They noted that democratic values and the European acquis demand that Albanian authorities assess and reply to all reports concerning the integrity of the elections on Sunday.
QEPARO, Albania — Voters in Himara, a southwestern town in Albania with a significant ethnic Greek population, will cast their ballots for a new mayor on Sunday. This election follows the removal and imprisonment of the previous mayor, Fredi Beleri, who was convicted of vote-buying in a case he and Greece claim is politically motivated.
TIRANA, Albania — A member of Albania’s ethnic Greek minority returned to prison Saturday after a five-day reprieve to attend the opening session of the European Parliament where he was elected to represent Greece’s ruling party.
Fredi Beleri, a member of Albania’s ethnic Greek minority, was elected earlier this year and is set to temporarily leave prison to assume his seat in the European Parliament.
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Beleri, who was elected earlier this month to represent Greece in the European Parliament on ruling New Democracy’s ticket, has been in prison since early March after being handed down a sentence of two years in what he and Athens have described as a “sham trial.”
