(ANSA-AFP) - TIRANA, NOV 27 - Former Albanian prime minister
and opposition leader Sali Berisha on Wednesday was released
from house arrest, under which he was placed nearly a year ago,
an anti-corruption tribunal said. The 80-year-old leader of
Albania's main opposition Democratic Party was placed under
house arrest in late December last year for refusing to appear
in court as part of a corruption probe. The special tribunal
against corruption and organised crime has "decided to accept
Berisha's request and revoke the house arrest order", it said in
a statement, although charges against him have not been dropped.
Berisha and two others, including his son-in-law, were charged
in October 2023 with corruption linked to the privatisation of
public land in the capital Tirana. The alleged wrongdoing goes
back to 2008 during his term as prime minister. (ANSA-AFP).
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