Rilindja Demokratike
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Rilindja Demokratike (English: 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.[2] Its chief editor is Bledi Kasmi. Its first publication was on 5 January 1991 and was the first free newspaper since the Fall of communism in Albania, while it functioned against the state newspaper Zëri i Popullit what was the newspaper of the Communist Party and nowadays of the Socialist Party.[4] RD was also the first media in Albania that openly criticized the regime of Enver Hoxha[5]
Type | Daily Newspaper |
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Format | Berliner |
Owner(s) | Democratic Party of Albania |
Editor-in-chief | Bledi Kasmi |
Founded | 5 January 1991; 33 years ago (1991-01-05) [1] |
Political alignment | Part of Democratic Party of Albania |
Language | Albanian |
Headquarters | Tirana |
Circulation | Present: 3.000 (2014)[2] Record: 125.000 (1991)[3] |
Website | rd rdnews |
RD still holds the record of most published newspaper in Albania, with a circulation of 125.000 copies in 1991.[3] Together with Gazeta 55 it is the only right winged news paper, but RD is considered the main opposition newspaper.[6]