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The country's president, Bajram Begaj, paid tribute at the Nation's Martyrs' Cemetery this Friday on the Nation's Martyrs' Day.
"Glory forever to the Martyrs of the Motherland", wrote Begaj. Today, the official tribute ceremony was held at the National Martyrs' Cemetery.
The heads of state, among them the Speaker of the Assembly, Lindita Nikolla, the Prime Minister Edi Rama, the Mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj laid wreaths of flowers in front of the "Mother Albania" memorial, in honor of those who fell in the anti-fascist war.
Martyrs' Day was decided to be May 5, 1942, the day when Qemal Stafa, an activist of the National Liberation War, was killed by the fascists.