Front page of the June 15, 2009 issue |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Berliner |
| Owner | Styria Media Group |
| Publisher | Večernji list d.d. |
| Editor-in-chief | Goran Ogurlić[1] |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Language | Croatian |
| Headquarters | Slavonska avenija 4, Zagreb, Croatia |
| ISSN | 0350-5006 |
| Official website | http://www.vecernji.hr |
Večernji list (English: Evening paper) is a Croatian daily newspaper published in Zagreb.
The newspaper was started in the 1950s and it is today one of two largest daily newspapers in Croatia. Its ancestor Večernji vjesnik ("Evening Courier") appeared for the first time on June 3, 1957 in Zagreb on 24 pages[2] but quickly merged with Narodni list ("People's Paper") to form what is today known as Večernji list.
Večernji list remained true to this reputation after the 1990 election. Even so, Franjo Tuđman and his ruling Croatian Democratic Union expressed great interest in taking even more direct control over the newspaper through privatisation. Ivić Pašalić, one of Tudjman's most trusted advisors took part in that process. However, although the process wasn't particularly transparent, no actual criminal wrongdoings were discovered in subsequent inquiries, despite a concerted campaign of Nacional weekly to prove otherwise.
More damaging for Večernji list was the start of Jutarnji list, a rival daily newspaper, in April 1998. Večernji list lost the top position in the Croatian media market.
In early 2000s, the newspaper, officially owned by a Virgin Islands financial group, was sold to Styria Medien AG, an Austria-based media group. Under new management, the newspaper began to win back its readership, especially when it took a more critical approach towards the government. This approach intensified when Ivo Sanader became the country's prime minister. That, combined with the appointment of Miljenko Manjkas, an old Tuđman cadre, for editor-in-chief, and especially some non-objective anticommunist texts, led many to speculate that Ivić Pašalić, Sanader's archrival, might indeed be behind the newspaper. According to an article in Jutarnji list, Sanader recently threatened Styria AG's management with an investigation of privatisation and subsequent sales unless the newspaper's editorial policy was changed.
Večernji list is considered conservative newspapers.
Večernji list has ten regional and two foreign editions:[3]
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