''Globus'' is a Croatian language weekly

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published in

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, Croatia.

History and profile

''Globus'' was started in 1990, having some of its first issues published during the Croatian War of Independence. The founders are Ninoslav Pavic, Denis Kuljiš and Zdravko Jurak. The magazine is based in Zagreb. It is owned by

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(EPH) media group, one of the largest media publishing companies in the country. ''Globus'' is one of EPH's flagship publication along with '' Jutarnji list'' daily. The magazine is published by 4 Media EPH d.o.o. on a weekly basis. Originally devised as tabloid, it never took an openly chauvinist approach of '' Slobodni tjednik'' and always tried to give the appearance of objectivity. Gradually, its articles began to deal with shady aspects of privatisation, abuses against ethnic

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citizens and other topics not covered by mainstream media in Croatia. As such ''Globus'' is credited for introducing

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in Croatia. The magazine covers articles on corruption, fraud,

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and

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s. In 2009 the circulation of ''Globus'' was 28,000 copies.

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