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ND leader warns Albania that EU accession depends on respect of Greek minority rights
The president of New Democracy (ND), Kyriakos Mitsotakis sent a staunch message to Albania on Serbian public television, warning that it jeopardised its EU accession if it failed to fully respect the rights of the Greek ethnic minority in Albania.
Greek police officer in Albania for Katsifas police killing
A Greek police officer is going to Albania today, Friday, to take part in investigations into the conditions under which Albanian police killed 35-year-old Greek expatriate Konstantinos Katsifas on the 28th of October's anniversary in Vouliarates in the prefecture of Argirokastro.
Remains of 573 Greek soldiers fallen in Albania in WWII to be buried on Friday
The bones of 573 Greek soldiers that fell in the mountains of Albania during the 1940-1941 Greco-Italian war, at the start of WWII, will finally be laid to rest on Friday and receive a proper burial after 70 years, during a funeral ceremony to be held at a new Greek military cemetery in Kelcyra, Albania at noon.