Trend, Focus news agencies establish partnership
Azerbaijan's Trend Agency and the Bulgarian Focus News Agency
signed an agreement on cooperation and information exchange on
November 4.
The document was signed by Trend Director General Ilgar Huseynov
and Focus President Krasimir Uzunov.
The sides will maintain regular exchange of relevant
information-analytical articles about the political, economic,
social and cultural-humanitarian situation in Azerbaijan and
Bulgaria. The sides also agreed to exchange relevant news about
Central Asia and the Balkans, according to the agreement.
FOCUS is the first Bulgarian private information agency and has
been working since 2000. It offers news in Bulgarian and in English
24 hours a day.
This information agency is the main source of information for the
local and regional media. The agency has 25 radio stations
throughout Bulgaria. FOCUS has correspondents and works with the
media in the capital cities of all the Balkan states.
Founded in 1995 as a private media outlet in Azerbaijan, Trend
Agency is a leading news provider in the Caucasus, Caspian and
Central Asian region. Trend has English, Russian, Azerbaijani,
Farsi, and Arabic news services, covering virtually the entire
global audience. The services are focused on regional news,
particularly from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan,
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Trend's main office is located in Baku
- Azerbaijan's capital.