Libertatea
Sign in to save(; "Freedom") is a Romanian daily newspaper and online news website covering current affairs, entertainment, sports and lifestyle. It was founded on December 22, 1989 (12:45 p.m.), by Octavian Andronic, as "the first independent newspaper of the Romanian Revolution of 1989".
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- daily newspaper
- Has part
- Page 3
- Country
- Romania
- Headquarters
- Bucharest
- Owned by
- Ringier
- Genre
- news website
- Country of origin
- Romania
- Publisher
- Ringier
- Official website
- www.libertatea.ro
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- title
- Libertatea
- newspaper format
- broadsheet
- inception
- 1989-12-22
- language of work or name
- Romanian
- social media followers
- 151000
- publication interval
- 1
- operating area
- Romania
- start time
- 1989-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History and profile
- Ringier takeover
- Libertatea – tabloid
- Page 5 Girl
- From tabloid to general news
- A new relaunch
- Circulation and format
- Online media
- Awards
- Notable stories
- References
- External links
(; "Freedom") is a Romanian daily newspaper and online news website covering current affairs, entertainment, sports and lifestyle. It was founded on December 22, 1989 (12:45 p.m.), by Octavian Andronic, as "the first independent newspaper of the Romanian Revolution of 1989".
== History and profile == The paper was started in 1989. The first edition was published at midday on 22 December 1989, being the first newspaper to announce that the communist ruler, President Nicolae Ceaușescu, had fled the capital in a helicopter. The former newspaper was named Informația Bucureștiului. Sorin Rosca Stanescu was a journalist at the former newspaper and worked with Octavian Andronic, the founder of the new newspaper Libertatea.
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