- Ukrainian Independent Information Agency
The UNIAN or Ukrainian Independent Information Agency ( _uk. Українське Незалежне Інформаційне Агентство, УНІАН; "Ukrayins'ke Nezalezhne Informatsiyne Ahentstvo") is a
Kyiv -based Ukrainiannews agency . It produces and provides of political, business and financial information, as well as popularphoto reporting service.Founded March
1993 , UNIAN is now used by majornewspaper s, TV-channels, andradio stations as one of the main information sources. A partial list of clients includes:
*Reuters
*Associated Press
*ITAR-TASS
*BBC
*Voice of America
*Coca Cola
*McDonald's
*Philip Morris
*Minolta
*"Fakty i Kommentarii "
*"Den"UNIAN also hosts the country's most popular
press conference hall, busy 5 hours a day.The agency has its own building, inherited from Soviet times. It is situated on the main
Khreschatyk street of the city.UNIAN is supposed to be a main ukrainian media-agency providing information from the western ukrainians' and anti-russian point of view. The agency avoids hiring independent journalists prefering those who are more loyal to Yulia Tymoshenko's government.
External links
* [http://www.unian.net/eng/ "UNIAN" online (English)]
* [http://www.unian.net/ukr/ "UNIAN" online (Ukrainian)]
* [http://www.unian.net/rus/ "UNIAN" online (Russian)]
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