Fredi Beleri

Albanian Court Rejects Release of Elected Mayor

Albania’s Special Court of Appeal has rejected Fredi Beleri's request to be released from jail and sworn in as the…

12 months ago

Albania’s arrest of Greek mayor reaches European Parliament

The ongoing controversy between Greece and Albania has reached the European Parliament with the arrest by Albanian authorities of a…

12 months ago

Elected Mayor of Himara, Albania Faces Trial Delays and Political Imprisonment

The trial of Fredi Beleri, the elected mayor of Himara town in Albania, has once again been postponed. Originally scheduled…

1 year ago

Fredi Beleri appears before Albania’s special appeals court: "I am still jailed with a forged criminal record"

Remanded ethnic Greek mayor-elect of Himara (Χιμάρα, Albanian: Himarë), Fredi Beleri, on Friday, appeared before the judges of Albania’s Special…

1 year ago

Greece's Stance on Presumption of Innocence in Beleri Case

Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis reiterated Greece's position on the case of Fredi Beleri, an ethnic Greek mayor-elect in the Albanian…

1 year ago

Fredi Beleri: The mayor of Heimara withdrew his resignation, Rama does not find his own trusted plant

The arrest of the elected mayor of Heimara (Χιμάρα, Albanian: Himarë) is developing into a political crisis centred on the…

1 year ago

Albanian Mayoral Candidate Resigns Amid Controversy and Potential Reconciliation Efforts

Gjergj Goro, a mayoral candidate in the Albanian region of Himare, who took office while his opponent, Fredi Beleri, was…

1 year ago

EU Expansion Faces Hurdle: Germany Pushes for Reform Amidst Beleri Case

On the eve of the EU-Western Balkans Summit, removing the veto rule for certain stages of enlargement was requested. This…

1 year ago

Greece will not support Albania's EU membership unless it releases Greek Albanian mayor from prison

Greece will not further support Albania's EU accession process if the latter does not free ethnic Greek Fredi Beleri, mayor-elect…

1 year ago

Greece's Hardened Stance on Albania's Accession Negotiations Escalates Due to Rights Violation Case

Greece's decision to refuse to support a joint letter from the 27 European Union member-states to Albania regarding the start…

1 year ago

Greek Prime Minister sets Freddy Beleris mayoral appointment as precondition for Albania EU membership talks

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has set the appointment of imprisoned Greek-Albanian Freddy Beleris to his rightful position as mayor…

1 year ago

Mayor Fredi Beleri Incarceration: Albania's Decades-Long Persecution of Greeks

Dionysis-Fredi Beleri, the ethnic Greek mayor-elect of the town of Himara in southern Albania, was arrested only two days before…

1 year ago

Greek Bar Associations delegation visits Fredi Beleri in Durrës prison

A delegation of the plenary of presidents of Greek Bar Associations visited Fredi Beleri, the elected mayor of Himare, at…

1 year ago

HIMARA: Beleri's lawyers meets with Greek counterparts in Athens

The lawyer representing Fredi Beleri, the elected mayor of Himara (Χιμάρα, Albanian: Himarë) in detention in Tirana, visited the Athens…

1 year ago

Mayors and Leaders Unite: Rally for Justice in Himare Calls for Release of Elected Mayor

Mayors of Athens and Thessaloniki, Kostas Bakoyannis and Konstantinos Zervas, lent their voices to a rally organized by the Greek…

1 year ago

Greece Warns Continued Detention of Ethnic Greek Politician Could Jeopardize Albania's EU Bid

Fredi Beleri, an ethnic Greek minority candidate, was detained on May 12 by Albanian police on charges of trying to…

1 year ago

Fredi Beleri: Athens sends stern message to Albania over continued detention of elected Greek mayor

Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis sent a stern message to neighbouring Albania on Tuesday that it was "shooting itself in the…

1 year ago

EU’s Schinas rails against continued imprisonment of ethnic-Greek mayor in Albania

European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas has expressed “serious concern” over the continued incarceration by the Albanian authorities of an…

1 year ago

Continuing detention of ethnic Greek mayor contravenes European perception of the rule of law

The Greek Foreign Affairs Ministry commented on the extension of the detention of Fredi Beleri, the elected ethnic Greek mayor…

2 years ago

Deputy FM Varvitsiotis: Greece is toughening its stance toward Albania

On Thursday, Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis said that Greece has toughened its stance towards Albania and is determined to…

2 years ago