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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Llazar Semini

Albanian appeals court upholds prison term for Greek minority mayor, raising tensions with Athens

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An Albanian appeals court on Tuesday upheld a two-year prison sentence for an elected mayor of the country’s Greek minority, in a move expected to further exacerbate tension with neighboring Greece.

The appeals court declined to change the verdict of the court of first instance in March on Dhionisios Alfred Beleris, 51, who was imprisoned on charges of vote-buying in municipal elections last year.

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