TASS agyentstvo Sovyetskovo Soyuza") which was the central agency for news collection and distribution for all Soviet newspapers, radio and television stations. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the agency was renamed "Information Telegraph Agency of Russia" (ITAR-TASS) in 1992, but regained the simpler TASS name in 2014. The origin of TASS dates back to December 1902 when it began operations as the Commercial Telegraph Agency (TTA, Torgovo-Telegrafnoe Agentstvo) under the Ministry of Finance, with Torgovo-Promyshlennaya Gazeta's staff being the main supplier of journalists. As the demand for non-business began during the first battles of the Russo-Japanese War in February
Basilica News Agency Basilica News Agency Basilica News Agency is a media institution in Romania. Basilica News Agency is the official online news service of the Romanian Patriarchate, as part of the BASILICA Press Centre – The Communication and PR Department of the Patriarchal Administration. The official website of the Basilica News Agency of the Romanian Orthodox Church is http://www.basilica.ro. Basilica News Agency was founded as a department on 27 October 2007. The official website was launched on 16 June 2008. The event took place in Europa Christiana (Christian Europe) Hall of the Palace of the Patriarchate in Bucharest. The ceremony was opened