Telegraphic Agency of Romania

AGERPRES Romanian National News Agency celebrates 131 since establishment on 27 March.   Since 1889 until now, AGERPRES has broadcast millions of news items, documentary materials and photographs.   After 131 years since its first news item, AGERPRES has received congratulations messages from partner media organisations and news agencies.

One of the most distinctive institutions of the Romanian state, AGERPRES, has a professional backstory closely related to the royal generations to this day, Prince Radu said on Thursday at an event dedicated to the 130th anniversary of Romania's oldest news agency held in the dining hall of the Bucharest Royal Palace.

The voice of the press gets where the voice of diplomacy and institutions sometimes loses its echo, Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodor Melescanu affirms in his congratulatory message to the AGERPRES National news Agency on the 130th anniversary since its establishment. "On March 27 AGERPRES celebrates its 130th anniversary.

Nadia Comaneci, the world's first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10.00 at the Olympic Games, wishes AGERPRES on its 130th anniversary since establishment to receive only scores of 10 for the news it publishes. "Many Happy Returns, AGERPRES, at 130 years of existence! I wish you to have many years ahead, to remain objective and to write what happens in Romanian sports.

AGERPRES National News Agency ranks among the fundamental institutions of the Romanian state, considers the President of the Romanian Academy, Ioan-Aurel Pop. "I believe that AGERPRES belongs now with the fundamental institutions of the Romanian state.

The US-Romania Strategic Partnership is an important demarche for both countries, to which AGERPRES news significantly contributes and also to mutual understanding, US Ambassador to Bucharest Hans Klemm affirms. "On behalf of the  Embassy of the United States, I extend our sincere congratulations to AGERPRES for its 130 succesful years of journalism.

British Ambassador to Romania Andrew Noble congratulates the National News Agency on the 130th anniversary since its establishment and states that AGERPRES is "an essential partner". I am very happy to be here with you, as you are preparing a great and important celebration, of 130 years. It is also the year in which Romania celebrates 30 years of freedom after the fall of communism.

The President of the Romanian Olympic and Sporting Committee (COSR), Mihai Covaliu, declared on the occasion of the 130th anniversary since the establishment of AGERPRES that he further expects the National News Agency to be there for the performances of the Romanian athletes at major international competitions.

Ambassador of Israel in Bucharest David Saranga says that in an era where information and the accuracy thereof are essential, the AGERPRES National News Agency has a very important role, because it informs "in an objective and professional manner". "It gives me great joy to congratulate AGERPRES on its 130th anniversary.

Former international football player Dorinel Munteanu told journalists of the AGERPRES National News Agency, in a message on the agency's 130th anniversary, to further preserve their objectivity and always highlight all the best.