Greece

It was September 18, 2013 when the 34-year-old activist and singer Pavlos Fyssas was assassinated by George Roupakias, a member of the Greek neo-nazi Golden Dawn party in Athens, Greece. Following the general outrage, the Greek authorities launched an investigation...

The memorial of anti-fascist activist and rapper Pavlos Fyssas, who has been assassinated by extreme right, xenophobic Golden Dawn member Giorgos Roupakias in September 2013, has been defaced by unknown individuals on Wednesday night. The local memorial, erected on the...

Clashes occurred during a march held in Piraeus, Greece, in memory of rap singer Pavlos Fyssas who was stabbed to death a year ago by a Golden Dawn supporter. The march that started peacefully, turned violent when about 100 of the participants...

A protest march marking the fourth anniversary since the murder of rapper Pavlos Fyssas descended into chaos on Monday as protestors and police clashed in the Piraeus suburb of Keratsini. Riot police used tear gas to disperse a group of...

Greek police fired tear gas at protesters who hurled petrol bombs in Athens on Saturday during a rally marking four years since the killing of an anti-fascism rapper by an neo-nazi Golden Dawn supporter. Clashes broke out on Saturday after...

Giorgos Roupakias, the confessed murderer of Greek rapper Pavlos Fyssas, was released from jail on Friday, 30 months after the incident as his trial detention period expired. The Appeals Council issued a decree for his release due to the passage...

September 18, 2013: Pavlos Fyssas is stabbed by Golden Dawn member Giorgos Roupakias in the Keratsini area of Piraeus. The assassination marks the beginning of the “unveiling” of Golden Dawn's political-criminal activities. The Greek public is jolted by the incident. Once the initial...

The far-right Golden Dawn MP Yannis Lagos said in his deposition to the Greek prosecutors on Friday that the murder of left-wing rapper Pavlos Fyssas by a Golden Dawn supporter last September “was an isolated and unfortunate event.” “I would like to...

The poster of PASOK’s youth division using the image of Pavlos Fyssas, caused a strong reaction from the Fyssas family. Pavlos Fyssas was the young man who was killed by George Roupakias, a Golden Dawn member. The poster also depicts...

Yiannis Kazantzoglou, the 32 year old Golden Dawn member charged for being involved in the murder of Pavlos Fyssas, appeared before the 6th investigative judge of Piraeus just after 10am today. After his deposition, the court decided to keep Kazantzoglou...

In his testimony, Giorgos Roupakias revealed the names of the people he received calls from on Sept 17th-the day he killed Pavlos Fyssas. However, the things Roupakias said seem to contradict. Prior to the murder of Pavlos Fyssas, Roupakias spoke...

Disapproval and strong reactions have been caused by information that the Sept 22 front page of the newspaper Proto Thema will depict a photo of the 34-year old Pavlos Fyssas shortly before he left  his last breath after he...

The apology of the perpetrator of the murder of Pavlos Fyssas in Keratsini was completed. It was decided that the 45-year-old Giorgos Roupakias shall be remanded into custody, so he was led to Korydallos Prison. The murdered of Pavlos Fyssas stayed...

Giorgos Roupakias is the name of the 45-year-old man who stabbed to death Pavlos Fyssas, the 34-year-old hip-hop artist and anti-fascist, in Keratsini, Athens, on September 17 at midnight. The murderer reportedly participated in the neo-Nazi political party, Golden Dawn,...

Fugitive Christos Pappas, the former deputy leader of the infamous Neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn, has been apprehended and arrested in Athens, Greece. Golden Dawn was found to be a criminal organization and its leadership was convicted shortly after. Although...