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Albania proposes plans to create a new, Vatican-like state
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Albania proposes plans to create a new, Vatican-like state

NPR  

Albania proposes plans to create a new, Vatican-like state Albania's Prime Minister wants to give a state and nationhood — similar to the Vatican in Italy — to a Muslim minority within the country. It's not often that plans for an entirely new nation are announced in public without a revolution, civil war, even so much as a spirited debate, …

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An ethnic Greek politician and EU lawmaker is released on probation in Albania
3 months, 3 weeks ago

An ethnic Greek politician and EU lawmaker is released on probation in Albania

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — A former ethnic Greek mayor of an Albanian town, whose imprisonment on vote-buying charges has strained Albanian-Greek ties, has been released on probation, his office and a lawyer said Monday. Writing on his Facebook page, Beleris thanked Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for including him on his party’s ballot, which he said “changed the course of my …

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Ethnic Greek politician returns to prison in Albania after attending European Parliament opening
5 months ago

Ethnic Greek politician returns to prison in Albania after attending European Parliament opening

The Independent  

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Ethnic Greek politician jailed in Albania arrives in Athens en route to European Parliament opening
5 months, 1 week ago

Ethnic Greek politician jailed in Albania arrives in Athens en route to European Parliament opening

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — A jailed member of Albania’s ethnic Greek minority — recently elected to the European Parliament with Greece’s governing conservative party — arrived in Athens Monday en route to Strasbourg, after being granted a five-day leave from prison to attend parliament’s opening session. “To help the Greek ethnic minority stay in its ancestral home, but also for this …

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Albanian authorities strip ethnic Greek mayor of his post for alleged vote buying
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Albanian authorities strip ethnic Greek mayor of his post for alleged vote buying

Associated Press  

TIRANA, Albania — Albanian election authorities on Friday stripped an ethnic Greek minority mayor of his post after he was imprisoned on charges of vote-buying in municipal elections last year. In response to Friday’s decision, the Greek foreign ministry issued a statement saying Beleris’ case “raises several questions concerning fundamental principles of the rule of law” in Albania. Beleris belongs …

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Albanian appeals court upholds prison term for Greek minority mayor, raising tensions with Athens
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Albanian appeals court upholds prison term for Greek minority mayor, raising tensions with Athens

The Independent  

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Greece protests arrest of mayoral candidate in Albania accused of buying votes
1 year, 7 months ago

Greece protests arrest of mayoral candidate in Albania accused of buying votes

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — The detention of a mayoral candidate belonging to the Greek minority in Albania has raised tensions between the two neighboring countries. Greece’s Foreign Ministry released a statement Saturday demanding the release of Dionysis-Fredi Beleri, a candidate for mayor of the Albanian city of Himare, which has a strong Greek minority presence. The decision to detain the mayoral …

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