Azerbaijan Press Agency

For other uses, see APA (disambiguation).

Azeri Press Agency
Azəri Press Agentliyi

Industry	News agency
Founded	2004 (2004)
Headquarters	Baku, Azerbaijan
Key people	Vusala Mahirgizi, Director General
Products	news, publications
Website	www.apa.az

The Azerbaijan Press Agency (APA; Azerbaijani: Azəri Press Agentliyi) is one of the news agencies in Azerbaijan.

History and profile

The agency is an semi-official private limited liability company founded in 2004. It covers both international and domestic developments and is one of primary sources of news for most TV, radio stations, newspapers and other news outlets. Azeri Press-Release Agency is subdivided into several sections such as APA-News, APA-Economics, APA-Sports and APA-Photo. In addition to daily news, the agency offers video footages, financial rankings of banks, weekly and monthly analysis, forecasts and special photobanks. The agency has branch offices in the United States, Turkey, France, Romania, Russia, Georgia and other countries.

Its online version is published in Azerbaijani, Russian, English, French and Arabic. The agency has an expert group composed of famous political scientists who analyze publications from research centers and diplomatic corps.