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
Newspaper 55
Gazeta 55 on 27 September 2010
Typedaily newspaper
FormatBerliner
Owner(s)Fahri Balliu (1997-present)
Founder(s)Fahri Balliu
PublisherGazeta 55
Editor-in-chiefIlir Nikolla
Staff writersFahri Balliu
Founded18 October 1997 (1997-10-18)
Political alignmentAnti-communist
LanguageAlbanian
HeadquartersMedar Shylla Street, Tirana, Albania
WebsiteGazeta 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.

  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. Media Landscape of South East Europe 2002 (PDF). Sofia: ACCESS-Sofia Foundation. 2003. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  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. Albania and European Union: Perceptions and Realities Archived 27 March 2005 at the Wayback Machine Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS), Tirana. 2003
  4. East View Information Services. n.d.a. "Issue Details: Gazeta 55." "Company Information."
  5. "Albania" (PDF). Human Rights Watch. 14 (5). June 2002. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  6. Communist Albanian constitution
  7. "Homepage (see footnote)". Archived from the original on 7 February 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
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