List of newspapers in Croatia

Below is a list of newspapers published in Croatia.

List of publications

National dailies
  • 24sata (est. 2005, based in Zagreb; number one tabloid in the country in terms of circulation) 24sata.hr
  • Jutarnji list (est. 1998, based in Zagreb) jutarnji.hr
  • Novi list (est. 1900, based in Rijeka; the oldest Croatian newspaper still in existence) novilist.hr
  • Slobodna Dalmacija (est. 1943, based in Split) slobodnadalmacija.hr
  • Večernji list (est. 1959, based in Zagreb) vecernji.hr
Specialized dailies
  • Poslovni dnevnik (est. 2004, business and financial daily) poslovni.hr
  • Sportske novosti (est. 1945, based in Zagreb; sports daily) sportske.jutarnji.hr
Regional dailies
  • Glas Istre (based in Pula; covers Istria region) glasistre.hr
  • Glas Slavonije (based in Osijek; covers Slavonia) glas-slavonije.hr
  • Dubrovački vjesnik (based in Dubrovnik, covers the city and south Dalmatia) dubrovacki.hr
  • Zadarski list (based in Zadar, covers Zadar County) zadarskilist.hr
Weekly
  • Narodni list (est. 1862, based in Zadar) narodni-list.hr
Official gazette
Publications in other languages

Historical and defunct

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18th century
  • Agramer Deutsche Zeitung - published in 1786 by J. T. Trattner; based in Zagreb and published in German; no surviving copies have been found
  • Ephemerides Zagrabienses - the first newspaper ever published in Croatia, in 1771; published as a weekly in Zagreb by Antun Jandera; there are no surviving copies in existence
  • Kroatischer Korrespondent - established in 1789 and printed in German; the third newspaper published in Croatia and the oldest newspaper with a surviving copy
19th century
  • Crvena Hrvatska - in existence from 1890 to 1899, published by the Croatian Party of Rights in Dalmatia
  • Il Regio Dalmata – Kraglski Dalmatin - bilingual newspaper (in Italian and Croatian); first edition published in Zadar on 12 July 1806; the first newspaper printed in Croatian
  • Narodni list - established in 1862; the oldest living newspaper in Croatia; its first issue was published on March 1, 1862, as a Croatian-language part of the Italian-language newspaper Il Nazionale
  • Novine Horvatske - established in 1835 by Ljudevit Gaj and printed in Croatian; in 1836 the paper switched from Kajkavian to Shtokavian dialect and was renamed Ilirske narodne novine; played an important role in the Illyrian movement
20th century
  • Feral Tribune – began as a political satire supplement in Slobodna Dalmacija daily in 1984; later evolved into an independent political weekly from 1993 onwards; folded in 2008
  • Republika – daily newspaper launched in late 2000 by media entrepreneur Ivo Pukanić, intended to compete with Europapress Holding's flagship daily Jutarnji list; folded after six months in May 2001
  • Slobodni tjednik – published 1990–1993, the first Croatian tabloid daily launched during the political turmoil in the early 1990s
  • Sportplus – published from December 2009 to March 2011 as a sports daily spun off from Novi list to compete with Sportske novosti; after 2011 merged back into Novi list
  • Vjesnik – published 1940–2012, major government-owned daily
  • Business.hr – published 2005–2014, business and financial daily, which competed against Poslovni dnevnik

See also