''Brestskiy Kurier'' (, translated as ''Brest Courier'') is a weekly

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

ian newspaper founded in 1913 under the name ''Brest-Litovskiy Kurier'', and re-founded in 1990 as ''Brestskiy Kurier''. The paper is distributed in Brest and Brest Region.

History

''Brestskiy Kurier'' dates back to 1906 when it was distributed under the name ''Brest-Litovskiy Kurier''. In this form the paper had existed until 1915 when

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was occupied by the German troops during the

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. ''Brest-Litovskiy Kurier'' was being issued daily, twice: in the morning and in the evening. Notably, such high circulation was achieved in a city with a population of 50 thousand. The first issue of the reestablished ''Brestskiy Kurier'' came out in June 1990 and was printed in

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. In 1999, the newspaper received an award in the category ''The Young Press of Eastern Europe'' by the ZEIT-Stiftung foundation. In 2017, the weekly circulation was 2,500 copies. In 2018, the printed version of the publication ceased to exist. In July 2023, the newspaper's website was added to the list of extremist materials.

Format

''Brestskiy Kurier'' comes out weekly on Wednesdays. It is usually 32 pages long.

Content

''Brestskiy Kurier'' covers all the main regional events and publishes the news, editorials, investigative reporting, analytical reviews, letters to the editor, as well as sections on culture, sports and crime.

Literature

References

''This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia (version of April 2012).'' {{reflist

External links

Official website
Weekly newspapers Russian-language newspapers published in Belarus Mass media in Brest, Belarus Free Media Awards winners Newspapers established in 1990 Publications disestablished in 2018