''Haló noviny'' (meaning ''Hello Newspaper'' in English) was a daily newspaper published in the

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. It had close ties to the

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as the newspapers publisher, Futura a.s., is owned in majority by the party. The newspaper ceased production in April 2022 after the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia suffered financial issues related to the

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. Haló noviny was replaced by the weekly newspaper ''Naše Pravda'' (meaning ''our truth'' in English) in April 2022.

History and profile

''Haló noviny'' was founded in 1991. It was one of the few newspapers in the Czech Republic not to be foreign owned during its existence. While the newspaper was published it was considered to hold a radical

left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of Ideology#Political ideologies, political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy either as a whole or of certain social ...

stance and outlets such as

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and

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refused to use it as a source. The newspaper's title was based on historical newspapers with similar titles, such as the ones published as regional newspapers in

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from 1929, associated with the journalist Julius Fučík. The tabloid style was derived from a 1970s

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edition of a smiliar name. The central

KSČM The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (, KSČM) is a communist party in the Czech Republic. As of 2022, KSČM has a membership of 20,450. Sources variously describe the party as either left-wing or far-left on the political spectrum. It ...

commission decided to cease publishing the newspaper after suffering financial issues, brought on by the party failing to reach the 5% electoral threshold for the senate in the

. On April 28, 2022, the last issue of the newspaper was published. It was replaced by the weekly newspaper Naše Pravda.

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History and profile

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