Lusa News Agency

Lusa News Agency
Native name
Lusa - Agência de Notícias de Portugal, S.A.
Company typePublic
IndustryNews agency
GenreNews
Predecessor
Founded1986
Headquarters
Lisbon
,
Portugal
Websitewww.lusa.pt

The Lusa News Agency (Portuguese: Lusa – Agência de Notícias de Portugal, SA; lit. 'Lusa - Portuguese News Agency') is the largest news agency in Portugal, as well as the largest news agency in the Portuguese language, incorporated on 28 November 1986[1] under the name of Agência Lusa — Cooperativa de Interesse Público de Responsabilidade Limitada (Lusa Agency - Public Interest Cooperative with Limited Liability) or simply Lusa - CIPRL, following the extinction of the earlier Portuguese news agency ANOP Agência Noticiosa Portuguesa (Portuguese News Agency).[2] Lusa is a member of, and participates in, the European Pressphoto Agency and is an active member of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA).[3][4]

  1. ^ Resolução do Conselho de Ministros n.º 84/86 (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022 – via dre.pt.
  2. ^ "A Nossa História". Lusa (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  3. ^ "EANA Member Agencies". www.newsalliance.org. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Participações Financeiras". Lusa (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2022.