Draugas
Draugas building in Chicago, Illinois
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| Type | currently thrice-weekly newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Publisher | Lithuanian Catholic Press Society |
| Editor-in-chief | Ramunė Lapas |
| Founded | 1909 |
| Language | Lithuanian |
| Headquarters | 4545 W. 63rd Street Chicago, IL 60629 United States |
| Sister newspapers | Draugas News |
| Website | draugas.org |
Draugas (English: Friend) is the only Lithuanian daily newspaper published abroad. Until 2011, the newspaper was published five days a week, except Sundays and Mondays. It is currently published three days a week, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. It is read not only in the United States, but in Canada, South America, Australia, and Europe as well.
Draugas is the oldest continuously published Lithuanian language newspaper anywhere in the world.
Founded as a weekly Roman Catholic paper, Draugas published its first edition on July 25, 1909, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. On March 31, 1916, it was relocated to Chicago, Illinois, and since then has been published daily, except Mondays and Sundays, until 2011 when publication was reduced to three days per week. Its current building is owned by the Marian Fathers (Lith.: Marijonų vienuoliai).
During the Soviet occupation of Lithuania up to now, the newspaper was and still remains the backbone of the Lithuanian diaspora.
Currently, Draugas is published by the Lithuanian Catholic Press Society in Chicago, Illinois. Draugas contains twelve pages of news and public interest articles on political, religious, cultural, social, economic, sports, and other public interest themes, often on Lithuanian-related topics, and announcements, and paid advertising. The Tuesday issue is twelve pages, the Thursday issue is sixteen pages, and the Saturday issue is twenty-four pages, which includes a weekly eight-page supplement Kultūra meaning Culture and subtitled Menas Literatūra Mokslas meaning Art Literature Science.
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