''Koha Jonë'' ( en, Our Time) is a newspaper published in
Albania
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. The paper is a politically unaffiliated daily newspaper based in Tirana.
History
The paper was first published on 11 May 1991
by
Nikolle Lesi and Aleksandër Frangaj in
Lezhë
Lezhë (, sq-definite, Lezha) is a city in the Republic of Albania and seat of Lezhë County and Lezhë Municipality.
One of the main strongholds of the Labeatai, the earliest of the fortification walls of Lezhë are of typical Illyrian const ...
and after some time the headquarters were moved to
Tirana
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.
[ Nikolle Lesi and Alexander Frangaj were the director and chief editor of the paper, respectively.
In 1996, Lesi became sole owner of the paper when he bought out Frangaj, who had owned 40 percent of the shares.]
Circulation
''Koha Jonë'' was the largest paper in Albania with a circulation of 34,000 copies in 1992. In 1995 the daily was the second most read newspaper in the country with a circulation of 30,000 copies.
Contents
The newspaper is organised in three sections, including the magazine.
# News: Includes International, National, Tirana, Politics, Business, Technology, Science, Health, Sports, Education.
# Opinion: Includes Editorial
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s, Op-Ed
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s and Letters to the Editor
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.
# Features: Includes Arts, Movies, Theatre, and music.
''Koha Jonë'' has had a web presence
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Examples of a web presence for a person could be a personal website, a blog, a profil ...
since 2008. Accessing articles requires no registration. The newspaper is available
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in PDF
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.
See also
* List of newspapers in Albania
* News in Albania
References
* Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS), Tirana. 2003. Albania and European Union: Perceptions and Realities
External links
Koha Jonë
1991 establishments in Albania
Albanian-language newspapers
Albanian news websites
Mass media in Lezhë
Mass media in Tirana
Newspapers published in Albania
Publications established in 1991
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