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The Association of Albanian Publishers cancels the 23rd edition of the Book Fair in Tirana

The book fair in Tirana is cancelled. The cause is the coronavirus. The news was announced by the organizing group, the Association of Albanian Publishers.

The book fair in Tirana is canceled due to the coronavirus. This was announced by the Association of Albanian Publishers, who say that the Ministry of Health has banned it due to the high risk of spreading the virus.

The 23rd edition of the book fair was scheduled to take place from November 12-15, 2020.

Dear fellow publishers, booksellers, exhibitors, participants in the Tirana Book Fair, we inform you that, despite all our interest and preparations to make possible the organization of the 23rd Book Fair, as planned on November 12-15, 2020 , the answer that came today, dt. 14.10.2020, from the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, is negative, due to the "high risk of the spread of Covid-19 during this activity, in the situation we are in", the announcement states.