[ALBSA-Info] Albania accuses Greeks of Interference interference"

[Endri Leno]

The governing Socialist party in Albania has accused
Greece of violating Albanian sovereignty by
interfering
in local elections held at the weekend. 

The comments followed election-related incidents in
the
border town of Himare, which Greece says has an ethnic
Greek majority. 

The Albanian Socialist party has claimed an       
overwhelming victory in the town, although it says    
            visiting Greek politicians had pressured
citizens to vote for a Greek minority party. 

But Athens said ethnic Greeks had been prevented from
voting, including six-hundred Albanians employed in
Greece who, it says, were barred from returning home
to
cast their votes. Elsewhere, the Socialists have won
most seats, ending the domination of local councils in
Albania by the opposition Democratic party. 

>From the newsroom of the BBC World Service

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