The ''Gazeta Krakowska'', (full title ''Polska Gazeta Krakowska'') is the largest regional

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Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

, Poland, published five times a week in that city. Gazeta Krakowska was established on 15 February 1949. It features articles about politics, business, economy, popular history, culture, society and sports, entertainment, as well as

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. Even though, ''Krakowska'' has been in circulation since 1949, the very name appeared for the first time already in 1794 during the Kościuszko Insurrection. In 1981 the newspaper ''Krakowska'' became an icon of unbiased, independent information about the

Solidarity ''Solidarity'' is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. It is based on class collaboration.''Merriam Webster'', http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictio ...

movement, serving as popular platform for conveying striking workers' demands as well as the political commentaries against the official communist party line. At that crucial period in Polish postwar history, Maciej Szumowski served as its

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. At present ''Polska Gazeta Krakowska'' (Poland's Newspaper Krakowska) is the most important regional newspaper of

Lesser Poland Lesser Poland, often known by its Polish name Małopolska ( la, Polonia Minor), is a historical region situated in southern and south-eastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Kraków. Throughout centuries, Lesser Poland developed a s ...

. ''Gazeta Krakowska'' is produced by a branch of Polskapresse Publishing Group called Prasa Krakowska. At first, the newspaper was part of a publishing conglomerate owned by the

Polish United Workers' Party The Polish United Workers' Party ( pl, Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza; ), commonly abbreviated to PZPR, was the communist party which ruled the Polish People's Republic as a one-party state from 1948 to 1989. The PZPR had led two other lega ...

. Between 1 July 1975, and 30 December 1980 it appeared under the title ''Gazeta Południowa''. Its first editor-in-chief was Arnold Mostowicz. Currently (2008) the paper, owned by Polskapresse, is managed by Tomasz Lachowicz, its new editor-in-chief. Since 15 October 2007, ''Krakowska'' appears within the national newspaper chain called "Polska (dziennik)". "W poniedziałek debiutuje nowa Gazeta Krakowska,"
at mediafm.net portal medialny, 12.10.07.

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* * 1949 establishments in Poland Publications established in 1949 Polish-language newspapers Daily newspapers published in Poland Mass media in Kraków Polish news websites {{Poland-newspaper-stub