AFP launches major coverage of Confederations Cup
AFP is sending a 40 strong team to the Confederations Cup, which runs from June 15 to 30 in Brazil and is seen as a rehearsal for next year’s World Cup.
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AFP is sending a 40 strong team to the Confederations Cup, which runs from June 15 to 30 in Brazil and is seen as a rehearsal for next year’s World Cup.
AFP and Relaxnews, which already offer their AFP-Relaxnews service in English and in French, are launching the service in Brazil on June 26.
AFP photographers scooped two gold medals, one silver and two bronze as the agency’s photographers dominated the annual Sportsfolio photo festival in Narbonne, France.
Some of its best photos from 2012 will be shown by the International News Agency AFP at the Photo Festival The Browse opening on June 13, 2013 in the German capital.
The international news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) has awarded the 2013 Kate Webb Prize for frontline journalism to Indonesian investigative reporter Stefanus Teguh Edi Pramono for his searing reportages on the bloody civil war in Syria and his eye-opening investigation into the murky underworld of the Jakarta drug trade.
AFP’s cutting edge photo coverage of the London Olympics is the focus of its exhibition at the Sportfolio Festival in the French Mediterranean city of Narbonne which runs from June 1 to 18.
AFP will broadcast live video of France’s first same-sex wedding, which will be held in the southern city of Montpellier today, Wednesday May 29. Two AFP cameras – one inside and one outside the city hall – will cover the wedding, which has attracted huge international interest.
AFPTV will broadcast live interviews with the award winners at the climax of the 66th Cannes Film Festival, the world’s premiere film Festival, on Sunday, May 26.
For the second year in a row, Agence France-Presse is teaming up with the city of Cannes to present “Cannes fait le mur”. For the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, this exhibit features 17 larger-than-life photographic portraits of stars displayed on Rue d’Antibes and around the city from 15 May to 30 June 2013.