''Foaia Românească'' ("The Romanian Sheet" in

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) is a

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published in

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for the Romanian minority of the country. It was the first newspaper established for the

minority of post- Trianon Hungary and it is the one with the longest and widest level of circulation within the country. ''Foaia Românească'' was founded by the Cultural Union of the Romanians of Hungary in the summer of 1950 and was originally known as ''Libertatea Noastră'' ("Our Freedom"). In that year, the newspaper emitted a single

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, resuming its activity on 15 January 1951. At first, the redaction team was located at the teachers' room of the Nicolae Bălcescu Romanian Gymnasium, Primary School and College of the town of Gyula ( ro, Jula or ), and it was mostly composed by teachers. In the end of 1957, the headquarters of the newspaper were moved to

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, the newspaper was renamed to ''Foaia Noastră'' ("Our Sheet") and most of the redaction team was changed as well. They were returned to Gyula in 1971. In 1978, the newspaper adopted a regular weekly publication. The new staff attempted to be as close to the readership as possible and get as many subscribers as possible, reaching an all-time high of 1,500 in the mid-80s, with hundreds of these being in

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. In the 90s, the newspaper introduced some renovations to itself after the fall of the communist regime in Hungary, also being renamed first to ''Noi, românii din Ungaria'' ("Us, Romanians of Hungary") and then to ''Noi, săptămânal al românilor din Ungaria'' ("Us, the Weekly of the Romanians of Hungary"). In 1998, the newspaper adopted its current title, ''Foaia Românească''. Since the early 2000s, it refers to itself as "the only Romanian-language newspaper focused on the problems of the Romanians of Hungary".

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* {{URL, https://adt.arcanum.com/en/collection/FoaiaRomaneasca/, Full digitalized collection of all volumes of ''Foaia Românească''. Arcanum Digitheca. Romanians in Hungary Romanian-language newspapers 1950 establishments in Hungary Weekly newspapers published in Hungary Publications established in 1950 Gyula, Hungary Newspapers published in Budapest