October 25, 2018 FEATURED, Greece
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 …
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September 18, 2018
Greece, Politics
The coward and cold-blooded murder of a young Greek rapper. A mother patiently waiting for justice to prevail, counting the days, the months, the years. A big trial with huge files of material and dozens of defendants. A trial that has been going on since 2015. A political party of …
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June 20, 2018
Greece, Politics
Ousted Golden Dawn MP, Kostantinos Barbarousis, was set free on bail after he testified before a judge on Wednesday. He was charged on “preparatory acts of high treason.” The bail was set at 30,000 euros, he has been barred form leaving the country and has to report to a police …
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June 18, 2018
Greece, Politics
Ousted Golden Dawn MP Konstantinos Barbarouris was arrested in a anti-terror police operation on Monday morning. The fugitive MP was hiding in a friend’s home in Penteli, North Athens. According to media, he was arrested at 8 o’ clock Monday morning. He was reportedly arrested when he was exiting the …
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June 16, 2018
Greece, Politics
In what police claims it was a movie-like car chase on the country’s highways on Friday night, the now former Golden Dawn MP, Konstantinos Barbarousis, managed to escape arrest for “high treason.” The MP who called for a military coup, got on his parliamentary car and driving at high speed …
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June 15, 2018
Greece, Politics
In fast track procedures a prosecutor in Athens pressed felony charges against the now ex Golden Dawn Mo, Konstantinos Barbarousis, for “preparing acts of high treason.” Prosecutor Giorgos Kaloudis completed the investigation commissioned by Greece’s Supreme Court on Friday afternoon. Investigation was completed in fast track, in less than 8 …
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June 15, 2018
Greece, Politics
Golden Dawn leader Nikos Michaloliakos expelled MP Konstantinos Barbarousis less than an hour after the Justice Ministry announced investigation on crimes of “high treason.” The General Secretary said the party was distancing itself from Barbarousis statement and that he was “off the party line.” With the expulsion the far-right party …
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June 15, 2018
Greece, Politics
Defense Minister, Panos Kammenos, called on Justice to persecute Golden Dawn MP Kostantinos Barbarousis for “High Treason” and “preparatory actions to commit high treason.” Speaking at the Plenary of the Parliament right after the unprecedented incident with Golden Dawn MP, Konstantinos Barbarousis, Kammenos urged the Justice to intervene and called …
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June 15, 2018
Greece, Politics
During a speech at the Plenary of the Greek Parliament, one of the MPs of far-right Golden Dawn called on the army to intervene and overthrow the government. The Prime Minister, the President of the Republic and the Defense Minister should be arrested, he said. “Their heads [should roll] in …
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March 23, 2018
Greece, Politics
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 …
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February 9, 2018
Greece, Politics
An Athens court sentenced the leader of extreme-right Golden Dawn, Nikos Michaloliakos, to 8 months imprisonment for incitement to commit crimes. The sentence is suspended for three years. In a public speech on 3. Sept 2011, Michaloliakos threatened his political opponents saying “we would smash their heads.” he had also …
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January 26, 2018
Greece, Politics
Mayor Manolis Vournous and the City Council of Chios unanimously declared officials of extreme-right Golden Dawn as “persona non gratae”. The local authorities have herewith expressed their opposition to a planned event organized by the Golden Dawn on the island. The event is on the Migration-Refugee Crisis and is scheduled …
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January 22, 2018
Greece, Politics
Unknown perpetrators vandalized the Holocaust Memorial with slogans of rights-extremist Golden Dawn in Thessaloniki on Sunday night. With a spray they wrote the name and the logo of the political party and neo-nazi organization. The Holocaust Memorial is a sculpture of flames with a grid of people. It is created …
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January 11, 2018
Greece, Politics
A war broke out between the Greek government and the Church of Greece after the latter expressed its objection for the use of term “Macedonia” in the under negotiation name of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Government officials compared the stance of the Church with this of far-right Golden …
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January 5, 2018
Greece, Politics
On January 4th 2018, Twitter suspended the account of far-right Golden Dawn (Xrysi Aygi) after Greek Helsinki Monitor filed a report for suspension on 18 December 2017 on grounds of hate speech. GD confirmed the suspension attributing the decision to conspiracy theories. The suspension came two weeks after Twitter announced …
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November 9, 2017
Uncategorized
A group calling themselves “Crypteia” claimed responsibility for the racist attack at the home of 11-year-old Afghan boy Amir in an Athens suburb last Friday. An member called Greek news website iefimerida.gr on Monday and threatened “We will fight until the last immigrant leaves. And to that end, we will …
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November 1, 2017
Greece, Politics
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 …
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October 9, 2017
Greece, Politics
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 …
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September 28, 2017
Greece, Politics
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 …
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September 27, 2017
Greece, Politics
MP Nikos Michos left far-right Golden Dawn leaving the party with just 16 MPs in the Greek Parliament. Michos announced his withdrawal with a statement. he blamed leader Nikos Michaloliakos and complained that the party had been hijacked by enemies of Greece’s nationalist movement. Michos announced further that he would …
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