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The Baltic News Service (BNS) is the largest news agency operating in the Baltic states. Founded in April, 1990, by a group of students (the founding CEO was Allan Martinson), it sought to inform foreign correspondents in Moscow of developments in the Baltic states' struggles for independence from the Soviet Union. Within a few months, it had been recognized by numerous Western media sources. Today, BNS is a holding company for separate organizations in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. In 2003, the BNS publishing company in Estonia, BNS Kirjastus, bought the bankrupt news agency ETA.

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  • The Baltic News Service (BNS) is the largest news agency operating in the Baltic states. Founded in April, 1990, by a group of students (the founding CEO was Allan Martinson), it sought to inform foreign correspondents in Moscow of developments in the Baltic states' struggles for independence from the Soviet Union. Within a few months, it had been recognized by numerous Western media sources. Today, BNS is a holding company for separate organizations in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. BNS disseminates news in Russian and English (as well as the domestic languages of Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian) via the internet and by other means. Subscribers include media, financial, industrial, and government institutions in the Baltic states. BNS also collaborates with Agence France-Presse, Reuters, and Interfax. In 2003, the BNS publishing company in Estonia, BNS Kirjastus, bought the bankrupt news agency ETA. BNS was wholly owned by the Finnish media group Alma Media from 2001 until March 2014 when it was sold to OÜ, a company fully owned by the Estonian Ilmar Kompus who is also the proprietor of the Sky Plus radio station. Later, BNS was acquired by Eesti Meedia (now Postimees Group), which is owned by Estonian entrepreneur through investment firm . In late 2015, BNS was effectively joined by LETA (Latvia's formerly state-owned news agency) when UP Invest (a subsidiary of MM Group) acquired most shares in the Latvian agency. To satisfy regulatory concerns, Eesti Meedia sold Latvian BNS operations (subsequently renamed Latvian News Service) and media monitoring service Mediju Monitorings to a third-party Estonian company named AMP Investeeringud on 31 August 2015. Later, it was discovered that most employees of the Latvian News Service and Mediju Monitorings were transferred to LETA, but was not disclosed to the Latvian authorities at the time of the acquisition. On 18 January 2019, the imposed a €32,200 fine on MM Group. (en)
  • La Baltic News Service (BNS) è la più grande agenzia di stampa che operi nei paesi baltici. (it)
  • Baltic News Service (BNS) — крупное информационное агентство, действующее в странах Прибалтики (Эстонии, Латвии и Литвы). Агентство было основано в апреле 1990 года группой студентов МГУ (учредитель — ). Агентство распространяло в среде иностранных корреспондентов в Москве информацию о событиях в борьбе стран Балтии за независимость от Советского Союза. В течение нескольких месяцев оно было признано многочисленными западными источниками средств массовой информации. Сегодня BNS представляет собой холдинг, объединяющий самостоятельные агентства в Эстонии, Латвии и Литве. BNS распространяет новости на русском и английском языках (а также на внутренних языках Эстонии, Латвии и Литвы) по сети Интернет, а также другими способами. В число подписчиков входят средства массовой информации, финансовые, промышленные и правительственные учреждения в странах Балтии. BNS также сотрудничает с Agence France-Presse, Reuters и Интерфаксом. С 2001 года BNS полностью принадлежала финской медиа-группе до марта 2014 года, когда она была продана эстонской компании, которой также принадлежит радиостанция Sky Plus и русскоязычная радиостаннция . В 2003 году эстонское агентство BNS присоединила обанкротившееся информационное агентство ETA (Eesti Teadeteagentuur). (ru)
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  • La Baltic News Service (BNS) è la più grande agenzia di stampa che operi nei paesi baltici. (it)
  • The Baltic News Service (BNS) is the largest news agency operating in the Baltic states. Founded in April, 1990, by a group of students (the founding CEO was Allan Martinson), it sought to inform foreign correspondents in Moscow of developments in the Baltic states' struggles for independence from the Soviet Union. Within a few months, it had been recognized by numerous Western media sources. Today, BNS is a holding company for separate organizations in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. In 2003, the BNS publishing company in Estonia, BNS Kirjastus, bought the bankrupt news agency ETA. (en)
  • Baltic News Service (BNS) — крупное информационное агентство, действующее в странах Прибалтики (Эстонии, Латвии и Литвы). Агентство было основано в апреле 1990 года группой студентов МГУ (учредитель — ). Агентство распространяло в среде иностранных корреспондентов в Москве информацию о событиях в борьбе стран Балтии за независимость от Советского Союза. В течение нескольких месяцев оно было признано многочисленными западными источниками средств массовой информации. Сегодня BNS представляет собой холдинг, объединяющий самостоятельные агентства в Эстонии, Латвии и Литве. (ru)
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