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{{Infobox organization
[[Image:Bta-logo.jpg|right|150px|BTA logo]]
| name = Bulgarian News Agency
The '''Bulgarian News Agency''' ({{lang-bg|Българска телеграфна агенция}} ''"Bulgarian Telegraph Agency"''; abbreviated БТА, '''BTA''') is the national [[news agency]] of [[Bulgaria]].
| native_name = Българска телеграфна агенция
| native_name_lang = bg
| logo = Bta-logo.jpg
| logo_size = 100px
| image = BTA Bulgarian News Agency 002.JPG
| caption = BTA headquarters in [[Sofia]], 49 [[Tsarigradsko shose]]
| map =
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| abbreviation = BTA (Bulgarian)
| formation = {{start date|1898}}
| location_city = [[Sofia]]
| location_country = Bulgaria
| website = {{URL|www.bta.bg}}
}}
The '''Bulgarian News Agency''' ({{lang-langx|bg|Българска телеграфна агенция}} ''"|lit=Bulgarian Telegraph Agency"'';}}, abbreviated БТА, '''BTA''') is the national [[news agency]] of [[Bulgaria]].
 
==History and profile==
The BTA was founded in 1898<ref name=bsanna>{{cite web |title=Members |url=http://bsanna-news.ukrinform.ua/bsanna-members.php?lang=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211065852/http://bsanna-news.ukrinform.ua/bsanna-members.php?lang=en |dead-url-status=yesdead |archive-date=11 February 2007 |work=BSANNA |accessdate=23 January 2014 |df= }}</ref> through a decree of Knyaz [[Ferdinand of Bulgaria]] during the government of [[Konstantin Stoilov]].
 
It is the main source of information for the Bulgarian media and the country's governmental institutions. The agency's latest statute, regulating its activity, was adopted in 1994. The agency is a member of the [[European Alliance of News Agencies]] and of the Black Sea Association of National News Agencies.<ref name=bsanna/><ref>{{Cite web |title=EANA Member Agencies |url=https://www.newsalliance.org/members/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=www.newsalliance.org}}</ref> In addition, it is the founding member of the Balkan News Agencies.<ref name=bsanna/>
 
The BTA issues ''Daily News'', the only [[English-language]] Bulgarian daily,<ref name=bsanna/> as well as the weekly ''Bulgarian Economic Outlook'', also in English. In Bulgarian, the agency issues the established weekly magazine ''[[Paraleli]]'', the monthly culture-related magazine ''[[LIK]]'', and ''100%''.
 
Since February 2022, BTA’s news are free to use by all Bulgarian media outlets.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-06 |title=Agencies |url=https://europeannewsroom.com/about/agencies/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=European Newsroom |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.bta.bg/site/bg/index.shtml BTA website] offering regular news {{in lang|bg icon}}/{{|en icon}}
 
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