“Villa no.31”, or as it is otherwise known “Villa of ex-dictator, Enver Hoxha”, will no longer be classified as “State Secret”. The decision was published today by Rtsh.al. 

The Commission for Declassification and Devaluation of Classified Information “State Secret (KDZH) in the Directorate of Government Services, it is known that it has already completely declassified the information for “Villa no.31” as “Confidential”.

This is already confirmed by the document with the accompanying letter, “Government Residence Project, Villa no.31”, with the classification level “Confidential”, “On information classified ‘State Secret'”, “On the approval of the regulation for the declassification and invalidation of information classified ‘State Secret'”.

The reasons for the declassification of the above-mentioned document refer to a letter received from the Ministry of Culture “Proposal for cooperation in the field of culture”, where the interest is expressed for this document to be declassified, as it is dictated by various other interests compared to the need for kept the document about “Villa no.31”, as classified.

Following the aforementioned letter from the Ministry of Culture, the working groups between the Ministry of Culture and the Directorate of Government Services have held several consecutive meetings, analyzing priorities and long-term objectives in support of cultural programs, which will are offered to a wider public and should take place in the premises of the Government Residence, “Villa no.31”.

In these meetings, it was assessed that there is an interest in resizing/renovating the premises of the Government Residence, “Villa no. 31”, in function of various artistic, cultural, organizations and promotions, by local and foreign researchers, which is an advantage, as well as in function of improving and developing favorable policies in the field of artistic creativity for our country.

The villa where the former communist dictator, Enver Hoxha lived, is a construction of the communist period with an architecture that imitates, in part, the architecture of the 30s. And the rest is a heavy concrete construction covered with white stone tiles.

This house, located in the area of ​​the former Block, was an taboo, untouchable object, and shrouded in mystery during the communist dictatorship.

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