''La Padania'' was an Italian daily
newspaper
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
, and the official press organ of the political party
Lega Nord
Lega Nord (; acronym: LN), whose complete name is (), is a right-wing, federalist, populist and conservative political party in Italy. In the run-up of the 2018 general election, the party was rebranded as (), without changing its official n ...
.
History and profile
''La Padania'' was the official newspaper of
Northern League of
Umberto Bossi
Umberto Bossi (born 19 September 1941) is an Italian politician and former leader of Lega Nord (Northern League), a party seeking autonomy or independence for Northern Italy or Padania. He is married to the Sicilian Manuela Marrone, and has f ...
founded in 1997 by
Davide Caparini and directed by Gianluca Marchi (both coming from 'L'Indipendente' of
Vittorio Feltri
Vittorio Feltri ( Bergamo, born 25 June 1943) is an Italian journalist and editor in chief of daily ''Libero''.
Biography
Feltri was born in Bergamo, Italy. He graduated with a degree in Political Science and then started his career as journa ...
and Daniele Vimercati). It was delivered daily to newsstands and homes in Northern Italy since 8 January 1997. The paper was the official organ of the
right-wing
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party Lega Nord.
The 2009 circulation of ''La Padania'' was 60,000 copies.
La Padania
Affari Italiani.
Due to financial difficulties, publication of the daily newspaper was suspended on 1 December 2014.
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Italian-language newspapers
Lega Nord
Newspapers published in Milan
Padanian nationalism
Newspapers established in 1997
Daily newspapers published in Italy
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