Another foreign far-right agitator who sought to “live his (racist) myth” in Greece has been attacked by suspected antifascists on the Aegean island of Lesvos. Irishman Rowan Croft – who styles himself Grand Torino – was attacked by antifascists on the street during a live YouTube broadcast on Thursday evening. …
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European Parliament demands ban on neo-fascist and neo-Nazi groups in the EU
The European Parliament is concerned by the increasing normalization of fascism, racism and xenophobia and calls on EU member states to ban neo-fascist and neo-Nazi groups. In a resolution passed with 355 votes to 90 and 39 abstentions, MEPs denounce that the lack of serious action against these groups has …
Read More »Moria: Shockingly vulgar verbal attack by policeman at elderly migrant (video)
Recorded footage with the disgraceful swearing and bulling against an elderly migrant woman in the camp of Moria on the island of Lesvos has been widely circulating on social and mainstream media and websites on Saturday. Many Greek declare that they feel utterly “ashamed.” The scene takes place after the …
Read More »Anti-authoritarian son of SYRIZA Minister sentenced for “disturbing public peace” outside Golden Dawn offices
An Athens Misdemeanors Court imposed a 14-month imprisonment to the son of a SYRIZA Minister for attacks that occurred last month outside the offices of far-right Golden Dawn in Maroussi suburb of northern Athens. The 21-year-old man and each of three other defendants were sentenced to 14-month imprisonment with 3-year …
Read More »Brexit Vote: Berlin might be on the verge of a nervous breakdown and doesn’t know it
It’s logical that German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble had a plan B in his pocket for the case the majority of British people would vote in favor of Brexit. like every well-trained bureaucrat Schaeuble is much too insecure to let anything get him by surprise. The German finance minister loves …
Read More »Refugee crisis escalates: violent clashes on Lesvos, eggs & boos against EU-officials on Kos
On the island of Lesvos, hundreds of migrants attempted to get on board of a ferry without the necessary papers, clashes erupted between security units and the angry people. In Kos, a mob of angry residents hurled tomatoes and eggs, swore and booed the EU Migration Commissioner Avramopoulso and EC …
Read More »PM Tsipras challenges opposition parties & seeks support for negotiations (Live event)
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has challenged all opposition parties to take a straight position and say whether they support the government’s negotiations strategy with the country’s creditors. “Will you support the negotiations strategy to put an end to austerity or will you continue to acts as the mouthpieces of the …
Read More »US State Dept concerned over rising anti-Semitism & racism after Golden Dawn in Parliament
US State Department expressed concern about rising anti-Semitism and racism after the election of extreme-right Golden Dawn to the Greek Parliament in June 2012. In its annual report “International Religious Freedom for 2012”, released on May 20th 2013, the State Department notes among others that “immigrants and refugees fall victim …
Read More »UPD Athens: Pakistani man stabbed to death, two Greeks arrested
Police arrested two Greeks suspected of stabbing to death a Pakistani man a couple of hours earlier. One of the suspects is a firefighter, according to a statement issued by police on Thursday. The incident occurred at 3 o’clock in the morning, when the victim, 27, was riding his bicycle in …
Read More »Athens: Four Young Greeks Attempt to Arson Home of two Pakistani Migrants
There is no end to violence and attacks against migrants with the perpetrators being even younger. In the latest incident that occurred in the night from Sunday to Monday, Greek police arrested four Greeks with charges of attempted arson. The youngest of the perpetrators is 17 years old. The four youngsters arrived at the …
Read More »Salamina: Egyptian Migrant Beaten And Tied on a Tree
A shocking picture on Sunday morning: a man tied with an iron chain on a tree. His beaten face was swollen, he was in a stage of shock. Passers by alarmed the police that needed a special tool to cut the chain and free the unlucky victim of a brutal assault. The man, of Egyptian origin …
Read More »Public Order Minister Presents Parliament with Suspected Golden Dawn Crimes
Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias on Tuesday presented Parliament with a list of violent and criminal acts that have been attributed to deputies and officials of the ultra-nationalist party Golden Dawn in police reports from around the country. The lengthy document was submitted to the House following calls for an …
Read More »SYRIZA MP: “Greeks Face an Unprecedented Humanitarian Catastrophe”
“Greeks face an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe as health, education and public administration collapse, salaries and pensions shrink, while the unemployment is on the rise with one out of two young people without job,” Rena Dourou, MP from left-wing SYRIZA, told Austrian newspaper “Wiener Zeitung“. “The policies of IMF bring nothing except deeper recession and …
Read More »Athens: Three More Migrants Beaten by Unknown Attackers on Motorcycles
Two more incidents of racists attacks took place on Friday evening in Athens just a couple of kilometers away where unknown motorcyclists stabbed a man from Albania and two men from Poland a day earlier. Greek media report that a convoy of some 50 people on motorcycles was moving around …
Read More »Athens:Far-rights attack migrant street vendors before the Parade (video)
It was shortly before 11 o’ clock, just minutes before the beginning of the military parade, when members of far-right group Chrysi Avgi (Golden Dawn) chanting racist slogans attacked according to one source street vendors selling Greek flags, according to another source immigrants who were passing by. A third source seems to …
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