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MEP Lagos admits he is a Nazi
POLITICS

A sitting Member of the European Parliament has told an Athens appeals court that he is a NazI and asked if he was going to be judged for that.


Prosecutor wants Michaloliakos back behind bars
POLITICS

An appeals court prosecutor has appealed a decision of a Lamia court earlier this month to grant conditional release to Nikos Michaloliakos, who in 2020 was sentenced to 13 years and 6 months’ imprisonment after being convicted of leading the Golden Dawn criminal organization.

Golden Dawn leader’s release draws criticism
NEWS

Nikos Michaloliakos, the formerly powerful leader of the now defunct neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, has been conditionally released from prison after a decision by the judicial council of Lamia in central Greece.


Prosecutor appeals court decision to release Golden Dawn leader
NEWS

The Lamia Court of Appeals Prosecutor intends to appeal the decision of the Lamia Misdemeanor Court, which granted conditional release to Nikos Michaloliakos, convicted of leading the criminal organization of Golden Dawn, sentenced to 13 years and 6 months.

Family of murdered musician slams GD leader’s early release
NEWS

The family of rap singer Pavlos Fyssas who was killed by a member of neo-Nazi Golden Dawn in 2013 said the decision of a court council earlier on Thursday to release its former leader is a “great offense” to the victims of the now-defunct group, their families and “Greek society as a whole”. 


Golden Dawn leader to be released from jail 
NEWS

Nikos Michaloliakos, the former leader of the now-defunct neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn who was serving a multi-year prison sentence for running a criminal organization will be released from jail, a court ruled on Thursday.

Police puts ban in place for Golden Dawn’s Imia rally
NEWS

Police have banned all public rallies and protest marches in a part of central Athens on Saturday and Sunday, due to fears of clashes at an event planned by neo-Nazi Golden Dawn to mark the anniversary of the 1996 Imia crisis, when Greece and Turkey almost went to war over the uninhabited islet.

Pakistani community marks migrant murder anniversary
IMAGES

The president of the Pakistani community, Javied Aslam, prays at the site where migrant Shahzad Luqman was murdered in Petralona, Athens by two men with links to the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn group on the 11th anniversary of the incident.



Neo-Nazi lawyer permanently disbarred
NEWS

A lawyer who represented former MEP Yiannis Lagos of the now disbanded Golden Dawn party has been permanently disbarred from the Athens Bar Association after a decision on Wednesday by the Secondary Disciplinary Council, chaired by Supreme Court President Ioanna Klapa-Christodoulea. Konstantinos Plevris was struck off for making Nazi salutes during an appeal by convicted […]

Police bans rallies ahead of Golden Dawn member shootings
NEWS

Greek Police on Thursday banned all public rallies and protest marches in Attica on November 1, which marks the 10-year anniversary of the fatal shooting of two members of the now-defunct, Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn party, citing a “risk to public safety” and the possibility of violence.

Kasidiaris granted five days’ leave from prison
NEWS

Ilias Kasidiaris, the jailed former deputy leader of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn group, has been granted five days’ leave from prison. It is the first period leave granted to Kasidiaris, 42, since he was sentenced three years ago to 13 years and six months’ imprisonment for directing a criminal organization.


Jailed ex-Golden Dawn MP cleared of irregular calls
NEWS

The disciplinary board at maximum-security Domokos Prison, in central Greece, where former Golden Dawn official Ilias Kasidiaris is serving his sentence for running a criminal organization as a leading member of the neo-Nazi outfit, acquitted him or irregular telephone communications during a meeting on May 5. 

Invisible pressure groups
OPINION

The power of image can now replace the force of iron bars, and social networks can replace public squares for spreading rhetoric.

Far-right party’s legal maneuver fails
NEWS

A move by the far-right National Party-Greeks to remove three members of the Supreme Court’s A1 Civil Section considering its eligibility to contest the May 21 election has been unanimously rejected.