Politika
Politika is Serbia's oldest daily newspaper, founded in 1904 in Belgrade. It is a paper of record covering politics, culture and society, with a generally establishment-oriented line.
Politika at a glance
- Country
- Serbia
- Region
- Southern Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- politika.rs ↗
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How Crosswire groups Politika
Crosswire groups Politika as Centrist for comparisons within Serbia's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Serbia, Danas is listed as Left-leaning — so you can open Politika beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Politika sits in Serbia's press
Politika is one of 6 outlets tracked in Serbia, and one of 2 daily newspapers among them — the other being Danas. By outlets tracked, Serbia ranks 19th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.
Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 109 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Politika outside Serbia, starting with Southern Europe, are Times of Malta (Malta), Cyprus Mail (Cyprus), Delo (Slovenia) and Jutarnji list (Croatia). Opening one of them beside Politika is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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