# APA (Azerbaijan)

> APA (Azerbaijan) is a news source in the TOLD catalogue, based in Azerbaijan. TOLD classifies its editorial position as **State-influenced**.

- **Domain:** en.apa.az
- **Website:** https://en.apa.az
- **Country:** Azerbaijan
- **Region:** Europe
- **Language:** Azerbaijani, English, Russian, French and Persian
- **Editorial position on TOLD:** State-influenced
- **Founded:** 2004

## About

In APA's Baku newsroom the day is measured in presidential decrees, ambassadorial appointments and ministry readouts, roughly a hundred items an edition across five languages. The wire that calls itself Azerbaijan's first independent agency had its entire senior editorial line decorated by the head of state in a single order last summer. When journalists from other outlets were jailed, it ran the prosecution's case and described the accused as people presenting themselves as journalists.

## Profile

- **Ownership:** Published by Azeri-Press Agency LLC within APA Group, founded in 2004 by Vusala Mahirgizi, who remains group president and sits on the board of the Azerbaijan Press Council. Privately held with no documented state equity. No owner, director or editor is named anywhere on the outlet's own pages.
- **Funding:** Wire subscriptions, a paid-content tier, advertising and media services; the subscriber base the agency itself lists includes government organisations, ministries and diplomatic missions. Registered in the mandatory state media register administered by a presidentially appointed agency.
- **Focus areas:** Presidential and government affairs, foreign policy and diplomacy, security, economy and energy, incidents, international wire, sport


## What the position means

TOLD classifies what an outlet publishes over time, based on ownership, funding
and focus. It describes a pattern; it is not a rating of quality and not a
ranking. Nothing in TOLD sorts, hides or promotes a source by its position.
State-aligned and partisan outlets are in the catalogue on purpose, labelled.

## Latest headlines

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- [CENTCOM rejects IRGC claim that supertanker struck mines in Strait of Hormuz](https://en.apa.az/america/centcom-rejects-irgc-claim-that-supertanker-struck-mines-in-strait-of-hormuz-522275) — 2026-08-31T13:27:00.000Z
- [President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev met with President of Kazakhstan in Bishkek - UPDATED-1](https://en.apa.az/official-news/president-of-azerbaijan-ilham-aliyev-met-with-president-of-kazakhstan-in-bishkek-updated-1-522233) — 2026-08-31T13:21:00.000Z
- [Meeting between Presidents of Azerbaijan and Iran commences in Bishkek](https://en.apa.az/official-news/meeting-between-presidents-of-azerbaijan-and-iran-commences-in-bishkek-522274) — 2026-08-31T13:05:00.000Z
- [Trump threatens Iran: We will hit them very hard](https://en.apa.az/america/trump-threatens-iran-we-will-hit-them-very-hard-522270) — 2026-08-31T12:49:00.000Z
- [Hakan Fidan: Mecca Defence Alliance is not an alternative to NATO](https://en.apa.az/asia/hakan-fidan-mecca-defence-alliance-is-not-an-alternative-to-nato-522269) — 2026-08-31T12:48:00.000Z
- [Speaker of Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova arrives in Republic of Serbia on a working visit](https://en.apa.az/foreign-policy/speaker-of-milli-majlis-sahiba-gafarova-arrives-in-republic-of-serbia-on-a-working-visit-522267) — 2026-08-31T12:46:00.000Z
- [Security measures tightened in Bishkek ahead of SCO Summit](https://en.apa.az/cis-countries/security-measures-tightened-in-bishkek-ahead-of-sco-summit-522264) — 2026-08-31T12:40:00.000Z
- [Trump calls Iran a failed state, says leadership is in total disarray](https://en.apa.az/america/trump-calls-iran-a-failed-state-says-leadership-is-in-total-disarray-522261) — 2026-08-31T12:37:00.000Z

## Assessment note

Latest assessment: 2026-07-28. Generated with TOLD Source Prompt Brief v1.2.7. TOLD summarizes framing patterns and third-party classifications; it does not assess factual accuracy, intent, or legitimacy. External classifications: 11 (5 themes).

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