''Głos'' (meaning ''The Voice''; formerly ''Głos Ludu'', meaning ''The Voice of People'') is the main and largest Polish newspaper in the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

. It represents the

Polish minority in the Czech Republic The Polish minority in the Czech Republic is a Polish national minority living mainly in the Trans-Olza region of western Cieszyn Silesia. The Polish community is the only national (or ethnic) minority in the Czech Republic that is linked to a sp ...

, especially the

Trans-Olza Trans-Olza (, ; , ''Záolší''; ), also known as Trans-Olza Silesia (), is a territory in the Czech Republic which was disputed between Poland and Czechoslovakia during the Interwar Period. Its name comes from the Olza River. The history of ...

region.

History and profile

The first release of the ''Głos Ludu'' appeared on 9 June 1945, in

Fryštát Fryštát (; ; ; Cieszyn Silesia dialect, Cieszyn Silesian: ) is an administrative part of the city of Karviná in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Until 1948 it was a separate town. It lies on the Olza River, in the historic ...

. It firstly appeared weekly, then two times a week, from April 1946 three times a week. The circulation in the 1960s was 12,000. The editorial staff moved from Fryštát to

Český Těšín Český Těšín (; ; ) is a town in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. Český Těšín lies on the west bank of the Olza (river), Olza river, in the heart of the historical ...

and later to

Ostrava Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opa ...

, and since 2003, has been housed in Český Těšín again. For 45 years, it was published by the

Communist Party of Czechoslovakia The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia ( Czech and Slovak: ''Komunistická strana Československa'', KSČ) was a communist and Marxist–Leninist political party in Czechoslovakia that existed between 1921 and 1992. It was a member of the Com ...

, and since 1991 by the Congress of Poles. Since 2011 it is a member of the

European Association of Daily Newspapers in Minority and Regional Languages The European Association of Daily Newspapers in Minority and Regional Languages, also known as Minority Dailies Association (MIDAS), is a politically independent, non-profit association for ethnic minority, minority daily press with headquarters a ...

. ''Głos Ludu'' appeared on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays until 2018. Since 2018, the newspaper has been renamed to ''Głos'' and transformed to full-color format. It now appears on Tuesdays and Fridays with a circulation of 5,000. Published by the Congress of Poles, it is financially supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic. The current editor-in-chief is Tomasz Wolff.

Editors-in-chief

Henryk Jasiczek Henryk Jasiczek (2 March 1919 – 8 December 1976) was a Polish minority in the Czech Republic, Polish Czech journalist, poet, writer, and activist. He is considered one of the most important writers from the Trans-Olza region after World War II ...

(1945–1957) * Jan Szurman (1958–1964) * Tadeusz Siwek (1964–1969) * Stanisław Kondziołka (1969–1986) * Henryk Kiedroń (1986–1991) * Marek Matuszyński (1991–1992) * Marian Siedlaczek (1992–1994) * Władysław Biłko (1994–2000) * Henryka Bittmar (2000–2003) * Danuta Branna (2003–2005) * Beata Schönwald (2005–2008) * Wojciech Trzcionka (2008–2010) * Tomasz Wolff (2010–)

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