The Prager Zeitung was a German newspaper in the Czech Republic issued weekly in Prague; it now publishes online only.

History and profile

Prager Zeitung was founded in 1991. It considers itself as a successor of the Prager Tagblatt, a German-language daily in Bohemia published from 1876 to 1939. Prager Zeitung, published by Prago Media spol, is an independent publication and has a liberal political leaning. It provides political news and puts special emphasis on the relations between the Czech Republic and its German-speaking neighbors. Its former editors include Egon Erwin Kisch and Max Brod. The weekly is also distributed in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It is the largest non-Czech newspaper published in the Czech Republic.