Golden Dawn
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Greece Plans To Stifle Golden Dawn
Giving up the idea of banning the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, which is not allowed under the Constitution, the Greek government instead is said to planning to try to designate it as a criminal gang so that more than...
Crime
Video Shows Weird Scenes at Protest
One of the videos posted on the Internet, this one on Youtube, about the night of violence on Sept. 18 in Greece as protests raged against the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party after one of its members was arrested on...
Crime
Greek Violence Worries Amnesty International
Amnesty International published an announcement concerning the increased instances of violence in Greece, after the murder of the anti-fascist hip-hop artist, Pavlos Fyssas, by Giorgos Roupakias, a supporter of the neo-Nazi political party, Golden Dawn.
The announcement is entitled “Greece:...
Crime
The Golden Dawn Sympathizer Police Said Killed Fyssas
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,...
Europe
German MP’s Don’t Want EU Greek Presidency
Two German MP's of the ruling party, citing the high cost, asked for Greece’s resignation from the EU presidency.
"Greece should resign from its scheduled presidency for 2014," the two MP's of the CDU and FDP parties said, arguing that...
Crime
A Night of Chaos in Greece
Athens and other cities around Greece erupted in violence the night of Sept. 18 in protests over the murder earlier in the day of a 34-year-old anti-fascist hip-hop artist who police said was stabbed to death by a member...
Europe
EPP Group Chairman Daul Condemns Fyssas’ Killing
EPP Group Chairman Joseph Daul strongly condemned on Sept. 19 the murder of Pavlos Fyssas in Keratsini, Piraeus, Greece by Giorgos Roupakias, a supporter of the neo-Nazi political party, Golden Dawn.
“This kind of fanatical acts and violence have no...
Crime
Clashes Follow Street Murder in Greece
Greek riot police battled into the night of Sept. 18 with protesters angry over the murder earlier in the day of an anti-fascist who was stabbed to death, police said, by a man who is a member of the...
Greece
Thousands Rally Against Suspensions
The big rally that took place on September 18 at Syntagma in Athens, Greece, by the Civil Servants’ Union, ADEDY, where numerous protesters had gathered against the plan to suspend and fire public workers, was converted into an anti-fascist...
Crime
Leftist's Murder Sparks Outrage Against Golden Dawn
Greek police are investigating the stabbing death of a 34-year-old hip-hop artist that leftist groups said was killed by a gang of neo-Nazi Golden Dawn members who critics say travel in packs to assault immigrants and their perceived foes.
There...