Mladina ('Youth') appeared for the first time in January 1943 in succession to the former Mlada Slovenia ('Young Slovenia'), a magazine of the National Liberation Front published in 1941-42. Since that time Mladina has gained a reputation for challenging, investigative and provocative reporting in the former Yugoslavia. In the independent Slovenia, Mladina continues to irritate the authorities and the role of Mladina has remained controversial; no politician is safe from its authors' sharp pencils. According to the National Research on Readership (http://www.nrb.info), in 2006 Mladina was read daily by 74,000 people, which gives it a 4.3 per cent daily reach. Its online edition brings special daily news as well as a searchable archive of past articles. The culture section gives an overview of the programme for the following week and covers current themes, mostly in the form of interviews, pieces of research or shorter event reviews.