Slobodna Dalmacija ("Free Dalmatia" in Croatian) is a Croatian daily newspaper published in Split. The first issue of Slobodna Dalmacija was published on June 17, 1943 by Tito's Partisans in a cave on Mosor, a mountain near Split, which was occupied by the Italian army during that time. The paper was later published in various locations until Split was liberated on October 26th 1944. From the following day onward, Slobodna Dalmacija has been published in Split.

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  • Slobodna Dalmacija ("Free Dalmatia" in Croatian) is a Croatian daily newspaper published in Split. The first issue of Slobodna Dalmacija was published on June 17, 1943 by Tito's Partisans in a cave on Mosor, a mountain near Split, which was occupied by the Italian army during that time. The paper was later published in various locations until Split was liberated on October 26th 1944. From the following day onward, Slobodna Dalmacija has been published in Split. Although it was originally viewed as a strictly Dalmatian regional newspaper, Slobodna Dalmacija, during the following decades, grew into one of the largest and most widely read daily newspapers of former Yugoslavia, with its circulation reaching a zenith in the late 1980s. Slobodna Dalmacija owed much of that success to its humour section. Many of the most popular Croatian humourists, like Miljenko Smoje, Đermano Senjanović and the trio that would later found Feral Tribune, began their careers there. Another reason for this success was the editorial policy of Joško Kulušić, who used the decline of Communism to allow the paper to become a forum for new political ideas. In the early 1990s Slobodna Dalmacija established a reputation as the newspaper with the most politically diverse group of columnists - from the extreme left to the extreme right - and one of the few truly free media publications in Croatia, unburdened with political bias. This state of affairs became intolerable for Franjo Tuđman and his government. In 1992, the government initiated proceedings against the paper, which would ultimately result in one of the most notorious scandals in recent Croatian history. "Slobodna Dalmacija" was privatised through the series of dubious administrative decisions, which resulted in Miroslav Kutle, a Zagreb businessman with close ties to the powerful defence minister Gojko Susak, becoming the new owner. After a brief attempt to prevent the handover by strike, the paper was formally taken over in March 1993. Many of the paper's veteran journalists and editorial staff were fired or left voluntarily. Miroslav Kutle instituted an editorial policy which promoted hardline nationalism, often in an even more explicit manner than that which appeared in other state-controlled media. This new policy was especially apparent during the coverage of the conflict between Croats and Bosniaks in neighbouring Bosnia-Herzegovina. The newspaper then saw a dramatic fall in circulation, which was due to in part to the fact that its regular readers were thoroughly disgusted by this new editorial direction. The generally poor state of the economy in war-torn Dalmatia was also considered a factor in the decline in readership. After the war ended in 1995, Slobodna Dalmacija was faced with serious financial problems, many of which were attributed to Miroslav Kutle's mismanagement. In late 1990s, on the brink of financial ruin, the newspaper was again taken over by the government. However, it retained its distinctively hard-line nationalist stance, even during the first year of Prime Minister Ivica Racan's left-of-center government. This hard-line stance escalated in early 2001 during the mass rallies in support of Mirko Norac and the other Croatian generals who had been accused of war crimes. In February 2001, the Croatian government reluctantly established a new editorial staff. In May 2005 Slobodna Dalmacija was reprivatised again. This time it was sold to Europapress Holding.
  • Die Slobodna Dalmacija (deut. Freies Dalmatien) ist eine kroatischsprachige Tageszeitung mit Redaktionssitz in Split. Die erste Ausgabe wurde in einem Schuppen auf dem Berg Mosor von Titos Partisanen veröffentlicht. Noch bevor Split am 26. Oktober 1944 befreit wurde, wurde die Zeitung in verschiedenen Städten wie Brštanovo, Split, Livno, Hvar und Vis herausgegeben. Obwohl die Slobodna Dalmacija für die Bevölkerung in der kroatischen Küstenregion Dalmatien vorgesehen war, wuchs sie in den folgenden Jahren zu einer der meistgelesenen und geschätzten Zeitungen im ehemaligen Jugoslawien heran und erreichte in den späten 1980er Jahren die höchsten Absatzzahlen. Teile des Erfolgs wurden durch die angesehenen Satireseiten der Slobodna und durch die Redaktionspolitik des ehemaligen Herausgebers Joško Kulušić erreicht. Somit förderte die Zeitung im damals kommunistischen Jugoslawien die Entstehung neuer politischer Ideen und trug auch gewichtig zum Zerfall Jugoslawiens bei. Da Kolumnisten, die sowohl dem rechten als auch den linken politischen Flügel angehörten, beschäftigt waren, konnte man die Slobodna zu einer der wenigen freien Zeitungen Anfang der 90er in Kroatien zählen. Dieser Zustand war der neugewählten kroatischen Regierung unter Franjo Tuđman ein Dorn im Auge, so dass die Zeitung massiv in ihrer Pressefreiheit bekämpft wurde und im Privatisierungsprozess des regierungsnahen Miroslav Kutle, der gute Kontakte zum ehemaligen kroatischen Kriegsminister Gojko Šušak unterhielt und von dubiosen Regierungsentscheidungen profitierte, 37% der Slobodna Dalmacija für einen Kaufpreis von 3,7 Millionen D-Mark übernahm. In Folge dessen wurden zahlreiche regierungskritische Mitarbeiter entlassen. Die Redaktionspolitik von Miroslav Kutle verfolgte einen ultra-nationalistischen Kurs, insbesondere als sich die Kroaten in kriegerischen Auseinandersetzungen mit den Bosniaken befanden. Die Slobodna Dalmacija verlor einen beträchtlichen Anteil ihrer Leser, der sich von Kutles Politik nicht angesprochen fühlte, und hatte nach dem Kriegsende 1995 mit schweren finanziellen Problemen zu kämpfen. Ende der 1990er fiel die Slobodna Dalmacija wieder in die Hände der kroatischen Regierung, dieses Mal in die Hände der mitte-links Regierung unter Ivica Račan, um somit den drohenden finanziellen Kollaps zu verhindern. 2001 wurde eine neue Redaktion eingesetzt und die ultra-nationalistische Haltung der Zeitung aufgegeben. Im Mai 2005 wurde die Slobodna Dalmacija an die Europapress Holding verkauft.
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  • Slobodna Dalmacija ("Free Dalmatia" in Croatian) is a Croatian daily newspaper published in Split. The first issue of Slobodna Dalmacija was published on June 17, 1943 by Tito's Partisans in a cave on Mosor, a mountain near Split, which was occupied by the Italian army during that time. The paper was later published in various locations until Split was liberated on October 26th 1944. From the following day onward, Slobodna Dalmacija has been published in Split.
  • Die Slobodna Dalmacija (deut. Freies Dalmatien) ist eine kroatischsprachige Tageszeitung mit Redaktionssitz in Split. Die erste Ausgabe wurde in einem Schuppen auf dem Berg Mosor von Titos Partisanen veröffentlicht. Noch bevor Split am 26. Oktober 1944 befreit wurde, wurde die Zeitung in verschiedenen Städten wie Brštanovo, Split, Livno, Hvar und Vis herausgegeben.
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