Večernji list

Večernji list (English: Evening paper) is a Croatian daily newspaper published in Zagreb. The newspaper was started in the 1950s. Its ancestor Večernji vjesnik ("Evening Courier") appeared for the first time on June 3, 1957 in Zagreb on 24 pages 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... more

Večernji list (English: Evening paper) is a Croatian daily newspaper published in Zagreb. The newspaper was started in the 1950s. Its ancestor Večernji vjesnik ("Evening Courier") appeared for the first time on June 3, 1957 in Zagreb on 24 pages 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. During the Bosnian War, Večernji list earned a bad reputation as one of the main Croatian media spreading propaganda. After the... less