The Association of the Balkan News Agencies – Southeast Europe (ABNA-SE) is a non-profit professional association of the news agencies of South East European countries.
The ABNA-SE members are Albania’s ATA, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s FENA, Bulgaria’s BTA, Croatia’s HINA, Cyprus’s CNA, Greece’s ANA-MPA, Italy’s ANSA, Kosovo’s KosovaPress, Montenegro’s MINA, Republic of North Macedonia’s MIA, Romania’s Agerpress and Türkiye’s Anadolu Agency.
The ABNA-SE was established in 1995 with an aim of developing cooperation among its members news agencies, as well as helping to establish a climate of peace, friendship, security and cooperation in the Balkans and South East region.
The Statute of ABNA-SE, adopted at the 30th ABNA-SE General Assembly in Burgas (on the Black Sea) on September 19, 2022 follows the principles enshrined in the Statute of the European Association of News Agencies (EANA).
The seat of ABNA-SE is Sofia, Bulgaria, where the Association’s Secretariat is based.

