 Vreme cover, 25 January 1997 | |
| Editor-in-chief | Filip Švarm |
|---|---|
| Categories | News magazine |
| First issue | October 29, 1990 |
| Country | Serbia |
| Based in | Belgrade |
| Language | Serbian |
| Website | http://www.vreme.com |
| ISSN | 0353-8028 |
Vreme ( Serbian for 'Time') is a weekly news magazine based in Belgrade, Serbia.
In 1990, dissatisfied with the media climate in SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia's largest constituent unit, a group of liberal Serbian intellectuals, including prominent lawyer Srđa Popović, decided to start a weekly newsmagazine. Following a seven-month preparation throughout the year, Vreme was launched with its first issue coming out on 29 October 1990, [1] little over a month before the 1990 general election in SR Serbia as the entire country of SFR Yugoslavia was transforming its governance from a one-party system under the Yugoslav Communist League (SKJ) to a multi-party one.
Most Vreme's original staff were journalists from Politika and NIN . It characterizes itself as "a magazine without lies, hatred, or prejudice" and has opposed nationalistic mobilization for the Yugoslav wars. [2] [3] It is modeled after its U.S. counterparts Time and Newsweek .
In 1993, 30,000 copies were produced weekly with a quarter of its sales abroad. Vreme has established a reputation as one of the most reliable media sources of the former Yugoslavia and its writers have been largely cited by international media. [2] [4]
Vreme has started a number of supplements such as Vreme novca (Time of Money), Vreme zabave (Time for Fun), and has become a publishing house. The newspaper has an international edition called Vreme International, which is mainly targeted at the Serbian diaspora in Europe.
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