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<i>Gazeta 55</i>

Gazeta 55

Daily newspaper

Gazeta 55 (English: Newspaper 55) is an Albanian language newspaper published in Tirana, Albania. The newspaper is a politically unaffiliated daily, with nine reporters on staff records. The tabloid's owner is Fahri Balliu, an Albanian businessman.[1]

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History and profile

Gazeta 55 was first published on 18 October 1997.[2][3][4][5]

At the beginning of the 2000s Gazeta 55 had a circulation of 4,500 copies.[5]

Name

The number "55" was chosen because Article 55 of the Constitution of communist Albania, dealt with Agitation and Propaganda related crimes.[6]

Content

Sections

The newspaper is organised in three sections, including the magazine.

  1. News: Includes International, National, Tirana, Politics, Business, Technology, Science, Health, Sports, Education.
  2. Opinion: Includes Editorials, Op-Eds and Letters to the Editor.
  3. Features: Includes Arts, Movies, Theatre, and a Sigurimi file (mainly about the communist era)

Web presence

Gazeta 55 has had a web presence since 2008. Accessing articles requires no registration, and the whole newspaper is available in PDF. The online editor is Leonard Quku.[7]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Media Landscape of South East Europe 2002 (PDF). Sofia: ACCESS-Sofia Foundation. 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  2. [2]
    Gent Ibrahimi and Agron Loci. Media Landscape of Albania: Legal Framework Media Online: Southeast European Media Journal [Sarejevo]. 15 January – 1 February 2001. No. 6.
  3. [3]
    Albania and European Union: Perceptions and Realities Archived 27 March 2005 at the Wayback Machine Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS), Tirana. 2003
  4. [4]
    East View Information Services. n.d.a. "Issue Details: Gazeta 55." Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine "Company Information." Archived 20 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  5. [5]
    "Albania" (PDF). Human Rights Watch. 14 (5). June 2002. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  6. [6]
    Communist Albanian constitution
  7. [7]
    "Homepage (see footnote)". Archived from the original on 7 February 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
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