Makfax is an independent

Freedom of the press

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 news agency

News agency

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 in the Republic of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

. It was founded in 1992 and has been broadcasting news continuously for more than 15 years, since May 1993. Makfax is the first private news agency in the South East European (SEE) region. Makfax's users include all relevant media in the country and the region, alongside with the worldwide information services. Foreign embassies and missions in Macedonia are the users of the specialized service packages and news.

Being constantly in touch with the latest developments, MAKFAX launched the first news portal in Macedonia in three languages, Macedonian

Macedonian language

Macedonian is a South Slavic language spoken as a first language by approximately 2–3 million people principally in the region of Macedonia but also in the Macedonian diaspora...

, Albanian

Albanian language

Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...

 and English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

, seven days a week. MAKFAX is a member of the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute

International Press Institute

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 (IPI), the Association of Private News Agencies (APNA) and the Association of Macedonian printed media. It also enjoys support of the Paris

Paris

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-based World Association of Newspapers

World Association of Newspapers

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.

MAKFAX is an independent news agency, which delivers information on the latest and most current events. On its portal, MAKFAX offers two types of news, accessibility-wise. The free-access news are available to all visitors of the site and to all subscribers of the electronic (e-mail) packages.

External links

• Makfax Independent News Agency (in Macedonian
  Macedonian language
  Macedonian is a South Slavic language spoken as a first language by approximately 2–3 million people principally in the region of Macedonia but also in the Macedonian diaspora...
  
  , Albanian
  Albanian language
  Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...
  
   and English
  English language
  English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
  
  )