{"id":26247,"date":"2021-11-29T13:23:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T12:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=26247"},"modified":"2021-11-29T17:31:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T16:31:41","slug":"77th-anniversary-of-liberation-heads-of-state-pay-tribute-at-national-martyrs-cemetary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/77th-anniversary-of-liberation-heads-of-state-pay-tribute-at-national-martyrs-cemetary\/","title":{"rendered":"77th Anniversary of Liberation Day, heads of state pay tribute at National Martyrs Cemetary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Albania commemorates the 77th anniversary of its liberation from Nazi-Fascist occupation. As per tradition, heads of state paid their tributes at the National Martyrs Cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>Among the high-level officials that attended the ceremony were President Ilir Meta, Prime Minister Edi Rama, and the Speaker of the Assembly Lindita Nikolla.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the leader of the Democratic Party Lulzim Basha paid homages on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>War veterans and families of those fallen in World War II also attended the ceremony at the Martyrs Cemetary.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of Albania\u2019s former dictator Enver Hoxha also showed up at the ceremony holding banners hailing his figure.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Supporters of Enver Hoxha, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Albania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Albania<\/a>\u2019s former communist dictator, hold his picture high as they pay tribute to him, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWII?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWII<\/a>\u2019s fallen on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LiberationDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LiberationDay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8qr0398Sjf\">pic.twitter.com\/8qr0398Sjf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Euronews Albania (@EuronewsAlbania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EuronewsAlbania\/status\/1465353260110331911?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>They were only allowed to enter the cemetery after the state ceremony had finished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albania commemorates the 77th anniversary of its liberation from Nazi-Fascist occupation. 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