Newspapers in Kosovo

Newspapers were one of the earliest methods of news dissemination in Kosovo. Rilindja was Kosovo's earliest Albanian-language newspaper, active from 1945 to 1990. After it was shut down by the occupying Serbian government, Rilindja rebranded in secret as Bujku until 1994. In the mid-to-late 1990s, the weekly Koha magazine, which later became the Koha Ditore, became the leading newspaper in Kosovo. Post-Kosovo War, print media in the country evolved into a competitive market. By 2010, there were eight active daily Albanian-language newspapers with anywhere between 25,000 and 35,000 copies in circulation. The most popular newspapers in Kosovo were Koha Ditore, Kosova Sot, Gazeta Express, Epoka e Re, Bota Sot, Infopress, Zëri, and Lajm.

Kosovo's press were subject to political pressure, as each major newspaper had a major party backing it, which may have led to its decline. With the world's evolution towards digital media like television and the internet, the decline of newspapers accelerated. As of January 2021, there are no newspapers in print in Kosovo, and each of the formerly popular newspapers have diverted to online-only editions, other media offerings like television, or shut down altogether.