What is "novosti"

Novosti means news in some Slavic languages, and so is the name of some news organizations and publications. It may refer to:

• RIA Novosti, Russian state-owned news agency
• Novosti AD, Serbian publishing company
  • Večernje novosti (lit. Evening News), Serbian daily established in 1953 and published by the above company
• Novosti (Croatia), Croatian weekly established in 1999
• Moskovskiye Novosti (lit. Moscow News), defunct Russian daily which was published 1980–2008
• Posledniye Novosti, (lit. Latest News), historic Russian émigré daily published in Paris 1920–1940
• Sportske novosti (lit. Sports News), Croatian sports daily established in 1945
  • Sportske novosti awards, the annual awards for highest achievements in Croatian sports

Novosti (, lit. The News) is a Croatian weekly magazine based in Zagreb. It is published by the Serb National Council (SNV), the main state-funded body concerned with promoting human rights and dealing with issues related to the ethnic identity and the participation of Serbs of Croatia in the Croatian society at large. The organization was established in July 1997 in Zagreb, based on the provisions granting the right to self-government for Serbs in Croatia as set in the Erdut Agreement.

The magazine, billed as an "independent Serb weekly" (samostalni srpski tjednik), describes its editorial policy as being primarily concerned with covering general news and publishing "critical writing about all the relevant political, social and cultural developments in Croatia". It also deals with issues related to the Serb community in Croatia and the development of civil society.

The Novosti weekly was originally launched by SNV in December 1999 in broadsheet format as a weekly publication primarily concerned with minority politics related to Serbs of Croatia. Since its first issue the magazine adopted a policy of linguistic pluralism and featured articles written in both Croatian and Serbian languages, and offered a mix of sections printed in Latin and Cyrillic scripts. However, its circulation was limited to subscribers and was not widely available in newsstands for the first ten years of its existence.

In late 2009 the magazine underwent an extensive makeover in an effort to transform it into a weekly magazine which would also appeal to the mainstream public, with more space dedicated to commentary pieces and coverage of nationally significant political and cultural events, as well as investigative journalism. To that extent, the magazine hired a number of prominent columnists and intellectuals as commentators, including Viktor Ivančić (formerly of Feral Tribune), Boris Dežulović, Vladimir Arsenijević, Tomislav Jakić and Igor Mandić, and was for the first time made available for purchase at newsstands.

As of December 2009 its circulation is 8,000. Its editor-in-chief is Ivica Đikić, formerly of Novi list daily.