Glas Crnogorca

Glas Crnogorca (Cyrillic: Глас Црногорца, La voix de Montenegro in French, Eng. translation; "The voice of Montenegrin" or the "Voice of Montenegro") was an weekly newspaper published in the then Montenegrin capital Cetinje between 1873 and 1916. After the abolition of the Montenegrin state in 1918, the newspaper continued to be published in exile until 1922. It was the official gazette of government of Principality and later Kingdom of Montenegro.

Glas Crnogorca

Type	Weekly gazette
Format	Berliner
Founded	21 January 1871
Political alignment	Petrović-Njegoš dynasty
Language	Serbian
Ceased publication	18 June 1922
Headquarters	Cetinje

Newspaper are direct successor of the first Montenegrin newspaper "Crnogorac" (Eng. Montenegrin), which was published from 1871 until 1873.[1]

History of the publication

Origins and the first publication

The "Montenegrin", first newspaper in Montenegrin history, began its publication on January 21, 1871 in Cetinje, then capital of Principality of Montenegro. From its beginnings it was funded by the state of Montenegro, while the official owner and first editor-in-chief was Jovan Sundečić, writer and secretary of the Montenegrin Royal Family. During its existence "Crnogorac" was distributed mainly in Austria-Hungary, where it had about 700 subscribers.[2]

Publishing of the "Glas Crnogorca"

In January 1873, the Austro-Hungarian authorities banned the distribution of "Crnogorac" in their territory, linking it to a forbidden nationalist organization called United Serb Youth. In February 1873 newspaper stopped publishing the newspaper altogether. In April 1873, the newspaper continued to be published under the new name "Glas Crnogorca", after which it is again distributed to the territories of Austria-Hungary and Kingdom of Serbia. The first editor-in-chief of the new paper was Simo Popović, writer and politician from Vojvodina (then part of Austria-Hungary), other notable main editors include writer Laza Kostić and politician Lazar Tomanović.

After the January 1916 Montenegrin capitulation in the World War I and later abolition of the Kingdom of Montenegro in 1918, it continued to periodically publish from January 1917, to June 18, 1922, in Paris and Rome, as the official newspaper of the Montenegrin government-in-exile (under the name "Glas Crnogorca - La voix du Monténégrin").[3]

References

1. Gopčević, Spiridon (2008). Crna Gora pp. 57, 118. Podgorica: CID.
2. Crnogorac - list za politiku i književnost
3. "Glas Crnogorca" o posljedicama prisajedinjenja Crne Gore Srbiji 1918.

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