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Albania Bans Nationalist Rally on the Anniversary of Katsifas Killing

Albanian police announced on Wednesday that it has banned nationalist groups from staging a rally on the Greek border to prevent mourners traveling to the country in order to attend commemoration services for Konstantinos Katsifas. The 35-year-old ethnic Greek Albanian...

"You Have Forgotten Us", Says Katsifas Family

The parents of Konstantinos Katsifas, the 35-year-old man who was slain by Albanian police on October 28, recently sent a letter to Greek Prime Minister Alexist Tsipras stating "You have forgotten about us." Katsifas was shot by special forces belonging to...

Tension at Greece-Albania Border over Konstantinos Katsifas' Memorial Service (video)

There was tension on Saturday morning at the Greece-Albania border as Albanian police used strict checks to deter Greek citizens from going to Konstantinos Katsifas' 40-day Memorial Service in the village of Vouliarates. Katsifas was shot dead by the Albanian Rinea Special...

Albania Says 52 Greeks at Katsifas Funeral 'Undesirable'

Albania's Ministry of the Interior has labeled 52 Greeks who attended the funeral of Konstantinos Katsifas "undesirables", adding fuel to the fire which broke out with the killing of the 35-year-old Greek man by Albanian police. Albanian press reports that the country's...

Hundreds Mourn at Katsifas Funeral in Albania (videos)

Hundreds of people bearing Greek flags crossed the border with Albania to join relatives for the funeral of Konstantinos Katsifas,, which took place in his home village of Bularat (Vouliarates) on Thursday. The funeral for the ethnic Greek man who was...

Katsifas' Body Arrives Home, Wrapped in Greek Flag (videos)

The body of Konstantinos Katsifas, his casket wrapped in a Greek flag and carried in a hearse decorated with the blue-and-white, arrived in his Vouliarates, Albania, hometown on   Wednesday afternoon. It has been ten days after being shot and...

Katsifas' Funeral in Vouliarates on Thursday

Eleven days after his death, Konstantinos Katsifas' funeral is scheduled to take place in Bularat (Vouliarates) village on Thursday, November 8 at 1 o'clock local time. The body of the 35-year-old Greek man, who was killed after an exchange of...

Albanian Authorities Return Katsifas' Body To His Family

Albanian authorities have given the green light to the family of Konstantinos Katsifas to travel to the country's capital, Tirana, in order to retrieve his body. The 35-year-old-Greek was killed in an exchange of fire with Albanian police on...

Albania to Return Katsifas' Body 'By Tuesday'

The lawyer representing the family of Konstantinos Katsifas, the 35-year-old ethnic Greek fatally shot by police in southern Albania on October 28, revealed that his body will be turned over to the family by Tuesday. Albanian authorities claim Katsifas was...

Katsifas Corpse Yet to be Released by Albanian Authorities

Albanian authorities have not yet released the corpse of Konstantinos Katsifas, who was killed by the country's special forces on October 28. Katsifas' family says that Albanian authorities have not responded to their repeated requests to release the body, so that...

Examination of Katsifas' Corpse by Greek Coroner Fails to Dispel Doubts (video)

The lawyer representing the family of Konstantinos Katsifas, the 35-year-old Greek who was killed on Sunday by Albanian police forces in the Northern Epirus village of Vouliarates, said that a Greek coroner was allowed to examine the victim's corpse...

Greece To Investigate Circumstances Under Which Katsifas Killed

Prosecutors from Ioannina, capital of the Greek region of Epirus which neighbors Albania, sent the case file of Konstantinos Katsifas' death to the Athens public prosecutor's office on Tuesday as part of the investigation into the circumstances under which...

Katsifas' Mother: 'All my Boy did was Raise the Greek Flag'

"My boy never had trouble with the police; all he did was to raise the Greek flag." These are the words of the mother of Konstantinos Katsifas, the 35-year-old man who was killed by Albanian police on Sunday. Speaking to...

Was Katsifas Executed? Burning Questions Awaiting Answers in Albania Killing of Greek Citizen

The circumstances surrounding the killing of ethnic Greek Konstantinos Katsifas by Albanian security forces on Sunday are the subject of a highly contested debate between the country's authorities and the residents of the village of Burat (Vouliarates), many of whom...

Video Surfaces from the Moment Katsifas Clashed with Albanian Police

A short video showing showing 35-year-old Konstantinos Katsifas holding a rifle while walking in the village of Bularat (Vouliarates), near the Greek-Albanian border, was released by private Albanian broadcaster Report TV on Monday evening. Katsifas is apparently dressed in combat gear...