Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)
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Novinite.com is Bulgaria
's largest English-language news provider. “Novinite” (Bulgarian
: “Новините“) means “The News” in Bulgarian. It is also sometimes referred to as SNA
by its forum users.
Through its website http://www.novinite.com (http://www.sofianewsagency.com) and its Breaking News newsletter, Novinite.com provides real-time coverage of the most recent events and developments in Bulgaria and around the world.
Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) publishes Sofia Morning News, an online daily newspaper
with paid subscription, and The Sofia Weekly, a free online weekly newspaper
which comes out every Saturday.
Novinite.com is quoted daily all over the world. Its website features a forum, a free archive with more than 101 000 articles, a search engine, news alerts, and dozens of other functions.
Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) is part of One Click Media Group.
In addition to the website, Novinite.com's first online daily newspaper
, Sofia Morning News (called Bulgarian Breaking News at the time), was launched on June 1, 2001.
On December 21, 2008, exactly 7 years, 9 months, and 10 days (or a total of 2 843 days) after its launch, Novinite.com published its 100 000th news article. This makes an average of more than 35 news articles per day.
The 1st news article ever published by Novinite.com was: "Radisson SAS Opens in Sofia
" (Sunday, March 11, 2001).
Novinite.com's 10 000th news article was: "Israeli PM Ariel Sharon
Won't Allow Ultra-Orthodox Parties to Rejoin Coalition" (Wednesday, May 22, 2002).
Novinite.com's 50 000th news article was: "King's Party: Saxe-Coburg
May Not Head Next Cabinet" (Thursday, July 14, 2005).
Novinite.com's 100 000th news article was, paradoxically, about Novinite.com itself: "Novinite.com Becomes Media Partner of Invest in Bulgaria 2009 Business Summit" (Sunday, December 21, 2008).
Novinite.com employs a news writing style directed at a global audience, i.e. people from all over the world who are interested in Bulgaria
. Novinite.com uses American English
.
Through its interviews, editorial comments, analyses, and contributors' articles, Novinite.com's Editorial Team also offers its readers an in-depth look into the major events and developments in Bulgaria as well as diverse interpretations and opinions.
Novinite.com's readers include foreign businessmen and managers of multinational corporations doing or planning to do business in Bulgaria, diplomats in foreign embassies in Sofia
and from all over the world, foreign citizens living in Bulgaria, foreign tourists, members of the Bulgarian
immigrant communities around the world, and general Bulgaria lovers from around the globe.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
's largest English-language news provider. “Novinite” (Bulgarian
Bulgarian language
Bulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...
: “Новините“) means “The News” in Bulgarian. It is also sometimes referred to as SNA
SNA
SNA, Sna, or sna may refer to:In economics:* System of National Accounts, a conceptual framework that sets the international statistical standard for the measurement of the market economy* United Nations System of National Accounts...
by its forum users.
Through its website http://www.novinite.com (http://www.sofianewsagency.com) and its Breaking News newsletter, Novinite.com provides real-time coverage of the most recent events and developments in Bulgaria and around the world.
Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) publishes Sofia Morning News, an online daily newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
with paid subscription, and The Sofia Weekly, a free online weekly newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
which comes out every Saturday.
Novinite.com is quoted daily all over the world. Its website features a forum, a free archive with more than 101 000 articles, a search engine, news alerts, and dozens of other functions.
Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) is part of One Click Media Group.
History
Bulgaria's real-time English-language news provider, Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency), was founded in 2001 by the Bulgarian journalist, businessman, and public relations expert, Maxim Behar. It was formally launched on March 11, 2001.In addition to the website, Novinite.com's first online daily newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
, Sofia Morning News (called Bulgarian Breaking News at the time), was launched on June 1, 2001.
On December 21, 2008, exactly 7 years, 9 months, and 10 days (or a total of 2 843 days) after its launch, Novinite.com published its 100 000th news article. This makes an average of more than 35 news articles per day.
The 1st news article ever published by Novinite.com was: "Radisson SAS Opens in Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
" (Sunday, March 11, 2001).
Novinite.com's 10 000th news article was: "Israeli PM Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon is an Israeli statesman and retired general, who served as Israel’s 11th Prime Minister. He has been in a permanent vegetative state since suffering a stroke on 4 January 2006....
Won't Allow Ultra-Orthodox Parties to Rejoin Coalition" (Wednesday, May 22, 2002).
Novinite.com's 50 000th news article was: "King's Party: Saxe-Coburg
Saxe-Coburg
Saxe-Coburg was a duchy held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in today's Bavaria, Germany.After the Division of Erfurt in 1572, Coburg was part of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach, ruled by the Ernestine duke John Casimir jointly with his brother John Ernest. In 1596...
May Not Head Next Cabinet" (Thursday, July 14, 2005).
Novinite.com's 100 000th news article was, paradoxically, about Novinite.com itself: "Novinite.com Becomes Media Partner of Invest in Bulgaria 2009 Business Summit" (Sunday, December 21, 2008).
Coverage
The Editorial Team of Novinite.com is dedicated to providing unbiased real-time news coverage in English of every aspect of contemporary Bulgaria including (but not limited to) business and economy, politics, sports, society, culture, and lifestyle. Novinite.com also features world headlines covering the major world events and developments.Novinite.com employs a news writing style directed at a global audience, i.e. people from all over the world who are interested in Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
. Novinite.com uses American English
American English
American English is a set of dialects of the English language used mostly in the United States. Approximately two-thirds of the world's native speakers of English live in the United States....
.
Through its interviews, editorial comments, analyses, and contributors' articles, Novinite.com's Editorial Team also offers its readers an in-depth look into the major events and developments in Bulgaria as well as diverse interpretations and opinions.
Readership
Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) has readers from all over the world thanks to its extensive use of the Internet and its features, and of English as an international language.Novinite.com's readers include foreign businessmen and managers of multinational corporations doing or planning to do business in Bulgaria, diplomats in foreign embassies in Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
and from all over the world, foreign citizens living in Bulgaria, foreign tourists, members of the Bulgarian
Bulgarians
The Bulgarians are a South Slavic nation and ethnic group native to Bulgaria and neighbouring regions. Emigration has resulted in immigrant communities in a number of other countries.-History and ethnogenesis:...
immigrant communities around the world, and general Bulgaria lovers from around the globe.