___ do Union of Agricultural
Production Cooperatives
_Scinteia_ 1,000 do Romanian Communist Front
_Scinteia Tineretului_ 300 do Union of Communist Youth
_Sportul Popular_ ___ do Union of Culture and Sports
_Steagul Rosu_ ___ do Romanian Communist Front
_Steau Rosie_ ___ Tirgu Mures Do.
_Szabad Szo_[1] ___ Timisoara Hungarian People's Council
_Viata Noua_ ___ Galati Romanian Communist Party
_Voros Zaszlo_[1] ___ Tirgu Mures Hungarian People's Council
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___ circulation unknown
1. Published in Hungarian.
2. Published in German.

The principal and most widely known minority-language newspapers are the
Hungarian daily _Elore_ and the German _Neuer Weg_, also a daily. Both
of these newspapers contain generally the same news as Romanian
newspapers with additional local items of minority interest, such as
cultural developments and problems associated with minority language use
in education and other fields.

Periodicals

The number of periodicals published throughout the country increased
from a total of 387 in 1960 to 581 in 1969, according to the latest
government statistics. The total annual circulation of periodicals
almost doubled during this time, increasing from about 105 million
copies to approximately 209 million. More than 340 of these magazines
and journals were published either quarterly or annually, the remainder
appearing either weekly, monthly, or at some other intervals. No
indication was given within this general classification of the number of
publications that were issued in the minority languages or were directed
at special minority interest groups.

All periodicals are considered official publications of the various
sponsoring organizations and are subject to the same licensing and
supervising controls as newspapers. Virtually all magazines and journals
are published by mass organizations and party or government-controlled
activities, such as institutes, labor unions, cultural committees, and
special interest groups. They cover a broad range of subjects and
include technical and professional journals, among them magazines on
literature, art, health, sports, medicine, statistics, politics,