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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...

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...

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...

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...

Katsifas 'Executed' Claims Largest Greek Organization in Albania (video)

Omonoia, the social, political and cultural organization that promotes the rights of Albania's Greek minority, has asserted that Konstantinos Katsifas was executed by Albanian forces. Katsifas was shot and killed by Albanian police on Sunday. In a statement, the organization...

Who Was Konstantinos Katsifas; the Greek Killed by Albanian Police in Northern Epirus

Konstantinos Katsifas was a 35-year-old ethnic Greek, who was born in northern Epirus' village of Burat (Vouliarates), close to the Greek-Albanian border. He was shot dead by the Albanian ”Rinea” special forces near his village, after an exchange of fire...

Greek Indifference to Albanian "State Mafia" Targeting Hellenic Minority

*This editorial piece was originally published in Greek in Hellas Journal  by Giorgos Harvalias  It is noteworthy how insensitive Greek politicians are to the ongoing maltreatment of the Greek minority of North Epirus, Albania by the mafia-like regime of Edi Rama. Our homeland...

"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...

Albania's Premier: Greece Can Never Be Our Enemy

Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama launched an attack on Friday against extreme nationalists in both Greece and Albania following the funeral of Konstantinos Katsifas. Responding to a Facebook post calling on him to intervene to stop the "shameful provocation by...

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...