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Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

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is the

Albanian Telegraphic Agency The Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATSH; ) is the official multimedia news agency of the Albanian government. Its content is published in some of the main news agencies around the world of which it has contractual agreements with, such as: AFP, DP ...

(ATA), which uses the

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The press

Newspapers

The following newspapers are most published in Albania:

Private newspapers

Gazeta Shqiptare Gazeta Shqiptare ''( en, Albanian Newspaper)'' is the oldest independent Albanian language newspaper published in Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), i ...

(daily) *

Koha Jonë ''Koha Jonë'' ( en, Our Time) is a newspaper published in Albania. 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 a ...

(daily) *

Korrieri Korrieri ( en, Courier) was an Albanian language daily newspaper. History and profile Established on 28 March 2001 as a berliner type publication, ''Korrieri'' was for a period (April 2007 - January 2009) on the front line of transforming Albania ...

(daily) *

Panorama A panorama (formed from Greek πᾶν "all" + ὅραμα "view") is any wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, photography, film, seismic images, or 3D modeling. The word was originally coined in ...

(daily) *

Shekulli ''Shekulli'' ( en, Century) is a daily newspaper published in Albania. The paper is owned by the media group UNIPRESS sh.p.k Its headquarters is located in Tirana, Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Rep ...

(daily) * Shqip (daily) *

Gazeta 55 ''Gazeta 55'' ( en, 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 businessma ...

(daily)

Political newspapers

Rilindja Demokratike ''Rilindja Demokratike'' ( en, Democratic Rebirth and short RD) is an Albanian newspaper founded and continuously published in Tirana. Rilindja Demokratike is the official newspaper of the Democratic Party of Albania. Its chief editor is Bledi Ka ...

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) * Zeri i Popullit (

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Websites

A2 News , CNN Exclusive News Channel Affiliate
(

) * Albanian Daily News (

) * Balkan Web (

)
NOA Agency
(Albanian language, English language, Italian language and Greek language)
ATA
(Albanian Telegraphic Agency, English language, Albanian language and French language)
Lezha Online
(Lezha Online News, Albanian language)
Kombetare Online
(Gazeta Kombetare Online, Albanian language)
AlbNews Portal
(Latest news from Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia)

Television

Albania has four television networks:

Public

Albanian Radio Television Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (; en, "Albanian Radio and Television"; mostly called RTSH ) is an Albanian public broadcasting radio and television company. Founded in 1938, it operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmi ...

(

RTSH Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (; en, "Albanian Radio and Television"; mostly called RTSH ) is an Albanian public broadcasting radio and television company. Founded in 1938, it operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmi ...

) (Public broadcaster that operates two networks)

Private

Top-Channel Top Channel is a national commercial television network based in Tirana, Albania, founded by Dritan Hoxha in 2001. In January 2008, Top Channel was awarded national frequency coverage by making it the third such channel in Albania. In 2009, i ...

(Private network) *

TVA The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally owned electric utility corporation in the United States. TVA's service area covers all of Tennessee, portions of Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky, and small areas of Georgia, North Carolina ...

(Private network) *

TV Klan Televizioni Klan, also known as TV Klan, is an Albanian private television channel with national coverage, based in Tirana, Albania. History and profile TV Klan launched as a Franco-Albanian joint-venture, with its first broadcast airing on 25 ...

(Private network)

Radio

Albania has three radio networks:

Public

Radio Tirana Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (; en, "Albanian Radio and Television"; mostly called RTSH ) is an Albanian public broadcasting radio and television company. Founded in 1938, it operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmi ...

(

) (Public broadcaster)

Private

* +2 Radio * Top Albania Radio

References

* BBC World Media Profiles

External links

Studi on Albanian Newspapers

References

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