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After Marin Mema, Greece declares journalist Artan Hoxha "non grata"

2025-11-24 11:02:33Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
After Marin Mema, Greece declares journalist Artan Hoxha "non grata"
Artan Hoxha

Investigative journalist Artan Hoxha has been declared "persona non grata" by the authorities of the Republic of Greece and has been permanently banned from entering Greek territory, as he is considered "undesirable" and a "threat to public order and internal security."

The decision was communicated on Tuesday at the Kakavija border crossing, where Hoxha was traveling towards Ioannina.

According to the journalist, the Greek border police stopped him at the passport control counter and, after taking his travel document, held him for about an hour at the police station. At around 10:30, he was handed a decision that excluded him from entering Greece for an indefinite period. The official document stated that:

- has been characterized as an undesirable person;

- is considered a threat to public policy, internal security, public health or the international relations of one or more EU countries.

After the notification, the Greek police placed a cross with a pen over the entry stamp in his passport and ordered him to immediately leave Greek territory.

This is not the first case of Albanian journalists being detained by Greek authorities. Earlier, the same decision was made for Top Channel journalist Marin Mema, who continues to be denied entry to Greece.

According to Hoxha, the decision to declare him "non grata" was taken at the beginning of 2024, during the campaign for the European Parliament elections in Greece. Fredi Beleri, a dual Albanian and Greek citizen, currently serving a sentence in Albania, was also running on the list of the ruling party, New Democracy.

Hoxha was one of the journalists who reported extensively on Beleri's activities, including his role in the events known as the "Peshkëpisë Massacre" of 1994, in which two Albanian soldiers were killed and dozens of recruits were taken hostage. For these issues, the journalist also faced legal proceedings in Tirana during 2023–2024.


During the European election campaign, Hoxha published investigative articles in several Greek media outlets, addressing cases of assistance that Beleri allegedly provided to Albanian citizens convicted of crimes in Greece, presenting them as Orthodox minorities.

For 23 years, Hoxha has published a series of investigations related to Albanian-Greek relations and national security issues, from the scandal of the Greek soldiers' graves in Albania to the exhumation of Kosina villagers presented as fallen soldiers in World War II. He also documented the Bularati incident in 2018, publishing footage of the moment when Konstantinos Katsifas opened fire on Albanian police.

According to the journalist, his declaration as "non grata" is a political move by the Greek authorities, which he says aims to penalize Albanian journalists who expose illegal activities to the detriment of Albanian interests.


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