was elected as the new President of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA), for a two-year mandate, during the organisation’s General Assembly held in Paris on Thursday, September...

15 September 2023

1 min

Europe is in danger of losing the battery race

Diplomacy / International

Diplomacy / International

Cour des Comptes Européenne

Europe is in danger of losing the battery race

Europe is in danger of losing the battery race

> EU aspires to become global battery powerhouse > €8 billion of public support was put on the table to support the battery industry > Geopolitical and economic factors could slow down the expansion of...

19 June 2023

3 min

Ukrainian news agency trains in fact-checking with AFP and APA

Media

Agence France-Presse

Ukrainian news agency trains in fact-checking with AFP and APA

Ukrainian news agency trains in fact-checking with AFP and APA

After training with journalists from Agence France-Presse and the Austrian news agency APA, Ukraine’s largest news agency Ukrinform has started writing its own fact-check articles in an effort to confront a wave of war-related disinformation.

28 March 2023

1 min

EU freight transport: the truck continues to rule

Diplomacy / International

Diplomacy / International

Cour des Comptes Européenne

EU freight transport: the truck continues to rule

EU freight transport: the truck continues to rule

> The proportion of EU freight transported by road (about 77 %) is still on the rise > Some EU rules to promote other modes of transport are outdated or counterproductive > The European infrastructure...

27 March 2023

2 min

Ukraine - a year of unprecedented coverage by AFP

Diplomacy / International

Diplomacy / International

Agence France-Presse

Ukraine - a year of unprecedented coverage by AFP

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...

21 February 2023

2 min