Serbian PM laments closing of state news agency
Date
11/6/2015 6:49:11 PM
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) The Serbian prime minister has expressed his disappointment late Thursday over the closing of the state-run news agency
The Serbian government had decided to close Tanjug which was founded 72 years ago by the Communist authorities of former Yugoslavia after two attempts to privatize the agency attracted no bidders said the Ministry of Culture on Wednesday.
"I want to say for the sake of the shorthand record and history how disappointed I am with what has happened to Tanjug” Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday.
The closure of Tanjug will lead to the laying off of its 200 employees according to local media.
The decision was made on Oct. 31 but will formally take effect when it is published shortly in an official gazette. Meanwhile Tanjug is still operating but is expected to shut down at the end of the month local reports said.
Serbia is privatizing most state media outlets as part of reforms to join the European Union.
The Telegraphic Agency of the New Yugoslavia (Tanjug) was established in Jajce city in Bosnia on Nov. 5 1943 by the Yugoslavia Communist Party.
The aim of the agency was to inform the public about the struggles of Partisans in the Second World War and it has operated as the official news agency of former Yugoslavia until its break-up.
After 1992 it served as the news agency of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006 and of Serbia after that.
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