(, ) is a
Swiss
Swiss most commonly refers to:
* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
Swiss may also refer to: Places
* Swiss, Missouri
* Swiss, North Carolina
* Swiss, West Virginia
* Swiss, Wisconsin
Other uses
* Swiss Café, an old café located ...
French-language
French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, it descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from Northern Old Gallo-Romance, a descendant of the Latin spoken in ...
daily newspaper
A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ...
published in
Geneva
Geneva ( , ; ) ; ; . is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the ca ...
. Founded on 5 January 1868, it was originally supported by the
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...
, but has been completely independent since 1996.
History
Founded on 5 January 1868,
it was originally financially supported by the
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...
, and was created to defend Catholic interests in Geneva, otherwise largely protestant.
Its original subtitle was . Initially it published weekly on Sundays, before becoming a daily in 1892.
In 1923, it began focusing less on Catholic causes, before returning as the Church funded it. In 1966, it began collaborating with , a Fribourg paper, from which it sources its national, international and economic news.
Since the early 1980s, it has been a humanist opinion paper with focuses on societal and Christian topics, and is left-wing politically. It has been completely independent from the Catholic Church since 1996. It is the only left-wing daily paper in Switzerland, and has support among trade unions. The paper has had several periods of financial issues and has sought donations from the public to remedy them. It is the only major paper in the region that was not owned by the
Edipresse
Edipresse is a company headquartered in Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, ...
company.
In the 1970s, its circulation was about 9,000 copies. It had a circulation of 9,860 in 2000. It has been printed in Geneva since 2000.
See also
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List of newspapers in Switzerland
The number of newspapers in Switzerland was 406 before World War I. It reduced to 257 in 1995 and 197 in 2010. Prior to the 18th century, the Swiss press market was small, being limited to the elites who were literate, though development varied b ...
References
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1868 establishments in Switzerland
Newspapers published in Geneva
Daily newspapers published in Switzerland
French-language newspapers published in Switzerland
Newspapers established in 1868
Christianity in Geneva