The Misdemeanor court in Thessaloniki found guilty three men for the attack against the mayor of Thessaloniki, Yiannis Boutaris. The court sentenced one 20-eyar-old and a 36-year-old to 14 months imprisonment and the second 20-year-old to 21 months. The sentence is suspended for 3 years for the two 20-year-olds. There …
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Golden Dawn MP rants in Parliament, now party expulsion under consideration
Greek parliament will consider expelling Golden Dawn temporarily from its debates, Palriament Speaker, Nikos Voutsis, said on Thursday, after a party MP went on a rant attacking SYRIZA MPs as “traitors”, during a speech in the plenum. Golden Dawn MP Yiannis Lagos, who was speaking about a letter sent by …
Read More »Golden Dawn supporters punch two women, one of them prosecution lawyer in GD trial
One lawyer and another woman were attacked by Golden Dawn supporters while they were in a trolley bus in downtown Athens on Wednesday. Police detained 23 men and 2 women who were later released as the victims could not identify them. The incident took place on Alexandras Avenue while the …
Read More »Racist “hit-squads” beat and stab Pakistani workers in Aspropyrgos
Two migrant workers were attacked in Aspropyrgos, west of Athens, on Saturday. The Pakistani nationals were working on a farm when a “hit-squad” consisting of five men surrounded them hurling racist slurs, beat them with knuckled-dusters and stabbed them with knives. The brutally beaten men were heavily injured transferred to …
Read More »Court sentences Golden Dawn MP for speech ‘inciting others to crimes’
A Misdemeanors Court in Athens sentenced far-right Golden Dawn MP Ilias Kasidiaris to six months imprisonment for inciting crime. The court found that a speech delivered by Kasidiaris was inciting others to commit crimes. Kasidiaris’s speech in Aspropyrgos in 2011, West Attica, was recorded and the video was uploaded on …
Read More »Plenary of Greek parliament expels Golden Dawn from austerity bill debate
The Plenary of the Greek Parliament decided on Wednesday to expel the parliamentary group of extreme right-wing Golden Dawn after the incident two days ago. The Golden Dawn group will not be able to participate in the debates on the omnibus bill containing the new package of austerity measures 2018-2021. …
Read More »Golden Dawn MP verbally and physically attacks New Democracy MP in Parliament VIDEO
An unprecedented incident took place in the Greek Parliament earlier on Monday. At least one Golden Dawn MP verbally and physically attacked the leader of the parliamentary group of New Democracy. The incident occurred in front of the cameras as the debate carried out at the economic parliamentary committee on …
Read More »Golden Dawn member attacks cameraman with iron stick (video)
A shocking video footage captures the moment when a member of the right-extremists of Golden Dawn runs and raise an iron stick against the cameraman of a private television channel covering a GD meeting in the streets of Piraeus. The attacker is wearing a helmet. “At the very last moment, …
Read More »Golden Dawn MP cleared over TV show punch to KKE lawmaker
Golden Dawn MP Ilias Kasidiaris was cleared of charges for having slapped Communist MP Liana Kanelli during a live TV show back in 2012. A despicable act of violence that took place in front of the eyes of thousands of viewers. So how comes that the beater was acquitted of …
Read More »Greek Government unexpectedly closed the Parliament for summer break
It was shortly after 5 in the afternoon and a fully troubled plenary session, when police hanged a Presidential Decree announcing the unexpected closure of the Greek Parliament and the start of the summer sessions. The government decision to close the Parliament as expressed by the Presidential Decree took Greek …
Read More »Nea Dimokratia, PASOK vs SYRIZA: Dangerous games with Golden Dawn
A war of words between the coalition government parties and main opposition SYRIZA has broken out, with coalition partners Nea Dimokratia and PASOK to launch fierce attacks against the left-wing party that threatens to win the EU elections in upcoming Sunday. The “flirt” with Golden Dawn voters before the second …
Read More »Municipality & Regional elections: Latest results in Athens, Attica, Piraeus
With 99,88% to 100% of the polling stations counted, the results for Athens, Attica, Piraeus and Thessaloniki are the following, according to official results of the Greek Interior Ministry via Singular Issue: Attica Region: counted 6,482 out of 6,490 polling stations Rena Dourou SYRIZA 23,80% Yiannis Sgouros PASOK 22,10% Giorgos …
Read More »The winner in Athens and Attica is …Golden Dawn
The winner of Sunday’s municipality and regional elections is … extreme-right Golden Dawn. The party whose members face charges for establishing a criminal gang, doubled its rates from the last parliamentary elections in Athens and Attica region. Ilias Kasidiaris, GD spokesman who is free on bail, a mayor candidate for …
Read More »42% counted: Athens municipality election results vs exit polls
The ballots counting shows a clear difference from what the exit polls displayed short after 7 p.m. Sunday. With 42,37% of the polling stations counted (460/1112) Giorgos Kaminis (PASOK) 21.16% Gavriil Sakellaridis (SYRIZA) 19,95% Aris Spiliotopoulos (Nea Dimokratia)17,09% Ilias Kasidiaris (Golden Dawn) 16,14% Nikolaos Sofianos (KKE) 7,32 Nikitas Kaklamanis (Nea …
Read More »Tears and Kisses as Greek Parliament lifts immunity of Golden Dawn MPs
Unprecedented scenes, tight security measures, tension but also tears and kisses accompanied the lifting of the parliamentary immunity of two current and two former Golden Dawn MPs at the Greek Parliament on Wednesday. Two of the GD MPs entered the Greek Parliament in handcuffs. Golden Dawn MPs Giorgos Germenis and …
Read More »Supreme Court orders immediate arrest of MPs releasing illegaly acquired footage
Supreme Court prosecutor Euterpi Koutzamani instructed Greece’s prosecutors to proceed to immediate arrest of members of the Parliament if they publish footage that was illegally obtained. Kotzamani’s instructions on Monday come amid claims by Golden Dawn MPs that they had more videotaped conversations with MPs from government and opposition parties. …
Read More »Baltakos-Gate stirs Greece’s political world, as the PM suffers from strong headaches
“I decided to play a specific role for the good of the party and Greece, we could not leave 500,000 Greeks trapped in Golden Dawn and do nothing. Somebody had to maintain contacts with them. I was telling them what they wanted to hear.” With these words former cabinet secretary …
Read More »Baltakos-Gate: Strong reactions from Greek political parties
Fierce are the reactions from Greece’s political parties after the release of a video footage showing the general secretary of Samaras’ coalition government and close aide of the prime minister, Panagiotis Baltakos, having a friendly chat with an MP of extreme-right Golden Dawn. According to news website in.gr, not only …
Read More »UPD Friendly chat with Golden Dawn brings down Greek gov’t secretary general (video)
A first class political scandal is shaking the Greek coalition government after Golden Dawn released footage of a friendly chat the extreme-right party had with the secretary of the government Panagiotis Baltakos. According to the recorded conversation and the footage transcript Baltakos allegedly claimed that the political persecution of Golden …
Read More »Golden Dawn MP fined €1,500 or insulting the parliament
Golden Dawn MP Eleni Zaroulia was fined with 1,500 euro for saying “punks” addressing the Minister of Justice and the lawmakers in the Greek Parliament. Acting parliament speaker Charalambos Markogiannakis, fined Zaroulia for “behavior violating the Parliament statute”. It is the first time that such a disciplinary measure is being …
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