Fact Check: award for AFP Warsaw bureau
Natalia Sawka and Maja Czarnecka, from the AFP Warsaw bureau, have received an award for their fact-checking work.
Riyadh (AFP) | 02/08/2026 - 09:48:56 | Saudi crown prince, Trump hold call on Mideast tensions: official media
Seoul (AFP) | 02/08/2026 - 07:00:46 | South Korea records its highest-ever temperature of 42.5C: weather agency
Moscow (AFP) | 02/08/2026 - 06:55:38 | Russia says intercepted 635 Ukrainian drones overnight
Washington (AFP) | 02/08/2026 - 04:21:31 | Trump says US, Israel to hold off on Iran strikes
Havana (AFP) | 02/08/2026 - 02:13:25 | Five of Cuba's 15 provinces without power due to grid failure: utility
Caracas (AFP) | 02/08/2026 - 00:31:32 | Venezuela transition talks to start in person next week: govt
Moscow (AFP) | 01/08/2026 - 22:53:40 | Deadly blast at Moscow restaurant a bombing: investigators
Lima (AFP) | 01/08/2026 - 21:52:18 | 13 dead after small plane carrying tourists crashes in southern Peru: police
Paris (AFP) | 01/08/2026 - 20:40:53 | France's fires are 'today under control', says PM
Moscow (AFP) | 01/08/2026 - 20:10:49 | Explosion near Moscow cafe kills three: police
Natalia Sawka and Maja Czarnecka, from the AFP Warsaw bureau, have received an award for their fact-checking work.
The International Federation of Journalists on Thursday condemned the killing of Mohammad Akhtar, a 31-year-old driver for AFP, in a suicide attack in Kabul and called for those responsible to be punished.
Agence France-Presse has appointed Sylvain Estibal to the post of regional director for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This is the first time a journalist from the image side has been chosen to head one of the Agency’s seven regions.
A Montenegro-based freelance reporter who has investigated organized crime in Europe and war crimes in the Balkans has been selected for the 2018 Peter Mackler Award named for an AFP journalist, organizers said Wednesday.
Leading journalists from more than 20 countries joined a call Tuesday for European MPs to approve a controversial media reform aimed at forcing internet giants to pay for news content.
September 7-12, 2018