Pravda(Serbia)
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Pravda Press d.o.o. |
| Editor | Predrag Popović |
| Founded | 5 March 2007 |
| Political alignment | Sensationalism Populism pro-SRS(2007–2008) Pro-SNS(2008–2012) |
| Ceased publication | 1 June 2012 |
| Headquarters | Karađorđeva 65, 11000Belgrade |
| Website | pravda |
Pravda(Serbian Cyrillic:Правда,which means "Justice" ) was a dailytabloidnewspaper published inBelgrade, Serbia.
Ownership[edit]
Pravdawas published by Pravda Press, a limited liability company with Nemanja Stefanović (48%), Jugoslav Petković (47%), and Nikola Petrović (5%) listed as its owners. Nemanja Stefanović's brother isNebojša Stefanović,aSerbian Radical Party(SRS) and laterSerbian Progressive Party(SNS) official.[citation needed]
History[edit]
The first issue ofPravdaappeared on 5 March 2007, about six weeks after the2007 Serbian parliamentary election,in which the most popular political party in Serbia at the time, theSerbian Radical Party(SRS) led byVojislav Šešeljwho had been in the dock at the Hague since 2003, once again won the most seats (81 out of 250). Still, despite yet another impressive electoral showing, SRS had trouble forming a government due to facing a situation where no other party wanted to enter into acoalitionwith them. Within days of the premiere issue, journalist Predrag Popović, who previously editedNacional,became editor-in-chief. Popović would later reveal that he had been hired byAleksandar Vučić,a high-ranking SRS official at the time.[1]
Pravdaadopted an anti-establishment editorial policy within the Serbian context and was critical of the Serbian ruling coalition formed around the policy ofcohabitationbetween prime ministerVojislav Koštunicaof theDemocratic Party of Serbia(DSS) and the president of the republicBoris Tadićof theDemocratic Party(DS). The paper generally espoused rightist political views and promoted the SRS political agenda.Pravdacreated minor controversy in Serbia when in November 2007 it started publishing irregular columns byMira Marković,the wife of late Serbian and Yugoslav presidentSlobodan Miloševićand herself a fugitive from the Serbian justice system.
The paper's 1 June 2012 issue was announced to be its last as the newspaper folded. It switched to an all-digital online format.[2]
Reaction[edit]
Pravdais frequently cited, including by Predrag Popovic, its onetime editor-in-chief,[3]as having been a publication controlled byAleksandar Vučićand tailored for his personal day-to-day political needs,[2]When the daily got launched in March 2007, Vučić was a high-ranking member of theSerbian Radical Party(SRS), an opposition party whose leaderVojislav Šešeljhad been detained in the Hague, awaiting trial, since February 2003.
In a November 2014 interview, upon being temporarily released from detention,Vojislav Šešeljmentioned that the roots of Vučić's row with Serb businessmanMiroslav Miškovićand the tycoon's subsequent persecution and incarceration[4]were in their past dealings overPravda:
"According to my information, Vučić asked Mišković for money forPravdaon several occasions, but got rejected each time. Mišković reasoned that already payingTomislav Nikolićoff with large sums of money was more than enough so he figured why now also pay Vučić. Vučić never forgot that and as soon as he grabbed power in Serbia, he decided to exact revenge on Mišković ".[5]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Popović, Predrag (1 June 2012)."Vučić ugasio Pravdu, istinu, moral…".Predrag Popović's personal blog.
- ^abUgašen list "Pravda",B92.net, 1 June 2012
- ^Popović, Predrag (23 July 2012)."Ko je Nebojša Stefanović, zvani Slina".Predrag Popović's personal blog.
- ^"Police Arrest Serbia's Richest Man as Fraud Suspect".BloombergBusinessWeek. 12 December 2012. Archived fromthe originalon December 16, 2012.
- ^Vidić, Smiljana (22 November 2014)."Toma nesposoban i politički beznačajan; Vučić je najveći stručnjak za političku manipulaciju - ali neka se odrekne EU i izjasni za Rusiju i podržaću ga".Nova srpska politička misao.Archived fromthe originalon 24 November 2014.
