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Beleri’s early release request to be heard Monday
After 16 months in an Albanian prison, Fredi Beleri's request for early release will be heard on Monday.
This request comes after a third postponement, with reports from Greece indicating optimism about the outcome.
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Scare tactics deployed in Himare polls
The mayoral elections in Himare, southern Albania, to replace the jailed ethnic Greek Fredi Beleri were reportedly marred by influence that the government of Prime Minister Edi Rama seems to have used to back its chosen candidate, Vangjel Tavo.
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Himara: Vote counting underway – Tavos leads
The vote counting began shortly after midnight at the electoral commission center in Himara‘s football stadium to determine the successor of Fredi Beleris, the elected mayor and current MEP who remains in prison.
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Greece says Beleri’s conviction ‘heightens concerns’ over judicial objectivity
The conviction by an Albanian court of the elected mayor of Himare "heightens the concerns raised about the objectivity of the process," Greece's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, after an ethnic Greek was sentenced to two years in prison for buying votes.
Prosecutors want 2.5-year jail sentence for Beleri
The ethnic-Greek mayor-elect of the Albanian town of Himare Fredi Beleri should receive a jail sentence of two and a half years, Albanian prosecutors said at his trial on Tuesday.
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Mayor’s case thorn in Athens-Tirana relations
The message from Athens to Tirana in Greek Ambassador Konstantina Kamitsi's statements to the Albanian press by was clear: The ongoing detainment of the ethnic Greek mayor-elect of Himare in Albania will be a thorn in the side of Greek-Albanian relations for some time to come.
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