''Foaia Românească'' ("The Romanian Sheet" in
Romanian
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) is a
weekly newspaper
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published in
Hungary
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for
the Romanian minority of the country. It was the first newspaper established for the
Romanian
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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
issue
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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
Budapest
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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
Romania
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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".
References
External links
* {{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