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Greek Court Rejects Turkish Servicemen's Extradition

A Greek appeals court rejected for a third time on Friday an appeal by Turkey seeking the extradition of eight former servicemen who fled to Greece in 2016. The eight servicemen sought political asylum in Greece following Turkey's failed coup in July...

Golden Dawn MPs Given More Time to Prepare Trial Defense

The four Golden Dawn MPs whose parliamentary immunity was lifted, Nikos Kouzilos, Eleni Zaroulia, Michalis Arvanitis and Dimitris Koukoutsis, have been granted more time to prepare their plea by the prosecutors in the Golden Dawn case. Dimitris Koukoutsis will be brought once...

Greek Judges Summon Four Golden Dawn MPs

A further four Golden Dawn MPs have been summoned by Greek judges Ioanna Klapa and Maria Dimitropoulou investigating criminal charges against the ultra-nationalist and neo-fascist party. Eleni Zaroulia (the wife of party leader Nikos Michaloliakos, who is already in custody awaiting trial)  as...

Parliament Delays Could Free Golden Dawn Suspects

A number of neo-Nazi Golden Dawn lawmakers, including the party leader, could be released from pre-trial detention because Parliament isn't acting fast enough to lift the immunity of other party MP's prosecutors want to charge with an array of...

Immunity Lift Requested for the Rest of Golden Dawn MPs

The special investigating judges for the Golden Dawn case, Ioanna Klapa and Maria Dimitropoulou, have requested the Greek government to lift the parliamentary immunity of the rest of the party’s parliamentary group. More specifically, the investigators have requested the lift...

Probe Implicates More Golden Dawn MPs

The investigation into the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, whose leaders are awaiting trial on charges of operating a criminal gang, is spreading to more of its 18 lawmakers, six of whom have already been arrested, after the reported discovery...

Golden Dawn Members on Trial for Murder

The 29-year-old fireman, Christos Steriopoulos, and 25-year-old private sector employee, Dionyssis Liakopoulos, appeared in court on Wednesday over charges of murdering a 27-year-old Pakistani in Athens on January 17. The trial opened under heavy police presence. The two members of Golden Dawn are accused...

Greek Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Against Greek Church and Metropolitans

  A new video has gone public, showing Golden Dawn’s first in charge, Nikos Michaloliakos, commenting on some Metropolitans of the Greek Orthodox Church in particular. This video was among those that were seized by anti-terrorism officers, from the personal...

Probe Shows Golden Dawn Talked Overthrow

Evidence found on the computers of jailed Golden Dawn party leader Nikos Michaloliakos and party spokesman Ilias Kasidiaris, who are among those facing charges of operating a criminal gang, show them denouncing democracy and being involved in paramilitary training...

Golden Dawn MPs Testimony Delayed

As the Greek government continues to build a case and said it has uncovered a wealth of new evidence, three Golden Dawn MPs - Giorgos Germenis, Stathis Boukouras and Panagiotis Iliopoulos - who were due to testify on Dec....

Chief Magistrate Appointed for Golden Dawn Case

The court of appeal appointed Ioanna Klapa as the chief investigative magistrate in order to examine the Golden Dawn case. Maria Dimitrakopoulou is also appointed to help in the interrogation of the Golden Dawn’s members. Two days ago, the Greek...

Golden Dawn Members Trial in November

According to Greek court sources the trial of Golden Dawn members will begin in mid-November, as all the investigating and preparatory work has already been completed. Greek authorities are looking for the most appropriate large court room, as the defendants are many. The...

Golden Dawn Case Trial End of 2014

Court of Appeals prosecutor Isidoros Doghiakos will shortly receive the voluminous Golden Dawn case file, after investigators handling the case -- Ioanna Klapa and Maria Dimitropoulou -- announced the end of the lengthy investigation. The two investigators officially sent supervising investigator Doghiakos their detailed findings...

Golden Dawn MP Michos Under House Arrest

The Greek Appeals Court that convened on Tuesday decided to adopt prosecutor Isidoros Doyiakos' opinion that Golden Dawn MP Nikos Michos should be placed under house arrest after a disagreement between the prosecutor and the examining magistrates responsible for...

Court Places Eleni Zaroulia Under House Arrest

After resolving the dispute between the prosecutor and the investigating judges, the judicial council finally decided that Eleni Zaroulia, the wife of Golden Dawn’s leader, Nikos Michaloliakos, will be placed under house arrest. She was charged with the offense...