Golden Dawn
Greece
New Democracy Opens Lead Over SYRIZA
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' relentless drumbeat that he has saved Greece from economic collapse, despite plenty of evidence to the contrary, nonetheless is paying off as a poll by the MRB agency shows his New Democracy Conservatives have...
Crime
Kasidiaris Says Holocaust Fiction
The spokesman and a Member of Parliament for the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, Ilias Kasidiaris, whipped up controversy while addressing the body after he suggested that he - like his party leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos - is a Holocaust denier.
During...
Greece
New Democracy Holds Onto Slim Lead
The ruling New Democracy Conservatives of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras continue to maintain a narrow edge over the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) part in the latest poll, which pretty much mirrors the last couple that...
Economy
Samaras Tells Finns Greeks Not Fascists
With his government immobilized over how to deal with the rising neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party accused of attacks on immigrants and with its strong anti-Semitic, anti-gay, ultra-religious stance, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras told a Finnish newspaper during his...
Economy
Venizelos, Kouvelis Block Debtor Loan Relief
Another rift has developed in the Greek coalition government with PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos and Democratic Left (DIMAR) chief Fotis Kouvelis trying to delay a bill that would let Greeks buried under pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed...
Crime
Golden Dawn Bill Goes After Immigrants
With the Greek government paralyzed by indecision over four separate anti-racism bills aimed squarely at the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, the extremists have hit back with their own proposal that seeks penalties against immigrants - their target - who...
Greece
Greek Police To Check MP's, Gun Owners
After incidents involving gun-carrying Members of Parliament sparked warnings that someone might be shot, Greek police said they will have a special three-member committee check all the gun licenses issued in the country to make sure the people who...
Greece
Golden Dawn Airport Gun Firing
Panic prevailed at Athens International Airport, Eleftherios Venizelos, shortly before three in the afternoon of May 30 when the gun of Antonis Gregos, Golden Dawn deputy, went off while he boarding Aegean’s flight 510 to Thessaloniki.
According to the procedure,...
Crime
Black Panthers Will Fight Golden Dawn
Greece's neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, which critics said have been beating immigrants with impunity as the government is frozen over what to do, will find itself squaring off with people who fight back.
Black immigrants in Greece - many of...
Greece
New Democracy Opens Gap On SYRIZA
With international aid pouring in, investor confidence rising, and tourists returning in record numbers, the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA)'s anti-austerity message is losing its edge with the party falling further behind the ruling New...