PM pays tribute to country’s best-known novelist as coffin is covered in national flag and flowers
Thousands of Albanians have gathered in Tirana to pay tribute to their country’s best-known novelist, Ismail Kadare, who died on Monday after a heart attack.
Flags flew at half-mast as the 88-year-old writer and poet’s coffin lay in state in the entrance hall of the Opera and Ballet theatre in Skanderbeg Square, surrounded by National Guard officers.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/03/thousands-of-albanians-honour-ismail-kadare-in-tirana
Author : Philip Oltermann and agencies in Tirana
Publish date : 2024-07-03 16:34:18
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