Prager Zeitung

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Prager Zeitung
Type Weekly newspaper
PublisherPrago Media
Founded1991;33 years ago (1991)
Political alignment Liberal
Language German
Headquarters Prague

The Prager Zeitung was a German newspaper in the Czech Republic issued weekly in Prague; it now publishes online only.

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History and profile

Prager Zeitung was founded in 1991. [1] It considers itself as a successor of the Prager Tagblatt , a German-language daily in Bohemia published from 1876 to 1939. [1]

Prager Zeitung, published by Prago Media spol, is an independent publication and has a liberal political leaning. [1] It provides political news and puts special emphasis on the relations between the Czech Republic and its German-speaking neighbors. [1] Its former editors include Egon Erwin Kisch and Max Brod. [1]

The weekly is also distributed in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. [2] It is the largest non-Czech newspaper published in the Czech Republic.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Prager Zeitung". Eurotopics. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  2. "Prager Zeitungon". Snopes. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2013.