Romania’s Mediafax News Agency Expands Into Czech Republic

The agency provides newswires and press photography on all important events of the day. Information and photos are provided in real time, 24/7 via its websites www.mediafaxbiz.cz and www.mediafaxfoto.cz. Local media institutions thus benefit from some 300 news stories daily covering politics, business and finance, sports, social issues, culture, events in the Czech Republic and worldwide.

"We share with our Czech colleagues our experience in Romania, where Mediafax has been the leading information provider since 1995. We apply the same practices in Prague as in Romania," said Mediafax general manager Cristian Dimitriu.

Czech journalists observe the same editorial procedures as the Romanian newsroom and use similar online applications and technical platforms.

The Mediafax newsroom in Prague includes 120 experienced reporters, editors, press photographers, graphic designers, and 24 local correspondents throughout the country, coordinated by editor-in-chief Martin Švehlák and general manager Mihai Predescu.

The Czech news agency, the result of an investment of some EUR1.5 million by Media Pro Management, will also address end-consumers, via www.mediafax.cz, starting autumn.