News in Albania

Albania's news industry covers the press, television and radio.

The Albanian national news agency is the Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA), which uses the English language, as well as the Albanian language.

The press

Newspapers

The following newspapers are most published in Albania ^[1] :

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Albanian Name	English name	Established	Political alignment	Frequency	Circulation (in 2001)	Remarks
Albania	Albania	08-09-1995	Unaffiliated center		Unknown
Shekulli	Century	May 12, 1999	Unaffiliated center left	Daily	22,167
Gazeta Shqiptare	Albanian Newspaper		Left	Daily	9,677
Korrieri	Courier	March 28, 2001	Unaffiliated center left	Daily	8,000
Koha Jonë	Our Time	May 11, 1991	Right winged, Liberal	Daily	7,833
Rilindja Demokratike	Democratik reborn		Democratic Party	Daily	5,333	This Newspaper is part of Democratic Party of Albania
Zëri i Popullit	Voice of the People	1944	Marxism-Leninism, now Social democracy	Daily	5,167	This Newspaper was first part of Party of Labour of Albania (1944–1992) and now Socialist Party of Albania (1992–present)
Tema	Theme		Unaffiliated right	Daily	5,000
Republika	Republik		Republican Party	Daily	5,000	Part of Republican Party of Albania
Gazeta 55	Newspaper 55	October 18, 1997	Anti-communist, Liberal	Daily	4,500

Private newspapers

• Gazeta Shqiptare (daily)
• Koha Jonë (daily)
• Korrieri (daily)
• Panorama (daily)
• Shekulli (daily)
• Shqip (daily)
• Gazeta 55 (daily)

Government newspapers

• Rilindja Demokratike (Democratic Party)
• Zeri i Popullit (Socialist Party)

Websites

• Albanian Daily News (English language)
• Balkan Web (Albanian language)
• NOA Agency (Albanian language,English language,Italian language and Greek language)
• ATA (Albanian Telegraphic Agency, English language, Albanian language and French language)

Television

Albania has four television networks:

Public

• Albanian Radio Television (RTSH) (Public broadcaster that operates two networks)

Private

• Top-Channel (Private network)
• TVA (Private network)
• TV Klan (Private network)

Radio

Albania has three radio networks:

Public

• Radio Tirana (RTSH) (Public broadcaster)

Private

• +2 Radio
• Top Albania Radio

References

• BBC World Media Profiles

External links

• Studi on Albanian Newspapers
• Studi on Albanian Newspapers

References

1. ^ "June 2002. Vol. 14, No. 5 (D). Albania: The Cost of Speech: Violations of Media Freedom in Albania, p.56". Human Rights Watch (HRW).. http://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/albania/albania0602.pdf.