- Večernji list
Infobox Newspaper
name = Večernji list
caption =
type = Daily newspaper
format = Berliner
foundation =1959
ceased publication =
price = 6.00 kn
owners = Styria Medien AG
publisher = Večernji list d.d.
editor = Goran Ogurlić
language = Croatian
circulation =
headquarters =Slavonska avenija 4,Zagreb ,Croatia
ISSN = 0350-5006
website = http://www.vecernji.hr|Večernji list (English: "Evening paper") is a Croatian daily
newspaper published inZagreb .The newspaper (whose title means "Evening Newspaper") was started in the 1950s. Its ancestor "Večernji Vjesnik" ("Evening Courier") appeared for the first time on
June 3 ,1957 in Zagreb on 24 pages [cite web |url=http://www.vecernji.hr/newsroom/news/croatia/815773/index.do |publisher=Večernji list |title=50 godina preteče Večernjaka|date=2007-06-02 |accessdate=2008-02-27 |language=Croatian ] but quickly merged with "Narodni list" ("People's Paper") to form what is today Večernji list.Večernji list remained true to this reputation after the 1990 election. Even so,
Franjo Tuđman and his rulingCroatian Democratic Union expressed great interest in taking even more direct control over the newspaper through privatisation.Ivić Pašalić , one of Tudjman's most trusted advisors took part in that process. However, although the process wasn't particularly transparent, no actual criminal wrongdoings were discovered in subsequent inquires, despite a concerted campaign of Nacional weekly to prove otherwise.More damaging for Večernji list was the start of
Jutarnji list , a rival daily newspaper, in April 1998. Večernji list lost the top position in the Croatian media market.In early 2000s, the newspaper, officially owned by a
Virgin Islands financial group, was sold toStyria AG , an Austria-based media group. Under new management, the newspaper began to win back its readership, especially when it took a more critical approach towards the government. This approach intensified whenIvo Sanader became the country's prime minister. That, combined with the appointment ofMiljenko Manjkas , an old Tuđman cadre, for editor-in-chief, and especially some non-objective anticommunist texts, led many to speculate that Ivić Pašalić, Sanader's archrival, might indeed be behind the newspaper. According to an article inJutarnji list , Sanader recently threatened Styria AG's management with an investigation of privatisation and subsequent sales unless the newspaper's editorial policy was changed.External links
*hr icon [http://www.vecernji.hr/home/index.do Official site]
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