Szabadság ('', Freedom'') is a Hungarian-language local

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published in

Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...

(''Kolozsvár''),

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. Its average circulation is about 7,000-8,000 copies a day, with a readership up to 40,000 readers.

Overview

The newspaper was first named ''Igazság'' (''Truth'') and was published in

communist Romania The Socialist Republic of Romania (, RSR) was a Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist One-party state, one-party socialist state that existed officially in Romania from 1947 to 1989 (see Revolutions of 1989). From 1947 to 1965, the state was ...

between 20 May 1945 to 22 December 1989. After the

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, it was renamed to ''Szabadság'' and continued to be published six times a week. On March 15, 1995, ''Szabadság'' became the first daily newspaper from Romania and Hungary with its own web page. It was the first in Romania to use the offset technology and to be published in full color. With a total staff of 30, including 20 journalists, the daily is distributed in 5 counties in central Transylvania. The newspaper is privately owned by the Minerva Cultural Association, an NGO led by employees of ''Szabadság''. The Hungarian-language daily is financially independent and does not receive any government grants. Its costs are covered by sales (around 60%) and advertising (40%). Less than 1% of its annual turnover comes from public foundations from Hungary and Romania. The newspaper is a member of MIDAS ( European Association of Daily Newspapers in Minority and Regional Languages).

References

External links

Szabadság Online edition
Hungarian-language newspapers Newspapers published in Cluj-Napoca Hungarians in Romania Minority languages newspapers {{romania-newspaper-stub