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Albanian opposition leader released from house arrest but still faces corruption charges

An Albanian court has released from house arrest former Prime Minister Sali Berisha, who leads the opposition Democratic Party and is charged with corruption.

The Special Court for Corruption and Organized Crime, which covers cases involving senior officials and politicians, revoked its order for Berisha's house arrest issued almost a year ago, without giving any reason.

Beleri vows to appeal to European Court

Monday's decision by an Albanian court to grant the release of the ethnic Greek elected mayor of Himare and MEP for New Democracy Fredi Beleri after 16 months of detention essentially ended his personal adventure but does not lead to an automatic improvement in Greek-Albanian relations, which have been seriously damaged by the affair.

Albanian court delays hearing for jailed MEP Beleri

An Albanian court on Wednesday postponed the hearing for jailed MEP Fredi Beleri's request for conditional release until September 2.

Beleri's request for release, having served two-thirds of his sentence, has been previously delayed because the prison director failed to provide the court with the ethnic Greek politician's criminal record. 

New adjournment for 2 September in the Beleris trial for his release on parole

The hearing of the application of MEP Fredi Beleris for his release on parole was postponed today until 2 September by the competent Albanian court.

Albanian judges postponed the trial for the third time in a row, citing this time the summer holidays of officials in the neighboring country…

Greece raises concerns over rule of law in Albania after court rejects Beleri’s appeal

Greece's Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Wednesday regarding an Albanian court's decision to reject an appeal by Fredi Beleri, an ethnic Greek elected mayor of Himara and more recently in the European Parliament, who will have to remain in prison until October.

Albanian appeals court to decide on MEP Beleri on June 25

A special appeals court in Albania has announced that it will made a final decision on June 25 in the case of jailed ethnic Greek politician Fredi Beleri, who was elected to the European Parliament as a candidate in Greece for the ruling New Democracy party.

Beleri is appealing a conviction on charges of vote-buying in a local mayoral election a year before.

Mitsotakis contacts mayor-elect Beleri to congratulate him on his election in the EP

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis contacted the newly elected MEP Freddy Beleri in jail, on Monday, to congratulate him on his election in the European Parliament for his New Democracy party. 

Beleri, who is the elected mayor of Himara, was sentenced to two years in jail after an Albanian court found him guilty of corruption charges.

Is Albania’s Rama burning bridges with Greece in the Beleri case?

This week an Albanian court sentenced Fredi Beleri, the imprisoned mayor-elect of Himare, to 2 years in prison. Beleri slammed the trial and the court's decision as a "sham". This case is about much more than one individual, however, touching on deeper issues in Greek-Albanian relations.

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