List of Albanian newspapers

Newsstand in Shkodra

The following list includes a selection of Albanian newspapers . Here are newspapers and magazines combined.

Media landscape

The press freedom came in Albania until the early 1990s, when the dictatorial regime of Enver Hoxha and his Labor Party was overthrown. Hoxha ruled the country for almost 50 years and did not allow newspapers to develop and distribute freely. Only the two party newspapers Bashkimi and Zëri i Popullit determined the media landscape in the country.

In January 2012, 28 daily newspapers appeared ; In 1991 the number was four. However, the daily circulation of all newspapers combined is no more than 70,000 copies and is therefore relatively low. The radio - especially the television - and the digital media today play a much more important role in the mass media in the country than the print media do.

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Newspapers

Surname	Year of first edition	Remarks
Albania	1995
Gazeta 55	1997
Gazeta Shqiptare
Koha Jonë	1991	first newspaper founded after the democratic change
Mapo	2010
panorama
Shekulli	1997
Shqip
Telegraph
Tema	2000

Party newspapers

Surname	Year of first edition	Remarks
Bashkimi		next to Zëri i Popullit the other party newspaper of the Labor Party of Albania ; Appearance discontinued
Republica		Albanian Republican Party
Rilindja Demokratie		Democratic Party of Albania
Zëri i Popullit	1942	Socialist Party of Albania , formerly the newspaper of the Labor Party

Magazines

Surname	Year of first edition	Remarks
Drita	1883	Culture, shaped by nationalism , emerged during the Rilindja movement
Iso-Polifonia		Iso-polyphony
Sporti Shqiptar		most popular sports magazine

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mark Marku: Mediat shqiptare dhe specifikat e tregut local. European Journalism Observatory , University of Italian-speaking Switzerland , January 6, 2012, accessed November 22, 2012 (Albanian).