Gazeta 55
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]
Gazeta 55 on 27 September 2010 | |
Type | daily newspaper |
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Format | Berliner |
Owner(s) | Fahri Balliu (1997-present) |
Founder(s) | Fahri Balliu |
Publisher | Gazeta 55 |
Editor-in-chief | Ilir Nikolla |
Staff writers | Fahri Balliu |
Founded | 18 October 1997 |
Political alignment | Anti-communist |
Language | Albanian |
Headquarters | Medar Shylla Street, Tirana, Albania |
Website | Gazeta 55 |
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.
- News: Includes International, National, Tirana, Politics, Business, Technology, Science, Health, Sports, Education.
- Opinion: Includes Editorials, Op-Eds and Letters to the Editor.
- 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]
References
- Media Landscape of South East Europe 2002 (PDF). Sofia: ACCESS-Sofia Foundation. 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- 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.
- Albania and European Union: Perceptions and Realities Archived 27 March 2005 at the Wayback Machine Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS), Tirana. 2003
- East View Information Services. n.d.a. "Issue Details: Gazeta 55." "Company Information."
- "Albania" (PDF). Human Rights Watch. 14 (5). June 2002. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- Communist Albanian constitution
- "Homepage (see footnote)". Archived from the original on 7 February 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2010.