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17 Facts About EFE

1.

EFE was created in 1939 by Ramon Serrano Suner, then Francoist faction's Interior Minister.

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2.

Agencia EFE is a news agency that covers all areas of information in the news media of the press, radio, television and Internet.

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3.

EFE has about 40 employees in the United States who voted on 29 September 2005 to be represented by the News Media Guild.

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4.

EFE was officially founded in the city of Burgos in 1939.

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5.

The former president and director of the agency Luis Maria Anson said in an article published in the Ya newspaper that the name of EFE was due to the participation of the old agencies Fabra, Febus and Faro in the new agency.

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6.

However, Ramon Serrano Suner acknowledged in a letter sent to Antonio Herrero Losada, director of the news agency Europa Press, that the EFE agency was named in this way because «F was the initial letter of Falange and Fe, which was the newspaper of Falange combat».

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7.

EFE added that «there was no mention that it was a reason for the name of Efe that this letter was Franco's initial.

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8.

In 1940, EFE moved its headquarters to a house at number 5 on Ayala Street in Madrid and opened a delegation in Barcelona.

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9.

In 1968, EFE acquired the Fiel news agency and in 1969 started small news services in English and French.

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10.

In 1972, EFE joined forces with several Central American media to create the Central American News Agency, based in Panama.

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11.

In 1977, EFE moved its headquarters to number 32 Espronceda Street, Madrid.

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12.

In 1986, EFE changed its logo and journalist Alfonso Sobrado Palomares was named President-Director-General.

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13.

In 1990 EFE gave the first Silver Ball Award to the best Ibero-American football player and in 1998 together with UNICEF, they created the Ibero-American Communication Awards for the Rights of Children and Adolescents.

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14.

In 1995, EFE was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities in recognition of its work, independence and neutrality.

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15.

Likewise, that year EFE was transferred from the Directorate-General for State Property of the Ministry of the Treasury to the public holding SEPI.

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16.

In 2006, EFE changed its logo and the first Statute of the EFE Editorial Board was approved.

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17.

The EFE Museum is inaugurated by the Acting Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy.

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