Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Berliner
Owner	Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso SpA
Editor	Ezio Mauro
Founded	1976
Political position	centre-left
Headquarters	Rome, Italy
Website: www.repubblica.it

La Repubblica (meaning: "The Republic") is an Italian daily newspaper. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by the Espresso group led by Eugenio Scalfari and Carlo Caracciolo and the Mondadori group. It has since kept a progressive political stance. Image File history File links LaRepubblica_logo. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (540x800, 182 KB) Summary The frontpage of the newspaper La Repubblica, from Newseum. ... Newspaper sizes in August 2005. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... In politics, the term centre-left is commonly used to describe and denote political parties or organisations that stretch from the centre to the left or are moderately left-wing, as opposed to extreme left wing beliefs such as communism. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC (mythical), early 1st millennium BC (archaeological) Region Latium Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,553,873 almost 4,300,000 1. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... Arnoldo Mondadori (Poggio Rusco Mantua, November 2, 1889 - Milan, June 8, 1971) was a noted Italian publisher. ...

After Silvio Berlusconi acquired the group in 1990, the Italian political establishment led by the Christian Democrat Giulio Andreotti forced him to sell the newspaper to the rival left-oriented tycoon Carlo De Benedetti, who still owns it. It is now directed by Ezio Mauro. (born 29 September 1936) is an Italian politician, entrepreneur, and media proprietor. ... Christian Democracy, (Democrazia Cristiana), the Christian democratic party of Italy, commonly called the democristiani or DC, dominated government for nearly half a century until its demise amid a welter of corruption allegations in 1992-94. ... Giulio Andreotti Giulio Andreotti (born in Rome, 14 January 1919) is an Italian political figure, among the most powerful in post-war Italy. ...

External links

• La Repubblica on line

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