It came after a complaint by the elected mayor of Himara Fredi Beleris - Albania hopes the presence of another member of the minority will appease Greece
Ethnic Greek Minority
"The Albanian Prime Minister, with the support of the international community from the beginning of this case, has shown his position"
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The elected mayor of Himara speaks of a parody trial - "My crime is that we want to be the masters of our ancestral land", he says
Albanian PM's confrontation with Sakis Ioannidis, Greece's representative to the European Economic & Social Committee, at a workshop in Brussels - He spoke of Athens' "delusional" approach to the issue
Beleris speaks of political persecution - The trial continues on February 28th
Dozens of member of the ethnic Greek minority of Albania gathered outside the court that denied the mayor-elect to swear-in: "The court decision was orchestrated by Rama"
In October 2021 the prosecutor provocatively declared that Katsifas had...committed suicide, something that even the Albanian court didn't accept & re-opened the case
Police Director of Avlona allegedly took money to incriminate Beleris - Former Albanian Prime Minister's allegations about his successor Edi Rama
The elected mayor of Himara in Northern Epirus is still in jail with trumped up charges