“I am very proud of the extraordinary work that has been done in the “5 Maji” neighborhood. Here we are not just building blocks of apartments, but we are building communities, spaces, parking lots, greenery and schools. It will certainly be the most beautiful neighborhood of Tirana. Of course, the work did not go well, especially in “Kombinat” quarter, where we had many absurd trials, mostly incited by politics, the same like in “5 Maji” neighborhood where people implicated in crimes block the city’s progress or the losing parties put their hopes on sabotage. But, sabotage does not work,” said Veliaj.

He further underlined that no one can stop development and progress of the city of Tirana. The important thing, according to Veliaj, is to keep the promises and move forward with work.

In the end, the mayor had a call for judges who try to block the work of the Municipality of Tirana to liberate the “Sharra” cemetery area from illegal occupiers. He warned of denouncing everyone trying to block Tirana’s progress.

“I feel very sorry that there are still judges, waiting for Vetting, who block the municipality of Tirana to liberate the cemetery of “Sharra”, and there are even judges of the Administrative Court who give blocking orders against the work of the municipality. There is talk of the old cemeteries, which have been occupied by building houses on them while the municipality has been seeking to remove the illegal houses for 7 years and the court says no. But, the cemetery is to honor our ancestors who no longer live. And in 2022, there are court decisions that block the municipality from the liberation of the cemetery. I will be the first to denounce a judge blocking the liberation of the cemetery. These rulings do delay our work, but they cannot delay us indefinitely. The city will continue to move forward”, concluded Veliaj./k.s/r.e/p.s./

Attending the homage were President of the Republic Ilir Meta, Deputy Prime Minister Arben Ahmetaj, Speaker of the Assembly Lindita Nikolla, Minister of Defense Niko Peleshi, Mayor of Tirana Erion Veliaj and other state leaders.

They laid wreaths of flowers at the “Mother Albania” monument in honor of the memory of the fallen for the freedom of the country during the WWTwo.

May 5 is the Day of the Homeland Martyrs who gave their lives for freedom, democracy, human rights and the dignity of every Albanian.

Martyrs’ Day originated on May 5, 1942, when Qemal Stafa was killed, who with his activity became a symbol of the Anti-Fascist National Liberation War.

In honor of the memory of the fallen for the freedom of the country, every year the highest leaders of the Albanian state pay homage at the Martyrs’ Cemetery. /j.p/p.s./

Prime Minister Edi Rama shared today in the social media images of the archaeological excavations in the newly-discovered medieval cemetery of Përmet.

“Specialists of the National Institute of Cultural Heritage and the Regional Directory of Cultural Heritage Gjirokastra have brought to light other objects and are recording the results of their excavations. According to preliminary studies, earrings, rings and decorative pendants belong to the early Middle Ages, from the VIII-IX to XIthe century”, said Rama.

Also, Rama emphasized that, “The discovery of this cemetery adds information about the cultural geography of the Arber land”.

The medieval cemetery was discovered during monitoring of the works for implementation of the project task 5, “For integrated urban and tourist development Berat-Përmet”.

The works were suspended and the specialists inspected and evaluated the archaeological findings in the field. /j.p/p.s./