Qatar News Agency

Qatar News Agency
Founded 1975 (1975)
Headquarters Doha, Qatar
Official website
Home Page[1] (English)

Qatar News Agency (Wakalat Al Anba Al Qatariya)[2] is a state-run Qatari news agency.[3][4][5]

History and profile

Qatar News Agency was established by a decree issued on 25 May 1975.[6][7] It is attached to the ministry of information.[8]

The agency provides news in Arabic and English.[3] It has also Spanish and Portuguese news services.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Archived 14 February 2011 at WebCite
  2. ↑ El Mustapha Lahlali (6 June 2011). Contemporary Arab Broadcast Media. Oxford University Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-7486-8864-7. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 Qatar News Agency (QNA) - news agency in Doha, Qatar with local news and community events Archived 14 February 2011 at WebCite
  4. ↑ Qatar Newspapers and News Sites Archived 14 February 2011 at WebCite
  5. ↑ BBC News - Qatar country profile Archived 14 February 2011 at WebCite
  6. ↑ Profile of Qatar - Media - Information Archived 14 February 2011 at WebCite
  7. ↑ Barrie Gunter; Roger Dickinson (6 June 2013). News Media in the Arab World: A Study of 10 Arab and Muslim Countries. A&C Black. p. 34. ISBN 1-4411-0239-6. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  8. ↑ Abbas Kadhim (15 February 2013). Governance in the Middle East and North Africa: A Handbook. Routledge. p. 273. ISBN 978-1-136-95966-0. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Information and Media". Embassy of Qatar. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
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