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The decision on the request by incarcerated ethnic Greek Fredi Beleri to be sworn as mayor of Himare in southern Albania will be made by the neighboring country's Special Court on December 4, "after six months of procrastination," he told Skai Radio in an interview on Tuesday.

Ljubljana – The LGBTIQ+ community staged the Pride Parade in Ljubljana on Saturday afternoon under the slogan Resist the Oppression as a culmination of a week-long festival, demanding freedom, equality and unconditional respect for human rights of LGBTIQ+ persons. The annual parade was for the first time accompanied by the Balkan Trans Intersex March.

A local from the village of Zhurje, in central Albania, inspects the damage from the earthquake at his house on Sunday. Photo: Gent Shkullaku/LSA

Opposition Democratic Party leader Lulzim Basha said on Tuesday that an investigation should be launched into former Interior Minister Saimir Tahiri on suspicion that he aided drug dealers trafficking cannabis to Italy during his term in office.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Foreign Ministry has reacted to the statement by Albania's Prime Minister Edi rama about a potential unification of Albania and Kosovo by sending appropriate instructions to all of Serbia's missions to international organisations, embassies in EU countries, members of the UNSecurity Council and neighbouring states, the daily Danas from Belgrade has reported.

Addressing the rally, the Democratic Party head, Lulzim Basha, said Thursday’s March, held on the 23rd anniversary of the overthrow of the commuist regime, was only the start of a broader protest campaign.