Nacional (newspaper)
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Milorad Antonić |
| Publisher | NIP Info Orfej d.o.o. |
| Editor | Predrag Popović |
| Founded | 4 December 2001 |
| Political alignment | Sensationalism Populism |
| Ceased publication | 18 March 2003 |
Nacional was a Serbian daily newspaper published in Belgrade from 2001 until 2003.
Owned by the NIP Info Orfej publishing company whose general manager Milorad Antonić previously made a profit on the Belgrade-based Ekskluziv magazine and Bijeljina-based Ekstra magazin, Nacional's first issue appeared on 4 December 2001. Published in the ambitious initial circulation of 60,000 copies, the paper managed to establish itself fairly quickly on the market. With its semi-tabloid content format, the paper's chief editor was Predrag Popović while Dragan J. Vučićević was his deputy. Svetomir Marjanović, another prominent journalist on the Serbian daily tabloid scene was a feature editor.
Nacional was published under the mantra 'Dnevni list Srbije' (Serbia's daily). Visually, the paper was a carbon copy of the Croatian Ninoslav Pavić-owned Jutarnji list daily with almost the same layout and exact same Latin font. Furthermore, its name mirrored that of a Croatian weekly magazine owned by Ivo Pukanić.
The paper was shut down by a government decree during Operation Sablja following the assassination of Zoran Đinđić in March 2003.