''Hrvatska riječ'' (lit. ''The Croatian Word'') is a
Croatian language
Croatian (; ' ) is the standardized variety of the Serbo-Croatian pluricentric language used by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina, and other neighboring countries. It is the official ...
weekly
newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
in
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...
. It is currently published in
Subotica
Subotica ( sr-cyrl, Суботица, ; hu, Szabadka) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, ...
.
History
It was founded in 1945, with the purpose to serve as the information organ for the
Croatian minority of Serbia. It was published like this until 1956, but was no longer printed until 2003, when the newspaper was re-launched.
See also
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Croats of Serbia
Croats are a recognized national minority in Serbia, a status they received in 2002. The majority of the Bunjevac and Šokac communities traditionally identify as part of the Croatian minority as well. According to the 2011 census, there were 57 ...
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Croat National Council
Croatian National Council of the Republic of Serbia ( hr, Hrvatsko nacionalno vijeće Republike Srbije) is the representative body of Croats in Serbia, established for the protection of the rights and the minority self-government of Croats in Se ...
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Croats of Vojvodina
Croatian-language newspapers
Newspapers published in Serbia
Newspapers published in Yugoslavia
Newspapers established in 1945
Culture of Vojvodina
Mass media in Subotica
1945 establishments in Serbia
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