The court gives the decision for Safet Gjici and Alma Kaci

The Court of Appeal has left unchanged the security measures for the former mayor of Kukes, Safet Gjici, and the other person involved in the video scandal, Alma Kaci. Both Gjici who is being investigated under the measure of “prison arrest” and Kaci who is being investigated under the measure of “house arrest” had filed […]

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