Gazeta 55 Explained

Gazeta 55
Newspaper 55
Type:daily newspaper
Format:Berliner
Owners:Fahri Balliu (1997-present)
Founder:Fahri Balliu
Publisher:Gazeta 55
Chiefeditor:Ilir Nikolla
Staff:Fahri Balliu
Political:Anti-communist
Language:Albanian
Headquarters:Medar Shylla Street, Tirana, Albania
Website: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]

History and profile

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

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Media Landscape of South East Europe 2002. 2003. ACCESS-Sofia Foundation. Sofia. 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. http://www.aiis-albania.org/Albania%20and%20%20European%20Union.doc Albania and European Union: Perceptions and Realities
  4. East View Information Services. n.d.a. "Issue Details: Gazeta 55." http://www.eastview.com/peri/product.asp?sku=P14729&active_tab=1 "Company Information." http://www.eastview.com/corporate_information.asp
  5. Albania. Human Rights Watch. June 2002. 14. 5. 19 January 2015.
  6. https://books.google.com/books?id=SVl4sNPzWlwC&pg=PA8 Communist Albanian constitution
  7. Web site: Homepage (see footnote) . 26 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140207233304/http://gazeta55.al/ . 7 February 2014 . dead .

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