Thousands of Albanians honour author Ismail Kadare in Tirana
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PM pays tribute to country’s best-known novelist as coffin is covered in national flag and flowersThousands 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 Tirana’s central Skanderbeg Square, surrounded by National Guard officers. Continue reading...