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Ecumenical Patriarch Asks for Ieronymos-Tsipras Deal Clarification

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Friday called on the Consul General of Greece in Constantinople, Georgia Soultanopoulou, asking for an explanation regarding the verbal agreement between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Archbishop of Athens and All of Greece Ieronymos...

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...

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...

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...