Vakarų ekspresas () is the largest regional newspaper of

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with daily circulation of 15,000–20,000 copies. ''Vakarų ekspresas'' is published daily, except for Sundays. Its supplements include ''Eteris'' (TV guide), ''Autosalonas'' (automobiles), ''Sveikata'' (health), ''Litas prie lito'' (money advice), ''Jūros vartai'' (regional news), ''Kultūros uostas'' (culture) and ''Šeštadienis'' (Saturday). The newspaper is distributed in

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. Established on September 15, 1990, ''Vakarų ekspresas'' developed from weekly ''Mažoji Lietuva'' (named after

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). On July 1, 1996 JSC ''Mažoji Lietuva'' was transformed into UAB ''Brolių Tomkų leidyba''. In 1999, a web page was started http://www.vakaru-ekspresas.lt, which was changed to http://www.ve.lt in 2004. In 1988 July 7 a group of young journalists and technical workers who worked at the then LKP Klaipėda City Executive Committee publication "Tarybinė Klaipėda" published the publication "News of Reorganization" in a xenographic way after the first meeting of Sąjūdis activists. Its circulation was 30 copies. From the second issue, the name of the publication was changed to "Mažoji Lietuva". At that time, the editorial staff of the weekly newspaper was located in two cities: Klaipėda and Vilnius. The aim was that it would be a youthful, conservative canon-breaking, brave, witty, colorful newspaper. It was also a national, republican political weekly. 1989-1991 the circulation of this weekly varied from 30,000 to 50,000 copies. "Mažoji Lietuva" was the most popular in Lithuania for a year and a half, even more popular than "Rebirth".

Prominent journalists

* Ramunė Visockytė * Vytautas Čepas * Gintaras Vaičekauskas

References

External links

Official website
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