BelaPAN
| Industry | News agency |
|---|---|
| Founded | 19 November 1991 |
| Founders | Aleś Lipaj, Vital Cyhankoŭ |
| Headquarters | Minsk, Belarus |
| Website | belapan.by |
The Belarusian Private News Agency or shortly BelaPAN (Belarusian: БелаПАН) is a non-governmental independent Belarusian news agency, one of the main in the country. BelaPAN provides news on politics, economy, and sports from Belarus in Russian, Belarusian and English. The staff includes a wide net of reporters and correspondents.
The company also runs projects related to advertising, elections monitoring, etc. BelaPAN owns the on-line newspaper Belorusskiye Novosti.
Since 2004, BelaPAN is the only Belarusian representative in the CEE-BusinessLine. According to Media IQ in 2019, BelaPAN had the highest rating of being clear from state propaganda. The agency is characterized by a well-balanced, objective and impartial coverage of current events both on Eastern and Western political spheres.