Gazeta 55

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Gazeta 55
Newspaper 55
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Gazeta 55 on 27 September 2010
Type daily newspaper
Format Berliner
Owner(s) Fahri Balliu (1997-present)
Founder(s)Fahri Balliu
PublisherGazeta 55
Editor-in-chiefIlir Nikolla
Staff writersFahri Balliu
Founded18 October 1997;27 years ago (1997-10-18)
Political alignmentAnti-communist
Language Albanian
HeadquartersMedar Shylla Street, Tirana, Albania
Website www.55news.al

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]

Contents

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]

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  3. Albania and European Union: Perceptions and Realities Archived 27 March 2005 at the Wayback Machine Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS), Tirana. 2003
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  5. 1 2 "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.