Rolling Stone Magazine Launches Croatian Edition

The famous US rock magazine Rolling Stone has launched a Croatian-language edition containing its trademark mix of politics and cultural coverage as well as music.

The first edition of the Croatian Rolling Stone analyses the ex-Yugoslav rock scene through interviews with musicians like Goran Bare, Zoran Predin, Rambo Amadeus and Dubioza kolektiv.

It also offers a comparative analysis of the Croatian and Serbian judiciaries, interviews Croatian theatre director Oliver Frljic and tries to explain the phenomenon of pop star Severina.

Goran Bare, the frontman of the Croatian rock group Majke (Mothers), appears on the magazine’s inaugural cover.

Rolling Stone started in 1967 in San Francisco and attracted widespread renown for publishing the work of writers like Hunter S. Thompson, P.J. O’Rourke and many others, highlighting political issues as well as covering the rock scene.

Today it sells more than a million copies a year, and has editions in more than 20 languages.

Ela Radic is the editor of the Croatian edition, which costs 15 kuna (two euro).