Voice of America (VOA)

The Voice of America is a news organization funded by the U.S. government to provide information to Americans and foreigners outside the U.S. mainly through short wave radio transmissions.

VOA news bulletins are available at: http://www.voanews.com/
and news aticles in Greek are available at: http://www.voanews.com/Greek/

According to information provided by VOA:

The Charter of the Voice of America (U.S. Public Law 94-30)

The long-range interests of the United States are served by communicating
directly with the people of the world by radio.  To be effective, the
Voice of America (the Broadcasting Service of the United States Informa-
tion Agency) must win the attention and respect of listeners.  These
principles will therefore govern Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts:

1. VOA will serve as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of
   news.  VOA news will be accurate, objective and comprehensive.

2. VOA will represent America, not any single segment of American society,
   and will therefore present a balanced and comprehensive projection of
   significant American thought and institutions.

3. VOA will present the policies of the United States clearly and
   effectively, and will also present responsible discussion and opinion
   on those policies.

Also:

Approximately 59 percent of all VOA programming is news and 26 percent
is feature reporting about economics, science, agriculture, medicine,
sports, and American history and culture.  Music -- jazz, rock,
classical and "country" -- represents 12 percent of the programming and
editorials make up the remaining three percent.  VOA also produces
"Special English," "Tuning in the USA" and "English USA" programs to
help listeners learn and improve their English skills.  Each of these
elements contributes to the broad mosaic of information VOA offers to a
curious world.

In 1985, VOA began providing its programs to local AM and FM radio
stations around the world.  Today, VOA programs in 37 languages are
transmitted on 32 satellite circuits to over 1,000 independently-owned
stations in 118 countries, further expanding VOA's range of
listenership.


[...]  in 1953, that agency was established to carry out the
overseas information and cultural exchange programs of the
U.S. government, where it remains today.

On April 30, 1994, President Clinton signed the United States
International Broadcasting Act, officially combining for the first time
all U.S. government international broadcast services under a Board of
Governors.  The Board will oversee the operations of VOA and three
"surrogate" international broadcast services: Radio Free Europe, Radio
Liberty and the proposed Radio Free Asia, which was established by the
new law.  VOA will remain a U.S. government entity, and the three
independent organizations will receive grants from the Borad of
Governors.  VOA received approximately $215 million for operating
expenses from Congress in 1995.

http://www.voa.gov/

or

Voice of America
Office of External Affairs
+1 202-619-2538
January, 1995

330 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20547
(202) 485-6231