Evropljanin
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Evropljanin was a bi-weekly newsmagazine
Newsmagazine
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published in Serbia during the late 1990s. It was started in April 1998, visually modeled after the German newsmagazine Focus
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Owned by Slavko Ćuruvija
Slavko Curuvija
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, the magazine, published under the "Moderni srpski nedeljnik" mantra, had a strongly independent editorial policy when it came to reporting on current events in Serbia and FR Yugoslavia. At times, the magazine took a clear and direct anti-Milošević stance meaning it often found itself at odds with the highest eshelons of Serbian regime. That eventually led to fines and Ćuruvija's brutal murder. Notable Serbian journalists such as Aleksandar Tijanić
Aleksandar Tijanic
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, Ljiljana Smajlović
Ljiljana Smajlovic
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, Goranka Matić, Dragan Babić, Bogdan Tirnanić
Bogdan Tirnanic
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, Jelena Kosanić, and Dragan Bujošević (who was also editor-in-chief) wrote for Evropljanin.
What turned out to be the magazine's last issue came out on March 19, 1999.