Fredis Beleris, a jailed ethnic Greek Albanian politician who was elected member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Greece's ruling New Democracy party, was released from prison and arrived in Athens on Monday.Fredis Beleri, a Greek-born Albanese politician recently elected member of the European Parliament (MEP), arrived in Athens on Monday, a day after he was granted a five-day leave from an Albanian prison.
This comes as prison authorities in Albania granted him a five-day leave on Sunday to attend the opening session of the new European legislature in Strasbourg, as Beleris won a seat in elections last month.Beleri was temporarily freed to attend the opening session of the new European Parliament in Strasbourg after he won a Greek seat in the EU legislature as a member of the ruling New Democracy party.