''Zuerst!'' () is a monthly German
news magazine
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published in
Selent, Germany. The magazine has a
far-right-wing political stance.
History
''Zuerst!'' was founded in January 2010 as a successor to the now-defunct ''
Nation und Europa'' magazine.
[ It was supported by right-wing publishers in Germany.]Bauer media group
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which also owned it later.Der Spiegel
(, , stylized in all caps) is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. With a weekly circulation of about 724,000 copies in 2022, it is one of the largest such publications in Europe. It was founded in 1947 by John Seymour Chaloner ...
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Editors of the magazine also write for other right-wing publications.][ The former ]editors-in-chief
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of ''Zuerst!'' are Günther Deschner[ and Manuel Ochsenreiter. Andreas Karsten was named as the editor-in-chief in December 2021.
The monthly, which provides news on the ]economy
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, current affairs, travel and culture
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, is also distributed in Austria, Luxembourg, Switzerland and South Tyrol
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Political leaning and controversy
''Zuerst!'' reported its political leaning and policy as follows: "The German news magazine ZUERST! will serve German - not foreign - interests."[
In 2019 the editor Manuel Ochsenreiter was accused of sponsoring a group of radical Poles who staged a ]false flag
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arson attack of Hungarian culture center in Uzhhorod
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in order to discredit the government of Ukraine. The Poles testified in court that Ochsenreiter, who had long lasting ties to Russian government and separatists in Ukraine, passed them money and instructed them as to the way of conducting the arson for it to have most media impact. According to OCCRP investigation, Ochsenreiter received thousands of euros from Russia's International Agency for Current Policy for publishing pro-Russian articles. In 2019, when investigation into the false flag attack in Ukraine was initiated, Ochsenreiter fled to Moscow and lived there until he died in suspicious circumstances in August 2021.
See also
* List of magazines in Germany
The following is an incomplete list of current and defunct magazines published in Germany. Their language may be German or other languages.
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*''11 Freunde''
*''1000°''
*''5vor12''
*''7 Tage''
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*''ABC-Zeitung''
*''Abenteuer Archäologie' ...
References
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2010 establishments in Germany
Bauer Media Group
German-language magazines
Magazines established in 2010
Monthly magazines published in Germany
News magazines published in Germany
Political magazines published in Germany