''GEO'' is a family of educational monthly magazines similar to the ''National Geographic'' magazine. It is known for its detailed reports and pictures.

History and profile

The first edition appeared in Germany in 1976. Since then, the magazine has been published in

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Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

, France (first international edition),

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, India (publication ceased in 2013), Italy, Japan,

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, Lithuania, Latvia,

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

, Russia (publication ceased in 2018),

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

, Spain, and

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

. The current circulation figure in France and Germany is over 500,000. ''GEO'' is published by

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, a publishing house owned by Bertelsmann. The French edition was launched in 1979 and is published monthly by Prisma Presse. The German version has several special editions (line extensions): ''GEO Saison'', a multi thematic magazine dedicated to tourism, ''GEO Special'' a mono thematic magazine about individual countries or cities, ''GEO Wissen'' and ''GEO Kompakt'' mono thematic magazines focused on science issues, '' GEO Epoche'' about history and ''GEOlino'' for children. The Russian edition features ''GEOTraveller'', ''GEOFocus'' on science and history, ''GEOлёнок'' for children and ''The Best of GEO''. Besides the magazines, ''GEOs portfolio consists of merchandising products like GEO illustrated books, a GEO encyclopedia, GEO calendars and others. On 26 July 2013, Outlook Group announced that ''GEO'', along with ''

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Geo Television

The magazine has its own television channel called

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, operated in the

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region.

References

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German editionCroatian editionCzech editionFinnish editionFrench edition
(ISSN 0220-8245)
Greek editionHungarian editionItalian edition
(ISSN 1122-3308)
Lithuanian editionRomanian editionRussian editionSlovak editionSlovenian editionSpanish editionTurkish edition
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