Genossenschaftliche Allgemeine Zeitung
| Genossenschaftliche Allgemeine Zeitung
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| description | Membership newspaper of German cooperatives |
| Area of Expertise | Economy, Sport, Culture, Human Interest |
| language | German |
| publishing company | Food Practice Verlag ( Germany ) |
| Frequency of publication | eight times a year |
| Sold edition | 260,000 copies |
| editor | Wolfgang Baecker, Klaus Kalefeld |
| Web link | genossenschaftliche-allgemeine.de |
The Genossenschaftliche Allgemeine Zeitung (GAZ) is a nationwide newspaper for members of cooperatives . It appears with a print run of 260,000 copies by Lebensmittel Praxis Verlag . The full title is “Genossenschaftliche Allgemeine Zeitung for Self-Help and Subsidiarity”. A partial edition of the newspaper is distributed free of charge to around a hundred German universities via Unicum-Verlag . The credit unions in Hamm and Coesfeld also sell the GAZ to customers who do not have the status of a member.
Introductory story
The first issue appeared at the end of September 2011, the second a month later. The reason for the new establishment was the opening of the International Year of Cooperatives 2012, which the General Assembly of the United Nations decided on December 18, 2009 in its resolution A / RES / 64/136. According to the editorial of the first issue, the GAZ should contribute to the public relations work required by the world organization. The editors also refer to Article 28 of the Constitution of North Rhine-Westphalia, which calls for support for cooperative self-help. Founding editors are Wolfgang Baecker and Klaus Kalefeld. According to her, the GAZ should appear eight times a year.
profile
The GAZ, which is printed in Nordic format , contains messages, reports and comments on the areas of business, culture, sport and miscellaneous. Around half of the contributions are related to the topics of self-help, civic engagement or development cooperation. The remaining texts deal with current events of general interest. Former EU Commissioner Günter Verheugen was the guest columnist for the first edition . In addition to the federal edition, there are also two regional editions with local information from the northern Ruhr area and western Münsterland.
Web link
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information from Volksbank Hamm eG ( Memento of the original dated June 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 29, 2011
- ^ Text of the resolution in English on the United Nations website
- ↑ First edition (PDF) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 29, 2011
- ↑ Constitutional text ( memento of the original from October 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the state portal North Rhine-Westphalia
- ↑ according to the imprint of the second edition (October 2011), p. 4
