RIGA - The Latvian daily Diena has begun producing a free newspaper called 5 min. On Aug. 22, the first day of distribution, almost all 50,000 copies of the publication were handed out, public relations manager Anna Muhka told Leta news agency. The papers are distributed by teenagers throughout the downtown area, and also left in stacks on trams, buses and in other public areas.One week later, on Sept. 1, 100,000 papers were distributed, including 40,000 copies in Latvian and 60,000 in Russian, Muhka said.She added that the proportion of tabloids in Russian and Latvian would be tweaked depe...
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