Nový čas is a tabloid and the best-selling daily in Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

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Its content is gutter

Gutter

panels of a comic strip or comic book page*Gutter , the space between panes of postage stamps that creates configurations of "gutter pairs" or "gutter blocks"*Gutter, in interface design, the blank spaces that separate rows and columns in screen...

 press. Its print run is 190,000 copies (2005). The widely read supplement

Supplement (publishing)

A supplement is a publication that has a role secondary to that of another preceding or concurrent publication.A follow-on publication complements its predecessor, either by bringing it up-to-date , or by otherwise enhancing the predecessor's coverage of a particular topic or subject matter, as in...

 "Nový čas víkend" is added on Saturdays. The newspaper is published by Ringier

Ringier

Ringier AG is one of the largest media corporations in Switzerland founded in Zofingen and based in Zürich. It publishes several newspapers and magazines in both German and French...

 Slovakia a.s., a Swiss company.

The newspaper was founded in 1990 after the Velvet Revolution

Velvet Revolution

The Velvet Revolution or Gentle Revolution was a non-violent revolution in Czechoslovakia that took place from November 17 – December 29, 1989...

, initially as a rough copy of the Austrian Kronen Zeitung

Kronen Zeitung

The Kronen Zeitung, commonly known as the Krone, is Austria's largest newspaper. According to a Österreichische Media-Analyse study, the average daily readership is 2,970,000 , which corresponds to 43,7% of all newspaper readers...

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From 2006 a Sunday version of Nový čas has been introduced: Nový čas Nedeľa (New Time Sunday).

External links

• an online newspaper representing Nový čas