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The Liechtensteiner Volksblatt was a daily newspaper serving Liechtenstein . It was published by the Liechtensteiner Volksblatt AG, and as of 2015, had a circulation of 9,000 copies. The editorial office was located in Schaan .

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16-614: In February 2023, Christine Wohlwend , the president of the board of directors, announced that the newspaper would cease publication in March 2023 due to declining subscriptions and rising costs. The newspaper was first published on 16 August 1878 as the Press Association Liechtensteiner Volksblatt . The Royal Chaplain Johann Fetz was the founder and first editor, serving in that capacity until 1884. Up until 1918, it

32-650: A consulting firm in Balzers named Elleta AG. Wohlwend is the firm's managing director, focusing on "risk management, data protection, information security and compliance", and she sits on the company's board of directors. In 2020, she won the Business Day Award at the "13th Women's Business Day in Vaduz". In the 2013 Liechtenstein general election , Wohlwend was elected to the Landtag of Liechtenstein , representing Oberland as

48-496: A proportional representation system. Four parties contested the elections; the centre to centre-right Patriotic Union (VU), centre-right Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP), centre-left Free List (FL) and newly created right-wing populist alliance The Independents (DU). The previous elections in 2009 were won by the Patriotic Union which managed to secure an absolute majority of the seats (13 out of 25). Despite winning

64-645: A "review of subsidies and transfer payments to private individuals". Wohlwend left office at the end of her term in 2017. Since 2018, Wohlwend has been the president of the board of directors of Liechtensteiner Volksblatt AG, the managing company of Liechtensteiner Volksblatt , one of Liechtenstein's two daily newspapers. In February 2023, she announced that the newspaper would cease publication in March due to declining subscriptions and rising costs. 2013 Liechtenstein general election General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 3 February 2013, using

80-548: A member of the Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP). Following her election, Wohlwend became the FBP's parliamentary group spokeswoman, thus becoming an ex officio member of the party's presidium . During her tenure in parliament, Wohlwend supported legislation which would give government employees the same protections against dismissal as private sector employees, "strengthen government oversight of public companies", and launch

96-622: A member of the Progressive Citizens' Party , and also served as the party's parliamentary group spokeswoman. Christine Wohlwend was born on 31 July 1978 in Feldkirch , Austria. Her father Helmut Wohlwend was a lawyer. At a young age, her family moved to the village of Balzers in Liechtenstein . Wohlwend grew up in Balzers, and later attended the Liechtenstein Gymnasium in Vaduz , where she graduated in 1998. Later that year, she began attending

112-520: A parliamentary majority, the Patriotic Union chose to form a coalition with the conservative Progressive Citizens' Party , which won 11 seats. The Free List won a single seat and became the opposition party. Prime Minister Klaus Tschuetscher 's term in office was marked by an effort to move the country away from being a tax haven . Prior to the election Tschuetscher, who is a member of the Patriotic Union (VU) party, declared he would not be seeking

128-466: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This European newspaper-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Christine Wohlwend Christine Wohlwend (born 31 July 1978) is a Liechtensteiner businesswoman, forensic technician, and politician who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 2013 until 2017. Wohlwend represented the Oberland constituency as

144-720: The University of Lausanne in Switzerland, graduating in 2002 with a degree in forensic science . In 2002, Wohlwend began working at the Federal Criminal Police Office in Wiesbaden , Germany. She initially worked in the field of forensic technology, specifically ballistics and crime scene reconstruction . Among her duties, Wohlwend prepared a report for the 14th Interpol Forensic Science Symposium. She later switched her field to quality management and compliance, and left

160-582: The Landtag. The success of The Independents was considered by observers to be a result of protest votes against austerity measures in the country. It was also postulated that greater diversity in the Landtag was a result of a decreased partisanship of voters. Patriotic Union members expressed their disappointment at the result. The VU suffered a large defeat, losing more than a third of its seats. The Progressive Citizens' Party lost one seat. Johannes Ilic This Liechtenstein elections -related article

176-593: The Royal Family of Liechtenstein. The Liechtensteiner Volksblatt was financed through subscriptions and the sale of advertisements. The newspaper was published in the German language, and is primarily covers current affairs in Liechtenstein, though also providing some coverage of Switzerland and Austria. The Liechtensteiner Volksblatt is usually organised into eight sections: This Liechtenstein -related article

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192-444: The municipalities of Balzers , Planken , Schaan , Triesen , Triesenberg and Vaduz . On 28 January 2013, the newspaper Liechtensteiner Vaterland published a poll in which they asked their readers, "Which party conducted the best election campaign?" About 10,000 people responded, and the results of the poll were as follows: This was the first election in Liechtenstein in which four different political groups have won seats in

208-505: The police in 2007. Wohlwend moved back to Liechtenstein in 2008, becoming the head of the business controlling and services department of Kyberna AG , an IT company in Vaduz. She was named to the company's executive board in 2011, and was "responsible for data protection and data location issues". In 2012, Wohlwend received a master's degree in controlling from the Zurich University of Economics . The following year, she co-founded

224-493: The positions of the reigning Prince of Liechtenstein , and the Progressive Citizens' Party . Since September 2006, the paper has been published by "Liechtensteiner Volksblatt AG", a private publishing house which emerged from the former Press Club. In October 2006, the Vorarlberg media entrepreneur Eugen Russ (Vorarlberger Medienhaus) also holds a minority stake in the publishing house. The majority shares are still in possession of

240-501: The premiership for a second term. The 25 members of the Landtag were elected by open list proportional representation from two constituencies, Oberland with 15 seats and Unterland with 10 seats. Only parties and lists with more than 8% of the votes cast in each constituency were eligible to win seats in the Landtag. The constituency of Unterland consists of the municipalities of Eschen , Gamprin , Mauren , Ruggell and Schellenberg . The other constituency, Oberland, consists of

256-427: Was published as a weekly newspaper, until it began printing twice weekly until 1919. The company gradually increased its rate of publication, from three editions per week starting in 1927, expanding to four in 1962, and then five times a week in 1978. Since January 1985, the paper has printed every day, except Sunday. The Oberland newspaper is generally considered to have a conservative outlook, and regularly agrees with

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