Chernihiv oblast newspaper Slovo Varvynshchyny goes out of print

Slovo Varvynshchyny. Photo from the newspaper's Facebook page

The Chernihiv oblast newspaper Slovo Varvynshchyny is temporarily going out of print due to having no funding for the next six months, editor Yevhenia Zima announced on the newspaper's Facebook page.

"Unfortunately, this is how things are. We are forced to suspend the newspaper's print releases, since we will not have sufficient financial resources for this in the next six months," the editor wrote.

She noted that as of December 2024, the newspaper's print run was 1,600 copies, and by January 2025, money for about a thousand copies could be collected by subscription, which makes it impossible to release the newspaper.

Another factor that led to the closure is the lack of staff.

"There are critically few employees, which means that everyone is working for several people," the post says.

The printing has been suspended for now, but the website and social media pages are operational.

Subscribers' money are in Ukrposhta's account, so the company will give them refunds after the subscription campaign is completed.

Earlier, Ripky district newspaper Zhyttya Polissya (Chernihiv oblast) stopped printing for several weeks due to the accountant who was also responsible for doing layouts being conscripted.

On December 5, 2024, the last issue of the newspaper Visti Borznyanshchyny, one of the oldest district newspapers in Chernihiv oblast, was released.