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''Politika'' ( sr-Cyrl, Политика; ''

Politics Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

'') is a Serbian daily newspaper, published in

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...

. Founded in 1904 by

Vladislav F. Ribnikar Vladislav F. Ribnikar ( sr-Cyrl, Владислав Ф. Рибникар; 13 November 1871 – 1 September 1914) was a Serbian journalist, known for founding ''Politika'', the oldest Serbian daily. He led the newspaper from the day it was founde ...

, it is the oldest daily newspaper still in circulation in the

Balkans The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ...

Publishing and ownership

''Politika'' is published by Politika novine i magazini (PNM), a joint venture between

Politika AD Politika a.d. (full legal name: ''Politika a.d. Beograd'') ( BELEXPLTK is a Serbian media corporation founded in present form in 2005, and it has continually existed in various legal forms since 1904. It is partly owned by Government of Serbia a ...

and ''East Media Group''. The current director of PNM is Mira Glišić Simić. PNM also publishes: *''

Sportski žurnal ''Sportski žurnal'' (Serbian Cyrillic: Спортски журнал) is a Serbian sports daily newspaper. About half of the pages are devoted to football, whereas the rest deals with athletics, auto racing, basketball, boxing, cycling, judo, k ...

'' *'' Politikin zabavnik'' *''

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'' *''Ilustrovana politika'' *''Bazar''

Editorial history

(1904–1915) *Miomir Milenović i Jovan Tanović (1915–1941) *Živorad Minović (1985–1991) *Aleksandar Prlja (1991–1994) *Boško Jakšić (1994) *Dragan Hadži Antić (1994–2000) *Vojin Partonić (2000–2001) *Milan Mišić (2001–2005) *

Ljiljana Smajlović Ljiljana Smajlović (née Ugrica; born 22 January 1956, Sarajevo, PR Bosnia-Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian journalist and the former editor of ''Politika'', the oldest daily newspaper in the Balkans. From 2009 to 2017, she was the p ...

(2005–2008) *Radmilo Kljajić (2008) *Dragan Bujošević (2008–2013) *

(2013–2016) *Žarko Rakić (2016-2021) *Marko Albunović (since 2021)

History

Ever since its launch in January 1904, ''Politika'' was published daily, except for several periods: *Due to

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, there were no issues from 14 November 1914 to 21 December 1914, and again from 23 September 1915 to 1 December 1919 *Due to

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, there were no issues from 6 April 1941 to 28 October 1944 *In protest against government's intentions to turn ''Politika'' into a

state-owned enterprise A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a Government, government entity which is established or nationalised by the ''national government'' or ''provincial government'' by an executive order or an act of legislation in order to earn Profit (econom ...

, a single issue was not published in the summer of 1992 The launch issue had only four pages and a circulation of 2,450 copies, and its record high circulation was the 25 December 1973 issue (634,000 copies).

Reporting during the Yugoslav wars

In the run-up to and during the

breakup of Yugoslavia The breakup of Yugoslavia occurred as a result of a series of political upheavals and conflicts during the early 1990s. After a period of political and economic crisis in the 1980s, constituent republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

and the

Yugoslav wars The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related#Naimark, Naimark (2003), p. xvii. ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and Insurgency, insurgencies that took place in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia from ...

, Politika was under the control of

Slobodan Milošević Slobodan Milošević (, ; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the president of Serbia within Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1997 (originally the Socialist Republic of Serbia, a constituent republic of ...

and the League of Communists of Serbia and was used for political purposes. It was used to publish controversial things such as the ''

Vojko i Savle "''Vojko i Savle''" (English: Vojko and Savle) is the title of the defamatory article targeting Serbian intellectual Gojko Nikoliš that was planted during early 1987 in the state-owned ''Politika'' daily. The term also refers to the subsequent po ...

'' article, as well as an information guide to show what was allegedly happening to the Serbs in other republics, together with the

Radio Television of Serbia Radio Television of Serbia ( sr-Cyrl, Радио-телевизија Србије, sr-Lat, Radio-televizija Srbije, italics=yes; abbr. RTS/PTC) is Serbia's public broadcaster. It broadcasts and produces news, drama, and sports programming thro ...

. It blamed the local Kosovo Albanians for sodomizing

Đorđe Martinović Đorđe ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе;transliterated Djordje) is a Serbian given name, a Serbian variant, derived from Greek ''Georgios'' (''George'' in English). Other variants include: Đurđe, Đurađ, Đura, Đuro, Georgije. It may refer to: * Đor� ...

, and published fabricated reader letters claiming that the Albanians were "raping hundreds of Serbian women". Before and during the

Croatian War of Independence The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the Government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY)—and the Serb-controlled Yugosl ...

, it published opinions on how "blood may shed again" in Croatia because of World War II, published claims on how the Vatican funded Croatia to break up Yugoslavia. At the end of the

Battle of Vukovar The Battle of Vukovar was an 87-day siege of Vukovar in eastern Croatia by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various paramilitary forces from Serbia, between August and November 1991. Before the Croatian War of Independence the Bar ...

, it ran the fabricated story of the

Vukovar children massacre The Vukovar children massacre or Vukovar baby massacre refers to a well known case of propaganda during Yugoslav Wars. Two days after the Battle of Vukovar had ended, on 20 November 1991, Reuters reported that 41 Serb babies had been killed in t ...

. The article was however retracted with a statement published the following day.

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