{"id":7838,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/1970\/01\/01\/the-first-issue-of-the-newspaper-zeri-i-popullit-voice-of-the-people\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:52:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:52:49","slug":"the-first-issue-of-the-newspaper-zeri-i-popullit-voice-of-the-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/the-first-issue-of-the-newspaper-zeri-i-popullit-voice-of-the-people\/","title":{"rendered":"The first issue of the newspaper \u201cZ\u00ebri i Popullit\u201d (“Voice of the People”)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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T<\/span>he firs<\/span>t<\/span> issue of <\/span>t<\/span>he newspaper “<\/span>Zëri<\/span> i<\/span> Populli<\/span>t<\/span>” (“Voice of <\/span>t<\/span>he People”) was published in <\/span>T<\/span>i<\/span>ran<\/span>a from 1942 <\/span>t<\/span>o 1944 as a poli<\/span>t<\/span>ical, economic, and<\/span> social newspaper. I<\/span>t<\/span> began as an illegal publica<\/span>t<\/span>ion during <\/span>t<\/span>he An<\/span>t<\/span>i-Fascis<\/span>t<\/span> Na<\/span>t<\/span>ional Libera<\/span>t<\/span>ion War, serving as <\/span>t<\/span>he organ of <\/span>t<\/span>he Communis<\/span>t<\/span> Par<\/span>t<\/span>y of Albania. <\/span>T<\/span>he newspaper was published several <\/span>t<\/span>imes a mon<\/span>t<\/span>h in <\/span>t<\/span>yped pamphle<\/span>t<\/span> form, wi<\/span>t<\/span>h some edi<\/span>t<\/span>ions in l<\/span>a<\/span>t<\/span>e 1943 prin<\/span>t<\/span>ed secre<\/span>t<\/span>ly in newspaper forma<\/span>t<\/span> by an<\/span>t<\/span>i-fascis<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>ypographers in <\/span>T<\/span>i<\/span>ran<\/span>a’s prin<\/span>t<\/span>ing houses. I<\/span>t<\/span>s circula<\/span>t<\/span>ion peaked a<\/span>t<\/span> around 1,500 copies, and i<\/span>t<\/span> was replica<\/span>t<\/span>ed by regional commi<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>ees of <\/span>t<\/span>he Albanian Communis<\/span>t<\/span> Par<\/span>t<\/span>y, supplemen<\/span>t<\/span>ed wi<\/span>t<\/span>h local inf<\/span>orma<\/span>t<\/span>ive ma<\/span>t<\/span>erials abou<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he war. “Voice of <\/span>t<\/span>he People” propaga<\/span>t<\/span>ed <\/span>t<\/span>he poli<\/span>t<\/span>ical line of <\/span>t<\/span>he Albanian Communis<\/span>t<\/span> Par<\/span>t<\/span>y and <\/span>t<\/span>he An<\/span>t<\/span>i-Fascis<\/span>t<\/span> Na<\/span>t<\/span>ional Libera<\/span>t<\/span>ion Movemen<\/span>t<\/span>, reflec<\/span>t<\/span>ing <\/span>t<\/span>he s<\/span>t<\/span>ruggles of <\/span>t<\/span>he Albanian people and o<\/span>t<\/span>her na<\/span>t<\/span>ions, and published ar<\/span>t<\/span>icl<\/span>es on <\/span>bo<\/span>t<\/span>h domes<\/span>t<\/span>ic and in<\/span>t<\/span>erna<\/span>t<\/span>ional issues. <\/span>T<\/span>he publica<\/span>t<\/span>ion was <\/span>discon<\/span>t<\/span>inued<\/span> af<\/span>t<\/span>er <\/span>t<\/span>he November 7, <\/span>1944<\/span> issue. I<\/span>t<\/span> resumed on November 5, 1948, as a daily newspaper and <\/span>t<\/span>he organ of <\/span>t<\/span>he Cen<\/span>t<\/span>ral Commi<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>ee of <\/span>t<\/span>he Labor Par<\/span>t<\/span>y of Albania. During <\/span>t<\/span>his period, <\/span>i<\/span>t<\/span> promo<\/span>t<\/span>ed <\/span>t<\/span>he Par<\/span>t<\/span>y’s program and addressed ideological, <\/span>t<\/span>heore<\/span>t<\/span>ical, economic, social, and in<\/span>t<\/span>erna<\/span>t<\/span>ional problems, along wi<\/span>t<\/span>h issues rela<\/span>t<\/span>ed <\/span>t<\/span>o educa<\/span>t<\/span>ion, cul<\/span>t<\/span>ure, ar<\/span>t<\/span>, and spor<\/span>t<\/span>s. In 1991, “Voice of <\/span>t<\/span>he People” repor<\/span>t<\/span>ed on <\/span>t<\/span>he early s<\/span>t<\/span>eps <\/span>t<\/span>oward poli<\/span>t<\/span>i<\/span>cal pluralism in Albania, including <\/span>t<\/span>he firs<\/span>t<\/span> pluralis<\/span>t<\/span> elec<\/span>t<\/span>ions on March 3, 1991, and <\/span>t<\/span>he ac<\/span>t<\/span>ivi<\/span>t<\/span>ies of <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>subsequen<\/span>t<\/span> People’s Assembly. Following <\/span>t<\/span>he 10<\/span>t<\/span>h Congress of <\/span>t<\/span>he Par<\/span>t<\/span>y of Labor of Albania on June 13, 1991, which marked <\/span>t<\/span>he es<\/span>t<\/span>ablishmen<\/span>t<\/span> of <\/span>t<\/span>he<\/span> Socialis<\/span>t<\/span> Par<\/span>t<\/span>y of Albania, “Voice of <\/span>t<\/span>he People” became i<\/span>t<\/span>s official organ. <\/span><\/span>(In <\/em><\/span>t<\/span>he pho<\/span>t<\/span>o: Fron<\/span>t<\/span> page of <\/span>t<\/span>he newspaper “Voice of <\/span>t<\/span><\/em>he people”<\/em>)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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T<\/span>ex<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span> Albanian encyclopedic dic<\/span>t<\/span>ionary – Vol. <\/span>3 <\/span><\/span>,<\/span> Academy of Sciences of Albania, “Kris<\/span>t<\/span>alina-KH”, <\/span>T<\/span>i<\/span>ran<\/span>a, 2009,<\/span> page 2989.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pho<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>o<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>© <\/span>Ledio<\/span> Xhoxhi<\/span>, personal archive.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Graphic<\/strong> processing<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>AHCF<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first issue of the newspaper “Z\u00ebri i Popullit” (“Voice of the People”) (1942\u20131944), a political, economic, and social newspaper, was published in Tirana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ngjarje"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7838"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11418,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7838\/revisions\/11418"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}