Description
When Vladislav Ribnikar, the founder and editor-in-chief of "Politika", filed a request with the authorities back in 1904 regarding the launch of a new daily newspaper, he stated that the newspaper would be political and independent. The colporteurs who shouted the name of the new daily newspaper on the streets of Bel-grade on January 25, 1904, printed on four pages, in a circulation of 2,450 copies, and sold for five para, started a history that would last 120 years.
During all that time, "Politika" gained its readership mainly among educated citizens and chose its contribu-tors from among significant cultural and scientific creators, such as Nobel Prize laureate Ivo Andrić, Miloš Crnjanski, Branko Ćopić, Jovan Dučić, Branislav Nušić, Desanka Maksimović, Slobodan Jovanović, Isidora Sekulić, Tin Ujević, Momo Kapor, Vladimir Bulatović Vib, Mihajlo Petrović, Vasko Popa, etc. Author's texts for "Politika" were also written by Sir Winston Churchill and Thomas Mann.
During times when the country was under occupation, "Politika" was not published – during World War I from 1914 to 1919, and again during World War II, from April 1941 to October 1944.
Today, "Politika" is a daily political newspaper that traditionally adheres to highly professional journalistic standards and fosters a culture of dialogue and freedom of expression. The oldest, most respected and most influential daily newspaper in the Balkans is today considered one of the national institutions in Serbia, the founders of which not only laid the foundations of modern journalism but, by establishing this unique institution of culture and civic thought in Serbia, showed that it is possible to last in our region as well, if the foundations are well laid and carefully guarded.
Professional cooperation: Nikola Trklja, "Politika Newspapers and Magazines".
Artistic realization: Miroslav Nikolić, Nadežda Skočajić, academic graphic artist.
