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Racism Bill Will Go To Parliament

An anti-racism bill opposed by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and aimed at curbing the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party will go to Parliament for consideration despite his objections, PASOK and Democratic Left (DIMAR,) the junior parties in Greece’s conservative-led coalition...

Stalemate Stalls Greek Anti-Racism Bill

Greece's coalition government, led by Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative leader Antonis Samaras, has cracked in a dispute over an anti-racism bill aimed at controlling the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party whose members have been accused of attacks on...

Koran Lessons In Greek Ires Muslims

The Greek government has appointed 90 chaplains to teach the Koran in Greek to minority children at mosques and state schools in the northwestern province of Western Thrace, annoying Muslims who said it is a violation of the freedom...

Now, New Democracy Leads SYRIZA

Continuing to trade places with thin margins showing them barely leading each other in surveys, New Democracy has again gained the edge on the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) this time by a margin of 2.8...

Golden Dawn Vows Mosque Protest March

Angry that the Greek government is paying to renovate a building that will become the country’s first official mosque, the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party is reportedly planning to mobilize 100,000 protesters to try to stop it. The Macedonian International News...

Samaras Backs Away From Golden Dawn

Facing pressure from his coalition partners to get behind an anti-racism bill aimed at curbing the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative leader Antonis Samaras will meet with them on May 27. PASOK Socialist chief Evangelos...

Political Feud Holds Up Anti-Racism Bill

Greece's coalition government is sharply divided over an anti-racism bill that is aimed at controlling the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party by imposing stricter penalties for assaults, primarily on immigrants, of which the extremists have been accused but which it...

Golden Dawn’s Scary Rise Chronicled

Dateline’s one-hour SBS program entitled, Rise of the Neo-Nazis, aired on May 21, aimed at finding reasons for the growing popularity of a party that is anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic, anti-gay, ultra-religious and jingoistic. Reporter Evan Williams said, "The rise of Golden...

Golden Dawn MP With Gun In Parliament

A Member of Parliament from the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party who drove into the underground parking lot there with a gun on his passenger's seat was asked by a police guard to put it away but drove on after...

Golden Dawn Wreath Laying Causes Clash

Skirmishes erupted between members of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party and leftist supporters in the western Greek town of Agrinio when a lawmaker from the extremists, Kostas Barbarousis stepped forward to lay a wreath at a Pontian Genocide memorial...