The ''Glas Srpske'' ( Serbian Cyrilic: Глас Српске, ) is a

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daily newspaper published in

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. Together with

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-oriented '' Dnevni avaz'' from

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and

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-oriented ''

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'' from

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, ''Glas Srpske'' is Serb-oriented and one of three main

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newspapers in Bosnia and Herzegovina addressing various issues primarily from the mainstream or elite perspective among Serbs of Republika Srpska. ''Glas Srpske'' is together with ''

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'' one of the two newspapers in widest circulation in the entity of

. The newspaper is described as being politically close to the

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. It is alongside ''

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'' one of the oldest newspapers in Bosnia and Herzegovina still in circulation.

History

It was first issued as Glas on 31 July 1943 as a bulletin of the People's Liberation Movement in

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region during

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. The issue was published in the village of

Župica Župica is a village in the Municipality of Drvar, Canton 10 of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On 31 July 1943 the first issue of ''Glas'' (today Glas Srpske), the oldest newspaper in Bosnia and Herz ...

with the first editorial office including

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, Ilija Došen,

Đuro Pucar Đurađ "Đuro" Pucar "Stari" ( sr-cyr, Ђурађ Ђуро Пуцар, ; 13 December 1899 – 12 April 1979) was a Yugoslav and Bosnian Serb politician. During World War II he was a member of the Yugoslav Partisans and was later decorated with ...

Rada Vranješević Rada Vranješević ( sr-cyrl, Рада Врањешевић; 25 May 1918 – 26 May 1944) was a Yugoslav political activist and resistance leader in Bosnia during the Second World War. Family Vranješević was born in the village of Rekavice ...

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Osman Karabegović Osman Karabegović ( sh-Cyrl, Осман Карабеговић; 7 September 1911 – 24 June 1996) was a Yugoslavs, Yugoslav and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian communist politician and a recipient of the Order of the People's Hero. He joined th ...

and Boško Šiljegović. Osman Karabegović recorded that the redaction and printing press moved to Ribnik in August of that year. For some time it went under the name ''Banjalučke novine'' and from 1963 it was again under the name ''Glas'', until 1983 it was a daily newspaper. Between 1973 and 2007 the newspaper published the ''David Štrbac'' daily comic created by Miro Mlađenović (1949–2007) who was inspired by

Petar Kočić Petar Kočić ( sr-Cyrl, Петар Кочић; 29 June 1877 – 27 August 1916) was a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Serb writer, activist and politician. Born in rural northwestern Bosnia (region), Bosnia in the final days of Ot ...

’s literary work. Since 2003 it goes under the name ''Glas Srpske'' and it is a private newspaper in Republika Srpska.

References

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