Agency dating back 72 years to birth of socialist Yugoslavia will cease operations as its mandate runs out and attempts at privatisation fail The Serbian government is shutting down 72-year-veteran national news agency Tanjug after two failed attempts at privatisation,Belgrade’s culture ministry said Wednesday.
Short for Telegrafska Agencija Nove Jugoslavije (Telegraphic Agency of the New Yugoslavia), Tanjug was created in 1943 by communist resistance fighters led by Josip Broz Tito.
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Source: theguardian.com