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General Assembly Meetings

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 |
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.
Marmaris 2006
16th General Assembly
Banja Luka 2005
15th General Assembly
Thessaloniki 2004
14th General Assembly
Istanbul 2003
World News Agencies Summit
Kusadasi 1999
9th General Assembly
Durres 1999
8th General Assembly
Sofia 1998
7th General Assembly
Ohrid 1998
6th General Assembly
Thessaloniki 1997
4th General Assembly
Athens 1996
3rd General Assembly
Thessaloniki 1995
1st General Assembly
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