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Albanian December 3 Day Of National Mourning

Source: Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Albania (Tirana)
Posted on Thursday, December 1, 2011

Albanian Prime Minister, Sali Berisha, has declared Saturday, December 3, 2011, a national Day of Mourning, to honour Leka Zogu I, the heir to King Zog, who died in Tirana yesterday.

According to the statement released by the Albanian Prime Minister, the national flag will fly at half mast at all state and public institutions, and the state radio stations are to broadcast funeral music.

The day of Saturday, December 3, 2011, will, however, not be a non-working public holiday in Albania.