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American Srbobran

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American Srbobran
A 1976 copy of American Srbobran in front of a copy of the Canadian Srbobran
TypeDaily newspaper
Founded1906
LanguageSerbian, English
HeadquartersPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Circulation10,000 (as of 1922)
OCLC number8409538
Websitesnfpaper.org

American Srbobran is a bilingual Serbian and English language newspaper which has been published in Pittsburgh since 1906. The American Srbobran is the oldest Serbian-language newspaper currently in publication in the United States. The newspaper had a daily circulation of 10,000 in 1922.[1] During World War II, the newspaper had a Serbian nationalist stance.[2] Currently, the newspaper remains available in English and Serbian. The English section editor is Ms. Sandi Radoja, while Dr. Krinka Petrov edits the Serbian section. It is a monthly printed publication, 16 pages in English and 4 in Serbian/Cyrillic, and is also available online at www.snfpaper.org. The paper is the official publication of the Serb National Federation.

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  1. ^ History of Pittsburgh and Environs, Volume 2. American Historical Company. 2004. p. 337.
  2. ^ Van Minnen, Cornelius; Sears, John; Arar, Khalid (2016). Fdr And His Contemporaries: Foreign Perceptions of an American President. Springer. p. 78. ISBN 978-1349219018.