| Editor in Chief | Zoran Roško |
|---|---|
| Categories | Arts, Culture, Current affairs |
| Frequency | Biweekly |
| Publisher | Andrea Zlatar |
| First issue | 19 February 1999 |
| Company | Druga strana d.o.o. |
| Country | Croatia |
| Based in | Zagreb |
| Language | Croatian |
| ISSN | 1331-7970 |
Zarez (English: The Comma) is a Croatian biweekly newsprint magazine covering literature, arts, culture and current affairs.
Zarez was established in 1999 after a group of intellectuals decided to break away from the government-favored cultural magazine Vijenac because of differences of editorial policies proscribed by Matica hrvatska, the publisher of Vijenac, and the views of the editorial staff. They formed a company called Druga strana (The other side) and started a new, independent, cultural magazine first published on 19 February 1999.[1] Even though it is widely considered to be one of the best cultural publications in Croatia, it always struggled to secure its finances because of low circulations of culture-oriented publications in Croatia. It is currently financed by various grants, mainly from the Croatian ministry of culture and the Open Society Institute.[2]