Categories | current affairs |
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Frequency | Weekly |
Publisher | National Council of the Romanian National Minority since 2004 (originally, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina) [1] |
First issue | 1945 [2] |
Country | Serbia |
Based in | Pančevo (Panciova) |
Language | Romanian |
Website |
libertatea |
Libertatea (lit. Liberty) is leading Romanian language weekly newspaper in Serbia published in Pančevo ( Romanian: Panciova), in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. The newspaper was established in 1945 after the end of World War II in Yugoslavia. [2]
While originally established by the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina the region transferred all rights and responsibilities to the National Council of the Romanian National Minority in 2004. [1]
The newspaper was established in 1945 while the transfer of rights happened in 2004. In 2018 newspaper was awarded the Ordinul "Meritul Cultural" by the President of Romania Klaus Iohannis. [3]
In February 2020 telephone session the National Council of the Romanian National Minority dismissed the Management Board and appointed new members of that body. [3] The 20 staff members of the newspaper's publishing house (including the director Niku Čobanu) strongly condemned the action of the Romanian National Council. [3] The decision was criticized by the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina as an attempt to turn Libertatea into a bulletin of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). [3] The decision was criticized by the opposition Alliance for Serbia as well. [3]