Magyar Szó

Magyar Szó

May 5, 1980 cover, after death of Josip Broz Tito
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Berliner
Publisher	Magyar Szó Lapkiadó Kft.
Founded	24 December 1944;80 years ago (1944-12-24)
Language	Hungarian
Headquarters	Vojvode Mišića 1, Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia
ISSN	0350-4182
Website	www.magyarszo.rs

Magyar Szó (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmɒɟɒrˈsoː] , lit. Hungarian Word) is a Hungarian-language daily newspaper in Vojvodina, Serbia.

History

It was founded in 1944, with the purpose of serving as the information source for the Hungarian minority of Vojvodina. It is published in Novi Sad. Magyar Szó is considered the main ethnic Hungarian media in Serbia and in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. To begin with, the newspaper was called Szabad Vajdaság, but the name was changed to Magyar Szó in 1945.

The newspaper is a member of MIDAS (European Association of Daily Newspapers in Minority and Regional Languages). ^[1]

Newspapers with same name

There was and is a number of newspapers that bear the same name. Here is a partial list of them:

• Magyar Szó (1900–1907) – a daily newspaper published in Budapest at the beginning of the 20th century;
• Magyar Szó (1919–1920) – belletristic weekly magazine, published in Oradea;
• Magyar Szó (1929–1937) – a daily newspaper, published in Oradea;
• Magyar Szó (London) – newspaper, briefly published by Hungarian diaspora in London, during and after the 1956 Revolution; ^[2]
• Magyar Szó (New Zealand) – Bulletin of the Hungarian Community in New Zealand. ISSN   1171-8978. ^[3]

See also

• List of newspapers in Serbia
• Hungarians in Vojvodina
• Libertatea (Pančevo)

References

1. "Members". Midas. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
2. Magda Czigány (26 March 2009). "Just Like Other Students": Reception of the 1956 Hungarian Refugee Students in Britain. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 212–. ISBN   978-1-4438-0683-1.
3. Magyar Szo Archived 23 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine . Hungarian Consulate Records. Retrieved 21 May 2012.

External links

• Official website
• Archives of Magyar Szó (1945–2024) via Vajdasági Magyar Digitális Adattár.
• Archives of Magyar Szó (1944–2019) via Arcanum Newspapers.