Perlindja e Shqipëniës () was the first newspaper published in

Independent Albania Independent Albania () was a parliamentary state declared in Vlorë (at the time part of Ottoman Empire) on 28 November 1912 during the First Balkan War. Its assembly was constituted on the same day while its government and senate were establish ...

. Its first issue was released on August 24, 1913 and its chief editor was

Dhimitër Beratti Dhimitër Beratti or Berati (15 October 1886 – 8 September 1970) was an Albanian politician, journalist, one of the signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence and the secretary of the Albanian delegation at the Paris Peace Conf ...

, with publicist Mihal Grameno serving as contributing editor. The newspaper was published twice a week and a total of 56 times until its last issue on March 28, 1914. In its articles, among other things, the paper called for the unification of the Albanian people to withstand the challenges of the time.

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Defunct newspapers published in Albania {{Albania-newspaper-stub