Algeria Press Service is a news agency based in Algeria and was created on 1 December 1961 in Tunis. It's first hand-typed news with the national flag's colours was then taken up by all the foreign media of the time. Covering all the national territory since January 1st 2009, APS correspondents collect news through a network gathered around 4 regional directorates: The Eastern , Western , Southern and the Central Regional Directorate. Ávailable in four languages English, French, Arabic, and Tamazight.