Industry | News agency |
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Founded | 19 November 1991 |
Founders | Aleś Lipaj, Vital Cyhankoŭ |
Headquarters | Minsk, Belarus |
Website | en.belapan.by |
The Belarusian Private News Agency or shortly BelaPAN (Belarusian: БелаПАН) is a non-governmental independent Belarusian news agency, one of the main in the country. BelaPAN provides news on politics, economy, and sports from Belarus in Russian, Belarusian and English.[1] The staff includes a wide net of reporters and correspondents.[2][3]
The company also runs projects related to advertising, elections monitoring, etc.[4] BelaPAN owns the on-line newspaper Belorusskiye Novosti.[5][6]
Since 2004, BelaPAN is the only Belarusian representative in the CEE-BusinessLine.[7][8] According to Media IQ in 2019, BelaPAN had the highest rating of being clear from state propaganda.[9][10] The agency is characterized by a well-balanced, objective and impartial coverage of current events both on Eastern and Western political spheres.[11][1]