Preliminary meetings for the establishment of ABNA were held on November 28-29, 1994 in Thessaloniki and on April 28, 1995 in Sofia. The 1st Founding General Assembly took place in June 1995 while the rest General Assemblies were held as follows:
| 1st | General Assembly | Thessaloniki (MPA) | June 23-25, 1995 |
| 2nd | General Assembly | Antalya (ANADOLU) | December 15-16, 1995 |
| 3rd | General Assembly | Athens (ANA) | June 22-23, 1996 |
| 4th | General Assembly | Thessaloniki (MPA) | June 30 – July 1, 1997 |
| 5th | General Assembly | Thessaloniki (MPA) | November 27-28, 1997 |
| 6th | General Assembly | Ohrid (MIA) | June 27-28, 1998 |
| 7th | General Assembly | Sofia (BTA) | November 20-21, 1998 |
| 8th | General Assembly | Durres (ATA) | June 10-11, 1999 |
| 9th | General Assembly | Kusadasi (ANADOLU) | December 18-19, 1999 |
| 10th | General Assembly | Thessaloniki (MPA) | November23-24, 2000 |
| 11th | General Assembly | Athens (ANA) | November 9-10, 2001 |
| 12th | General Assembly | Ankara (ANADOLU) | January 25-26, 2002 |
| 13th | General Assembly | Belgrade (TANJUG) | February 24-25, 2003 |
| 14th | General Assembly | Thessaloniki-Grevena (MPA) | December 3-4, 2004 |
| 15th | General Assembly | Banja Luka (SRNA) | October 28-29, 2005 |
| 16th | General Assembly | Marmaris (ANADOLU) | October 27-28, 2006 |
| 17th | General Assembly | Athens (ANA) | December 6-7, 2007 |
| 18th | General Assembly | Sofia-V.Turnovo (BTA-TANJUG) | October 30-2/11, 2009 |
| 19th | General Assembly | Belgrade (TANJUG) | October 28-31, 2010 |
| 20th | General Assembly | Limassol (CNA) | November 13-15, 2011 |
| 21st | General Assembly | Skopje (MIA) | November 1-3, 2012 |
| 22nd | General Assembly | Sibiu (AGERPRES) | December 9-11, 2013 |
| 23rd | General Assembly | Durres (ATA) | November 13-16, 2014 |
| 20th | Anniversary Conference | Bucharest (AGERPRES) | June 25-28, 2015 |
| 24th | General Assembly | Sarajevo (FENA) | October 1-4, 2015 |
A reference should be made to:
- Two extraordinary meetings of ABNA General Directors held in Thessaloniki in April 1999 and on March 30, 2001 on the occasion of developments in former Yugoslavia.
- The World News Agencies Summit hosted by ANADOLU in Istanbul on April 15-17, 2003 with the participation of ABNA Secretariat and members.
- The special meeting on the Olympic Games organized by ANA in Athens on January 8-9, 2001.
It should be noted that apart from the meetings of the general directors, the ABNA member technical directors also held meetings in Ankara on August 4-5, 1995 and in Thessaloniki on September 7-8, 1997.