BalkanWeb
BalkanWeb is one of Albania's oldest and most-visited news portals, launched in 2000. It provides fast-paced coverage of national news, politics and entertainment.
BalkanWeb at a glance
- Country
- Albania
- Region
- Southern Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- News portal
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- balkanweb.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups BalkanWeb
Crosswire groups BalkanWeb as Centrist for comparisons within Albania's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.
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Where BalkanWeb sits in Albania's press
BalkanWeb is one of 5 outlets tracked in Albania and the only news portal tracked there. By outlets tracked, Albania ranks 35th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.
Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 39 of the 80 news portals in the directory. The nearest counterparts to BalkanWeb outside Albania, starting with Southern Europe, are Index.hr (Croatia), Klix.ba (Bosnia and Herzegovina), B92 (Serbia) and Portal Analitika (Montenegro). Opening one of them beside BalkanWeb is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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