Primorske novice

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Primorske novice
Type Daily newspaper
Owner(s)Splošna Plovba Portorož and other companies
PublisherPrimorske novice ČZD, d.o.o.
EditorDenis Sabadin
Founded1963;61 years ago (1963)
Headquarters Koper, Slovenia
Circulation 65,000 (2013)
Website Official website

Primorske novice (English: Littoral News) is a regional daily newspaper published in Koper, Slovenia.

History and profile

Primorske novice was establied in 1963 [1] as result of the merger of weekly paper Nova Gorica (founded in 1947) with another weekly named Slovenski Jadran (meaning "The Slovene Adriatic" in English; founded in 1950). [2] It started as a weekly newspaper [2] and became a daily in 2004. [3] It became also the first regional daily newspaper in the country. [2]

Primorske novice is published by Primorske novice d.o.o. which is based in Koper and the paper launched its website in 1996. [2] It has no political affiliation. [2]

As of 2009 it was still the only regional daily newspaper in Slovenia. [2] The 2007 circulation of the paper was 23,000 copies. [4] It became 65,000 in 2013. [5]

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References

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  5. National Circulation of Printed Press (in Slovene)