The genius of Albanian letters is sent to his last home today, tributes to Ismail Kadare are held at TKOB

2024-07-03 07:59:03Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The genius of Albanian letters is sent to his last home today, tributes to
ismail Kadare

The colossus of Albanian literature, Ismail Kadare, will be sent to his last home today. Kadare passed away on the morning of July 1 and today the tributes will be held at the Opera and Ballet Theatre. To honor the great writer Kadare, a state ceremony will be held that will bring together the highest heads of state, politics, cultural personalities and graduates from both sides of the country, Albania and Kosovo.

Public tributes are held from 09.00 to 11.00 and from 11.30 to 12.30. At 11:30 a.m., the writer's state farewell ceremony is expected to be held, while at 12:30 p.m., the writer's procession to his final resting place in the Tufina cemetery will start.

In honor of the Writer, Albania and Kosovo are in mourning, while in both countries the flags are lowered to half-mast.

Meanwhile, at 13.00 every activity will be stopped and a minute of silence will be held in honor of the colossus of Albanian letters. State radio and television will broadcast funeral music during the tributes, while a special state commission has been set up to organize the tributes.

In the state ceremony that will be organized by the Prime Minister's Office, the highest leaders of the country will participate, Prime Minister Edi Rama and his wife, President Begaj and his wife, Speaker of the Assembly Lindita Nikolla, as well as ministers, heads of high institutions, cultural personalities and art as well as diplomats accredited in our country. The president and prime minister of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani and Albin Kurti, will also be present.


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