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Metro was first launched in Stockholm on 13 February 1995.
The first international edition was launched in Budapest, Hungary in Hungarian (1998) and became the most popular daily with 400.000 daily edition. The newspaper had two editions, in the countryside and in Budapest. The popular Metro - later renamed as Metropol - was sold to a Hungarian private editor in 2011 and became a target of political fights. The newspaper was closed in 2015. On 7 September 2020, the daily restarted with the British Metro look and the same name, renaming the pro-government tabloid Lokál.
A German-language edition is published in Switzerland by Metro Publication (Schweiz) AG under the name Metropol on 31 January 2000 as a direct competitor to 20 Minuten. The newspaper ceased publication without announcement on 13 February 2002.
In 2000, a Spanish edition named Publimetro, and is published in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with a circulation of 390,000. Facing competition from the free daily La Razón published by Grupo Clarín, Publimetro is suspended indefinitely a year later.
A weekly magazine named Metropop starts publication in Hong Kong on 27 April 2006 (published on Thursdays).
At the end of 2006, Metro started a dedicated technology paper, Metro Teknik (English section) which is distributed weekly to companies, science parks, and technical universities around Sweden.
Due to financial difficulties in the press sector in general, and the free press in particular, Metro International closed down its Polish edition on 5 January 2007. Earlier, the Danish afternoon version of the newspaper was closed down, and the business in Finland was sold.
As of October 2008, the Croatian Metro edition was also cancelled, due to disappointing advertorial income.
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As of 29 January 2009, Metro International closed down its Spanish operations.
In 2009, Metro sold its US papers.
As of 31 May 2012, Metro International was de-listed from the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm stock exchange.
In August 2016, the French version of the newspaper, published since 2002 and property of TF1 since 2011, is discontinued.
In September 2016, the Portuguese version of the newspaper, published since 2004 and property of Cofina since 2009, is discontinued.
In August 2019, the newspaper ceased operations in Sweden.
On 20 March 2020, the last Netherlands edition of the Metro, published since 21 June 1999, was distributed. It continues as an online news platform, owned by Mediahuis Nederland B.V.
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