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

daily 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 ...

published in

Cluj-Napoca ; hu, kincses város) , official_name=Cluj-Napoca , native_name= , image_skyline= , subdivision_type1 = Counties of Romania, County , subdivision_name1 = Cluj County , subdivision_type2 = Subdivisions of Romania, Status , subdivision_name2 ...

(''Kolozsvár''),

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

. 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 named ''Igazság'' (''Truth'') and was published in

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

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. ''Szabadság'' is the number one daily newspaper in the Cluj area, even though it is published in Hungarian.

External links

Szabadság Online edition
{{DEFAULTSORT:Szabadsag Hungarian-language newspapers Newspapers published in Cluj-Napoca Hungarians in Romania