{{Short description|Croatian weekly magazine}} {{For|other uses of the term|Novosti (disambiguation){{!}}Novosti}} {{Infobox magazine | title = Novosti | logo = Novosti logo.png | image_file = Novosti Magazine cover June 3 2013.jpg | logo_size = | editor = Nikola Bajto | editor_title = Editor-in-chief | previous_editor = | staff_writer = | frequency = Weekly | circulation = 8,000 | category = Politics, Current affairs (from a left-wing perspective<ref name="RWB">{{cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/news/croatian-nationalists-want-serbian-minority-newspaper-close|title=Croatian nationalists want Serbian minority newspaper to close|date=4 April 2017 |publisher=Reporters Without Borders|access-date=5 April 2017}}</ref>) | publisher = Serb National Council | firstdate = December 1999 | country = Croatia | based = Zagreb | language = Croatian, Serbian | website = {{URL|www.portalnovosti.com}} | issn = 1845-8955 }}
'''''Novosti''''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Новости}}, {{literally|The News}}) is a Croatian weekly magazine based in Zagreb, published by the Serb National Council.<ref name="SNVonama">{{cite web|url=http://www.snv.hr/about-snv/|title=About SNV|publisher=Serb National Council|access-date=30 January 2011}}</ref> The organization was established in 1997, based on the provisions granting the right to self-government for Serbs in Croatia as set in the Erdut Agreement.<ref name="SNVonama"/>
The magazine, billed as an "independent Serb weekly" (''samostalni srpski tjednik''), describes its editorial policy as being primarily concerned with covering general news and publishing "critical writing about all the relevant political, social and cultural developments in Croatia". It also deals with issues related to the Serb community in Croatia and the development of civil society.<ref name="novostionama"/>
As of 2009 its circulation is 8,000.<ref name="index"/> Its editor-in-chief is Ivica Đikić, formerly of ''Novi list'' daily. Over the time magazine published interviews with Noam Chomsky,<ref name="Intervju1">{{cite web|url=http://www.portalnovosti.com/noam-chomsky-trump-je-zastrasujuca-figura|title=Noam Chomsky: Trump je zastrašujuća figura|date=3 October 2016|work=Novosti|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref> Etgar Keret,<ref name="Intervju2">{{cite web|url=http://www.portalnovosti.com/etgar-keret-nacionalisti-utjehu-traze-na-krivim-mjestima|title=Etgar Keret: Nacionalisti utjehu traže na krivim mjestima|date=19 December 2016|work=Novosti|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref> Zygmunt Bauman,<ref name="Intervju3">{{cite web|url=http://www.portalnovosti.com/zygmunt-bauman-velika-avantura-zvana-evropa-jos-nije-okoncana|title=Zygmunt Bauman: Velika avantura zvana 'Evropa' još nije okončana|date=22 November 2016|work=Novosti|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref> Henry Giroux,<ref name="Intervju4">{{cite web|url=http://www.portalnovosti.com/henry-giroux-amerika-klizi-u-neofasizam|title=Henry Giroux: Amerika klizi u neofašizam|date=20 November 2016|work=Novosti|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref> Srećko Horvat,<ref name="Intervju5">{{cite web|url=http://www.portalnovosti.com/srecko-horvat-nudimo-europski-nju-dil|title=Srećko Horvat: Nudimo europski New deal|date=23 August 2016|work=Novosti|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref> Milorad Pupovac,<ref name="Intervju6">{{cite web|url=http://www.portalnovosti.com/milorad-pupovac-potezi-predsjednice-su-nedopustivi-i-sramni|title=Milorad Pupovac: Potezi predsjednice su nedopustivi i sramni|date=9 December 2016|work=Novosti|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref> Chris Hedges,<ref name="Intervju7">{{cite web|url=http://www.portalnovosti.com/chris-hedges-trump-je-morbidni-simbol-amerike|title=Chris Hedges: Trump je morbidni simbol Amerike|date=4 July 2016|work=Novosti|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref> Jacques Rancière,<ref name="Intervju8">{{cite web|url=http://www.portalnovosti.com/jacques-ranciere-ne-postoji-kljuc-za-buducnost|title=Jacques Rancière: Ne postoji ključ za budućnost|date=29 January 2016|work=Novosti|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref> Vivek Chibber,<ref name="Intervju9">{{cite web|url=http://www.portalnovosti.com/vivek-chibber-sto-znaci-imati-pravu-burzoaziju|title=Vivek Chibber Što znači 'imati pravu buržoaziju'?|date=17 June 2015|work=Novosti|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref> Filip David,<ref name="Intervju10">{{cite web|url=http://www.portalnovosti.com/filip-david-zlo-ima-bezbroj-lica|title=Filip David Zlo ima bezbroj lica|date=17 February 2015|work=Novosti|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref> Georges Wolinski,<ref name="Intervju11">{{cite web|url=http://www.portalnovosti.com/georges-wolinski-najbolji-ljevicari-su-satiricari|title=Georges Wolinski Najbolji ljevičari su satiričari|date=7 January 2015|work=Novosti|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref> Mladen Ivanić,<ref name="Intervju12">{{cite web|url=http://www.portalnovosti.com/mladen-ivanic-mijenjat-cu-medjunarodni-imidz-republike-srpske-i-bih|title=Mladen Ivanić Mijenjat ću međunarodni imidž Republike Srpske i BiH|date=1 December 2014|work=Novosti|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref> Vesna Teršelič,<ref name="Intervju13">{{cite web|url=http://www.portalnovosti.com/vesna-terselic-obespravljene-su-civilne-zrtve-rata-a-ne-branitelji|title=Vesna Teršelič Obespravljene su civilne žrtve rata, a ne branitelji|date=10 November 2014|work=Novosti|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref> Andrej Nikolaidis,<ref name="Intervju14">{{cite web|url=http://www.portalnovosti.com/andrej-nikolaidis-padne-li-syriza-dolazi-zlatna-zora|title=Andrej Nikolaidis Padne li Syriza, dolazi Zlatna zora|date=7 February 2015|work=Novosti|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref> Mirjana Karanović,<ref name="Intervju15">{{cite web|url=http://www.portalnovosti.com/mirjana-karanovic-ovaj-kusturica-nije-onaj-kojeg-sam-poznavala|title=Mirjana Karanović: Ovaj Kusturica nije onaj kojeg sam poznavala|date=12 November 2016|work=Novosti|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref> and Edvin Kanka Ćudić<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.portalnovosti.com/edvin-kanka-cudic-za-muke-bosanskih-hrvata-dobrim-je-dijelom-odgovorna-hrvatska|title=Edvin Kanka Ćudić: Za muke bosanskih Hrvata dobrim je dijelom odgovorna Hrvatska|publisher=Novosti |date=2024-04-24 |accessdate=2024-06-04 }}</ref>
In 2019, ''Novosti'' celebrated publication of its issue number 1,000 at the Croatian Journalists' Association building in Zagreb. The event was attended by Milorad Pupovac, Nadežda Čačinovič, Budimir Lončar, Ivica Đikić, Vesna Teršelič, Drago Pilsel, Hrvoje Klasić, as well as ambassadors of Serbia, Slovenia, and Norway to Croatia.<ref name="ZVO Izvor 212">{{cite journal |last=Bubalo |first=Slavko |date=27 February 2019 |title=Новости: новине које шире простор слободе |trans-title=Novosti: the Newspapers that Enlarge the Space of Freedom |url=https://www.zvo.hr/index.php?meni=11&a=0 |language=sr |journal=Izvor |issue=212 |pages=2–3 |publisher=Joint Council of Municipalities |publication-place=Vukovar |access-date=14 October 2019 }}</ref>
==History== The first meeting of the presidency of the newly established Serb National Council which took place on 12 and 13 November 1997 at the Workers' Hall, Vukovar, received the report on the initiation of the Novosti project.<ref name="SNV25">{{cite book |title=SNV 25 |editor=Nikola Bajto |isbn=978-953-7442-63-7 |publisher=Serb National Council |language=sr |place=Zagreb}}</ref> The report specified Vukovar as the seat of the new publication with Zagreb as a subsidiary office.<ref name="SNV25"/> In the context of the completion of the UNTAES mission of the United Nations in the Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia, the Government of Croatia allocated 800,000 Croatian kuna for the new publication.<ref name="SNV25"/>
The weekly ''Novosti'' was launched by the Serb National Council in 1999 in broadsheet format as a weekly publication primarily concerned with minority politics related to Serbs of Croatia.<ref name="novostionama">{{cite web|url=http://www.novossti.com/o-novostima/|title=O Novostima|work=Novosti|language=hr|access-date=30 January 2011}}</ref> Since its first issue the magazine adopted a policy of linguistic pluralism and featured articles written in both Croatian and Serbian, and offered a mix of sections printed in Latin and Cyrillic scripts.<ref name="monitor">{{cite web|url=http://www.monitor.hr/clanci/srpski-tjednik-novosti-od-pocetka-prosinca-na-kioscima/26482/|title=Srpski tjednik Novosti od početka prosinca na kioscima|date=17 November 2009|work=Internet Monitor|language=hr|access-date=30 January 2011}}</ref> However, its circulation was limited to subscribers and was not widely available in newsstands for the first ten years of its existence.<ref name="index">{{cite web|url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/srpski-tjednik-novosti-od-prosinca-na-kioscima-/460509.aspx|title=Srpske "Novosti" od prosinca u slobodnoj prodaji na hrvatskim kioscima|date=17 November 2009|work=Index.hr|language=hr|access-date=30 January 2011}}</ref>
In 2009 the magazine underwent an extensive makeover in an effort to transform it into a weekly magazine which would also appeal to the mainstream public, with more space dedicated to commentary pieces and coverage of nationally significant political and cultural events, as well as investigative journalism.<ref name="monitor"/> To that extent, the magazine hired a number of prominent columnists and intellectuals as commentators, including Viktor Ivančić (formerly of ''Feral Tribune''), Boris Dežulović, Vladimir Arsenijević, Tomislav Jakić, and Igor Mandić, and was for the first time made available for purchase at newsstands.<ref name="monitor"/>
The 2025 budget for ''Novosti'' was cut by 35%, which was condemned by the International Press Institute.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-08 |title=Croatia: Weekly Novosti faces drastic funding cuts amid political pressure |url=https://ipi.media/croatia-weekly-novosti-faces-drastic-funding-cuts-amid-political-pressure/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=International Press Institute |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Criticism== {{POV section|date=July 2024}} Political satire and social commentary are an integral part of editorial policy at ''Novosti''. This at some points caused strong criticism among some Croatian nationalists with dogmatic views on historical events such as Croatian War of Independence, who saw ridicule of militarism, Croatian military and national symbols as unacceptable excess of limits of freedom of speech.<ref name="Večernji1">{{cite web|url=http://www.vecernji.hr/hrvatska/udruga-vigilare-napala-novosti-zbog-obrade-hrvatske-himne-1019574|title=Udruga Vigilare napala Novosti zbog obrade hrvatske himne|publisher=Večernji list|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="N1">{{cite web|url=http://hr.n1info.com/a134755/Vijesti/Od-Hrvatskog-radija-3-do-Hrvatskog-krugovala-3.html|title=Od Hrvatskog radija 3 do Hrvatskog krugovala 3|publisher=N1 TV|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="DW">{{cite web|url=http://www.dw.com/hr/uzroci-i-posljedice-kape-sa-slovom-u/a-19056213|title=Uzroci i posljedice kape sa slovom "U"|publisher=DW|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref> Some of them were calling for cancellation of funding the newspapers from public money, criminal prosecution or censorship.<ref name="Večernji2">{{cite web|url=http://www.vecernji.hr/hrvatska/hsp-podnio-kaznenu-prijavu-protiv-snv-a-tjednika-novosti-i-milorada-pupovca-1019141|title=HSP podnio kaznenu prijavu protiv SNV-a, tjednika Novosti i Milorada Pupovca|publisher=Večernji list|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref> Some mainstream politicians in Croatia, including the president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, warned the editors that they shall take care what they are writing about implicitly calling them to use self-censorship.<ref name="Predsjednica">{{cite web|url=http://net.hr/danas/hrvatska/odgovor-na-dramaticno-pupovcevo-pismo-predsjednica-osudila-govor-mrznje-ali-i-napala-novosti-bivseg-premijera/|title=ODGOVOR NA PISMO: Predsjednica osudila govor mržnje, ali i napala Novosti, bivšeg premijera…|date=13 February 2016 |publisher=net.hr|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="autofraf">{{cite web|url=http://www.autograf.hr/nikola-bajto-ja-pjevam-o-haubici-i-domoljubni-sam-pjesnik/|title=Nikola Bajto: "Ja pjevam o haubici i domoljubni sam pjesnik"|date=10 October 2015 |publisher=autograf.hr|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref> President stated that she consider journal satire to be inappropriate and similar to cartoons of Muhammad in foreign press such as Charlie Hebdo.<ref name="Predsjednica"/><ref name="Peščanik">{{cite web|url=http://pescanik.net/zemlja-nelagode/|title=Zemlja nelagode|date=19 February 2016 |publisher=Peščanik|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref> On 4 April 2017 Reporters Without Borders condemned "a campaign of lawsuits and verbal attacks that Croatian nationalist groups have been orchestrating for several months against ''Novosti'', the newspaper of Croatia’s Serbian minority."<ref name="RWB"/> Some of the sentences published in ''Novosti'' that made part of the Croatian public feel insulted were the following:
"Asshole Croatia is a nation state of assholes and their public service"<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vecernji.hr/premium/budite-junaci-pa-stanite-iza-supacke-hrvatske-1152598|title=Budite junaci pa stanite iza 'Šupačke Hrvatske'|access-date=2017-09-06|language=hr}}</ref>
"Scientists brag that they found the reason for existence of an appendix, while for Croatian sovereignty, up to this day, no one knows what it serves for, or does it even exists...."<ref name="ws_admin">{{Cite news|url=https://potpisi.me/peticija/zaustavimo-financiranje-vrije%C4%91anja-hrvata-i-republike-hrvatske-iz-na%C5%A1ih-d%C5%BEepova|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406042642/https://potpisi.me/peticija/zaustavimo-financiranje-vrije%C4%91anja-hrvata-i-republike-hrvatske-iz-na%C5%A1ih-d%C5%BEepova|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 6, 2017|title=Zaustavimo financiranje vrijeđanja Hrvata i Republike Hrvatske iz naših džepova!|last=ws_admin|date=2017-02-20|work=Potpisi.me|access-date=2017-09-06|language=hr}}</ref>
Initiators of the petition for repeal of the funding refer to the same tender criterion which enabled the funding of ''Novosti'', which states: "those who promote intolerance towards any national minority or majority will be banned from contesting on [this] tender in period of 3 years."<ref name="ws_admin"/>
==Contributors== *Drago Kovačević
==See also== *''Tragovi: Journal for Serbian and Croatian Topics'' *''Feral Tribune'' *''Književni jug'' (1918–1919) *''Novi Plamen'' (2007–2015) *Serbs of Croatia
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website}} {{in lang|hr}} *[http://www.snv.hr/ Serb National Council official website] {{in lang|hr}}
{{Croatian newspapers}} {{Serbian minority institutions and organizations in Croatia}}
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