Northern Epirus

ALBANIA: The killer of the elderly Greek couple in Northern Epirus was a 69-year-old fellow villager

ALBANIA: The killer of the elderly Greek couple in Northern Epirus was a 69-year-old fellow villager

The 80-year-old man and the 84-year-old woman were murdered during a fight over previous disputes - About 50,000 euros were…

2 weeks ago

Albania: Three villagers were interrogated for the death of the elderly Greek couple in Northern Epirus

Police sources said that the interrogated were two residents of the Greek minority village and a herdsman. Police investigations in…

2 weeks ago

ALBANIA: Elderly Greek couple brutally murdered in Northern Epirus

The brutal murder of an elderly Greek couple in the Dropoli region of Northern Epirus is being investigated by the…

3 weeks 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…

5 months ago

December 8, 1940 - Greek Army liberates Argyrokastro in Northern Epirus again

During the Greco-Italian War of World War II, the capital of Northern Epirus in Southern Albania, Argyrokastro (Αργυρόκαστρο, Albanian: Gjirokastër),…

5 months ago

Albanian court postpones appeal of elected Himare mayor Beleri to Dec 11

Tirana's special court against corruption decided on Monday to postpone for December 11 the appeal of the elected mayor of…

6 months ago

On this day in 2018, Albanian police killed Konstantinos Katsifas for raising the Greek flag on ‘OXI Day’

On the 28th October 2018, Konstantinos Katsifas, a 35-year-old man belonging to the native Greek community of Northern Epirus in…

7 months 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…

8 months 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…

8 months 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…

8 months ago

The elected mayor of Himara ended the career of Olta Xhaçka, Albania's foreign minister

The impeachment of the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania, Olta Xhaçka, by Prime Minister Edi Rama, is not…

9 months ago

Greece's requests in the WW2 Peace Treaty talks - The Arda Valley, Northern Epirus and the Dodecanese Islands

Unfortunately for Greece with an ongoing civil war, the Greeks could not effectively defend themselves in the Peace Treaty talks…

10 months ago

May 30, 1913: Southern Epirus, Macedonia and Aegean islands unify with Greece from Ottoman Empire

On this day in 1913, the Balkan League, consisting of Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, utterly defeated the Ottoman Empire,…

12 months ago

The Greek Minority of Albania celebrated Epiphany - See the photos

The autocephalous Greek community in Northern Epirus (southern Albania) celebrated with splendor the feast of Epiphany. In Dervitsani (Δερβιτσάνη, Albanian:…

1 year ago

DUA LIPA: Albanian-British superstar is building a multimillion-dollar mansion in Greek minority zone

British-Albanian singer Dua Lipa is building a multimillion-dollar mansion in Agioi Saranta (Άγιοι Σαράντα, Albanian: Sarandë) in the Greek Minority…

1 year ago

Mitsotakis to Greek Minority in Heimarra: "It is Albania's obligation to respect your rights"

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is in Heimarra where he visited the Greek school Homeros. The prime minister received a warm…

1 year ago

On this day in 2018, Albanian police killed Konstantinos Katsifas for raising the Greek flag on ‘OXI Day’

On the 28th October 2018, Konstantinos Katsifas, a 35-year-old man belonging to the native Greek community of Northern Epirus in…

2 years ago

Deputy FM on two-day visit to Northern Epirus to boost Greek-Albanian ties

Greek Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Kostas Fragogiannis is paying a two-day visit to Argyrokastro (Αργυρόκαστρο, Albanian: Gjirokastër) in northern Epirus…

2 years ago

The Cham Issue: How Albania turned Nazi collaborators into victims

In the past decades, the Albanian state and its institutions have waged intensive lobbying for what they call “The Cham…

2 years ago

Bad weather in Albania: No electricity in 41 Greek minority villages for the third day

For the third day in a row, the 41 Greek minority villages of the Municipality of Dropolis (Δρόπολη, Albanian: Dropull)…

2 years ago