Budapest Week

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Budapest Week
TypeWeekly periodical newspaper
Owner(s)Peter Freed (1992—2000)
Founder(s)
  • Rick Bruner, Steve Carlson, Richard W. Bruner, Tibor Szendrei, and Blake Steinberg
FoundedMarch 1991;34 years ago (1991-03)
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publication2000;25 years ago (2000)
Website thebudapestweek.com

Budapest Week was the first independent English-language newspaper in Budapest, Hungary, founded in March 1991. [1] The weekly periodical served the expatriate population and larger English-speaking population in Hungary.

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History

In March 1991, the paper was founded by Rick Bruner, Steve Carlson, Richard W. Bruner, Tibor Szendrei, and Blake Steinberg. [2] [3] It began as a 16-page paper and expanded to 32 pages by 2003. [4] Canadian and journalist Michael Kovrig formerly served as managing editor. [5]

Budapest Week was Hungary's first independent English language newspaper [6] after the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe. It was followed by competitors, notably The Budapest Sun and The Budapest Business Journal. There was a newspaper that resembled Budapest Week and its role in the social movement of the expatriate scene there at the time in the popular novel Prague by Arthur Phillips.

In 1992, Peter Freed backed the paper financially and remained its owner until the paper ceased printing in 2000. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "The "Budapest Week" Project". Blinken Open Society Archives . Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  2. ↑ "Blinken OSA Archivum - Catalog". catalog.archivum.org. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  3. ↑ "The Budapest Week then and now - Public talk by the former editors Michael Kovrig, Pablo Gorondi, and Tom Popper moderated by Esther Holbrook". Central European University. 2022-05-12. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  4. ↑ Copeland, Henry; Tribune, International Herald (1993-05-05). "MEDIA MARKETS : Newest Boom in Budapest:English-Language Press". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  5. ↑ "China Releases Canadian-Hungarian Kovrig after 1,000 + Days in Custody". Hungary Today. 2021-09-27. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
  6. 1 2 "Blinken OSA Archivum - Catalog". catalog.archivum.org. Retrieved 2025-05-27.

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