STINA, founded in 1991, is an independent news agency located in Split, Croatia. Since then, STINA grew up into a respectable news agency that has been cooperating with numerous media and institutions in the country and abroad.
During that time, STINA developed specific, but also various information program that is realized via diverse services and projects which are treating issues of democratization, development of civil society, socialand economic reforms, human and minority rights, media freedom,etc.
Within this context, STINA has been especially developing informative and educational projects which makes it a unique specialized news agency in Croatia.

STINA momentarily collaborates with more than 100 media: in Croatia, with independent media in other states from the regionsof former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Macedonia,FRY-Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo), with independent media from Eastern and Central Europe and former Soviet Union (Romania,Bulgaria, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia,Estonia, Ukraine, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgystan) and some western media (USA, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden etc).

Also, some information services and projects organized by STINA are used by various international organizations, research and university centres and many NGOs.
STINAs headquarter is based in Split.
STINA has a correspondence and collaboration net in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other regions of former Yugoslavia, Central and eastern Europe. This collaboration net consists of about 50 co-workers.

STINA has a daily service in the Croatian language that analytically covers most significant occurrences in Croatia and events and processes in parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
STINA also emits analysis, comments, interviews, reports which are focused on the problems of Human rights, interethnic relations and tolerance, conflict resolutions, development of civil societya and democratic institutions, multicultural cooperation , implementation of political, social and economic reforms.

STINA has a weekly service in English language for the Eastern and Central Europe (Network of Independent Journalists) which provides independent media in this region with analytic articles about political , economic, social, ethnic and other problems and processes of post-totalitarian societies in transition.

STINA also realizes special projects like news information service for refugees (special radio shows, newsletters, etc.), special information items related to elections , service for inter-ethnic relations and minority rights, special analysis of the media situatiion etc.

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ADDRESS: STINA News Agency
                  Setaliste Bacvice 10
                  21 000 Split
                  Croatia

TELEPHONE/FAX: + 385 21 488 945, 488 936, 321 421

EMAIL: stina@zamir.net
            stina@st.tel.hr