Greek police have arrested Nikos Michaloliakos, the leader of the far-right Golden Dawn Party, on charges of forming a criminal organization. Another 13 party MPs and members were also arrested on Saturday, including party spokesman Ilias Kasidiaris, Ilias Panagiotaros and Ioannis Lagos. The general secretary of Golden Dawn’s Nikea chapter Nikos Patelis has also been … Continue reading
Eavesdropping recordings may implicate three party MPs Golden Dawn leader leaves question open on whether he will pull his party out of parliament, a move which would trigger byelections in a number of constituences Evidence incriminating at least three sitting MPs of Golden Dawn has emerged in an investigation being carried out by a Supreme … Continue reading
Supreme Court prosecutor begins hearing testimony into 32 cases involving members of neonazi Golden Dawn Wednesday 25 September 2013 Recordings, along with tapes made in the past on individuals under surveillance by the National Intelligence Agency (EYP), will be used by a Supreme Court prosecutor investigating criminal cases involving members of Golden Dawn A former … Continue reading
By LIZ ALDERMAN Published: September 24, 2013 ATHENS — The photo splashed on the cover of a Greek newspaper this weekend shocked a nation: Pavlos Fyssas, a Greek rapper whose music inveighed against far-right groups, lay dying in a pool of his own blood as his girlfriend cradled him in her arms, moments after he … Continue reading
By Harry Papachristou ATHENS | Tue Sep 24, 2013 (Reuters) – Greece suspended several senior police officers on Monday and launched an investigation into possible police links with a far-right party, after the killing of an anti-racism rapper raised concerns about the force. Pavlos Fissas’s stabbing by a supporter of the Golden Dawn party last … Continue reading
Ross Domoney theguardian.com Friday 27 September 2013 A young Greek woman describes how she was set upon by two supporters of Greece’s far-right movement Golden Dawn. The woman suffered cuts to her face and arms in the attack, which happened the day after the anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas was stabbed to death. She says she … Continue reading
Far-right party says the move is a weapon that could cause a ‘political earthquake’ by further destabilising shaky ruling coalition Reuters in Athens theguardian.com, Friday 27 September 2013 Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party has threatened to pull out of parliament, a move that would trigger a wave of by-elections that could destabilise the country. Its … Continue reading
Greece ‘backsliding in democracy’ in face of joblessness, social unrest, corruption and disillusion with politicians, says thinktank Helena Smith in Athens theguardian.com, Thursday 26 September No country has displayed more of a “backslide in democracy” than Greece, the British thinktank Demos has said in a study highlighting the crisis-plagued country’s slide into economic, social and … Continue reading
It is hard to avoid the conclusion that the political violence many predicted after economic meltdown is becoming a reality Editorial The Guardian, Thursday 26 September 2013 Pavlos Fyssas, the anti-fascist hip-hop artist, is not the first person to be stabbed to death by supporters of Greece‘s far right Golden Dawn party. Few Greeks may … Continue reading
[Another translated interview with a Golden Dawn member from ‘Ethnos’ newspaper. This is the complete interview as it came with the printed version of the newspaper on the 22nd of September 2013. It has not yet appeared on the newspaper’s website] Ethnos 22/09/2013 Can you describe how things work within Golden Dawn? There is a … Continue reading
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