''Grenz-Echo'' is the only German language daily newspaper published in

Eupen Eupen (, , ; ; ; former ) is the capital of German-speaking Community of Belgium and is a city and municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Belgium, Belgian Liège Province, province of Liège, from the Germany, German border (Aachen ...

, Belgium, aimed at the

German-speaking community The German-speaking Community (, , DG), also known as East Belgium ( ), is one of the three federal communities of Belgium. The community is composed of nine municipalities in Liège Province, Wallonia, within the Eupen-Malmedy region in Easte ...

and the neighbouring areas in the east of the country.

History and profile

''Grenz-Echo'' was first published in June 1927. The paper calls itself a politically independent, tolerant and Christian daily and is published six days per week. The headquarters of the paper is in Eupen. It provides both local and international news. ''Grenz-Echo'' was banned in Germany in the 1933 due to its

anti-Nazi Anti-fascism is a political movement in opposition to fascist ideologies, groups and individuals. Beginning in European countries in the 1920s, it was at its most significant shortly before and during World War II, where the Axis powers were op ...

stance. The paper was relaunched following

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. Its circulation in 2002 was 12,382 copies with the market share of 1.9%. The circulation of ''Grenz-Echo'' was 11,757 copies in 2008 and 11,980 copies in 2009. It was 12,104 copies in 2010 and 11,991 copies in 2011.

References

External links

Official site
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