Today is National Mourning Day in honor of former President Bujar Nishani, who passed away a few days ago in Germany, after an illness. The national flag will be lowered to half-mast in all state and public institutions.
The official homage ceremony will be organized from 10:00 to 12:00, on the premises of the Presidency. Funeral and ceremonial expenses to be covered by the approved budget for the Prime Minister for 2022.
The body of the former president will be accompanied by a funeral procession to the Lana Bridge and then will be transported to the Sharra cemetery in Tirana.
The sixth former President of the post-communist Republic of Albania, Bujar Nishani, passed away 3 days ago, after being hospitalized in Germany for weeks and passed away clinically without the possibility of recovery. The former head of state's health situation worsened after he was infected with COVID-19 two months ago.
He was suffering from an autoimmune disease in the liver and failed to overcome the consequences that the infamous virus had left on his body. Nishani was initially admitted to the Senatorium and after his initial rehabilitation, he returned to the hospital because the post-COVID symptoms left him with signs of pneumonia in his lungs.
His condition stabilized for a while. But then it got worse. On April 23, he left for Germany for treatment, where he died. Bujar Nishani was born on September 29, 1966 and he took over the presidency on July 24, 2012 and ended it on July 24, 2017, while becoming the youngest president to die in Albania.