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Budapester Zeitung (BZT) is a privately owned German-language weekly newspaper published in Budapest, Hungary. It was established in April 1999 and has a circulation of about 7000 copies. Since 2003 there has been an English-language sister newspaper, The Budapest Times . It is published by BZT Media Kft, founded by Berlin-born Jan Mainka. [1]

Since early 2014, BZT has been published in magazine format. Aimed primarily at German-language businessmen and diplomats living in Hungary, it covers politics, the economy, culture and local events as well as world news. [2] [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Über uns". Budapester Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  2. "Foreign Language Newspapers and Magazines". Central European University. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.