AFP and the Web3 art platform LaCollection have announced that a second collection of digital editions (NFT) of press photos from the agency's archives will go on sale in April 2023.

Agence France-Presse (AFP) is pleased to announce that Michael Mainville has taken up his role as the new Asia-Pacific Regional Director as of April 3rd, 2023.

AFP announced today the addition of EditorialFootage by NurPhoto videos to its partner content portfolio.

Thanks to its unmatched global network, AFP has the largest share of original content in the market, ensuring reliability and ease-of-use. AFP’s unique video offering is now reinforced with the introduction of EditorialFootage videos on its multimedia platforms.

AFP, in association with the European Fact-Checking Standards network (EFCSN) and other European stakeholders, announces the launch of a project to improve the capacities of European fact-checking organisations to tackle crisis situations. It is called FactCRICIS (European Fact-Checking Response in Climate Crises), co-funded by the European Union.

Leading global news agency AFP releases an online training course to equip journalists and journalism students with tools and techniques to tackle climate misinformation.

At its meeting on 20 April 2023, AFP's Board of Directors approved the accounts for the 2022 financial year, which confirm the Agency's continued financial recovery.

The Agency's commercial revenues reached €208.6 million, rising by 5.3% (+10.4 million) compared to 2021, at comparable exchange rates. For the first time in the Agency's history, the €200 million threshold for commercial revenue was exceeded. Business was driven by the Agency's three strategic development areas: video, digital investigation, and corporate and institutional activity.

From June 6th to June 9th, more than 400 million European citizens will elect a new five-year parliament. On this occasion, the European Data News Hub (EDNH) is releasing ‘‘European Elections: A How-To Guide’’, an interactive guide available in 9 languages compiled by AFP and the other 5 European press agencies partnering with the EDNH.

Debunking misinformation and publishing fact checks is essential but a new, unprecedented, project will soon help us understand better the disinformation phenomenon. “Narratives Observatory combatting Disinformation in Europe Systemically” or NODES is a pilot project set up by seven research and media partners including AFP, coming from four European countries and co-funded by the European Commission.

The brodhub.eu website is the work of the BROD project, which brings together researchers and journalists active in fact-checking in Bulgaria and Romania. BROD, the Bulgarian-Romanian Observatory of Digital Media, is one of the hubs of the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO).

The Dutch University INholland launched on May 13, 2024, fabricated, an interactive educational initiative designed by its Sustainable Media Lab, in partnership with AFP.