Efimeris was a Greek language newspaper

Newspaper

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 published in Vienna

Vienna

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 from 1790 to 1797. It is the oldest Greek newspaper of which issues have survived till today.

History

In 1790, the Greek typographers Poulios Markidis-Pouliou and Georgios Markidis-Pouliou, from Siatista

Siatista

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, started publishing the newspaper in the Greek, Serbian ("Illyrian") and German languages, after successfully negotiating a license from the Austrian

Austrian Empire

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 authorities. Vienna

Vienna

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, the Austrian capital, was that time an important commercial center for Greek merchants. The newspaper published the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

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 in serials, as well as several works by Rigas Feraios

Rigas Feraios

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. The newspaper's run lasted until 1797, when Georgios Pouliou was arrested along with Rigas Feraios for their publication of "revolutionary and godless" works, and the paper was shut down in January 1798.

Many of its original issues can be seen in various public libraries in Greece

Greece

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, and in 2000, the Academy of Athens

Academy of Athens (modern)

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reprinted a collected edition of the newspaper.

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