Greece

Liana Kanellis, an MP of the Greek Parliament appeared today evening at the Parliament and held a speech about the financial situation. To illustrate her point, the KKE (Greek communist party) member  brought bread and milk to the...

From grievous to simple bodily harm converted an Athens court the charges against extreme right Golden Dawn MP Ilias Kasidiaris for the attack against Greek Communist Party (KKE) MP Liana Kanelli that took place during a live TV show...

A Three-Member-Appeal Court handed a twelve-month suspended sentence to Golden Dawn lawmaker Ioannis Sachinidis, on Friday for slandering Communist Party MP Liana Kanelli. The court unanimously convicted the MP after the prosecutor recommended a 20-month sentence. The ruling concerns comments...

The members of the new Greek Parliament took the oath of office on Thursday, February 5, in the presence of Archbishop Ieronymos. The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece performed the standard benediction, and then the parliament members swore...

Many Greek politicians were neck to neck against their fellow candidates in several constituencies across Greece, aiming to earn a seat in the new Greek Parliament. According to election results, SYRIZA’s Gavriil Sakellaridis and Nikolaos Voutsis, as well as New Democracy...

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras asked for the resignation of Education Deputy Minister Georgios Stylios on Thursday over abusive comments against Greek Communist Party (KKE) MP Liana Kanelli. Stylios made the comment in parliament during talks on education in Greece. The...

The Greek writer Nikos Dimou suggested on Wednesday that since the Holy Fire, which is brought every Holy Saturday from Jerusalem, is not a result of a miracle, then Greece should stop spending money on hiring a jet to...

Ilias Kasidiaris, the spokesman for Greece's neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, facing charges along with other party leaders of running a criminal gang, told supporters that he will run for Mayor of Athens next year despite the government's vow to...

A new opinion poll carried out by GPO on behalf of newspot.gr, shows the popularity of the MPs in the first and second Constituency of Athens, as well as the rest of the Constituencies of Attica. In particular, the Greek...

An anonymous group is sending a powerful message to Golden Dawn and using the murder of leftist Pavlos Fyssas as an excuse to do it. The video-message by Anonymous on youtube starts with a brief reference to Pavlos Fyssas: "...

By Layla Eplett* - It’s official: Greek yogurt is all the rage. As Americans demand more Greek yogurt, Greeks demand more with yogurt–the economic crisis in Greece has led to a resurgence in yogurt protests. In the past few...

Facing prosecution for attacking two fellow Members of Parliament, a bid by Ilias Kasidiaris, spokesman for the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party bid to have immunity lifted for the two female lawmakers he assaulted has been rejected by his colleagues. Kasidiaris...

PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos, testifying during a fiery hearing before a Parliamentary committee about his tenure as finance minister and his handling of a list of 2,065 Greeks with $1.95 billion in secret Swiss bank accounts that wasn't...

The Greek Parliament, by an overwhelming vote of 205-3, voted to again lift the immunity of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party MP and spokesman Ilias Kasidiaris so that he can be prosecuted for assaulting two female MP's on a...

The head of the far-right extremist party Golden Dawn, which showcases Hitler’s Mein Kampf and who has used the Heil salute, has denied it has a Nazi orientation and claimed it is being ostracized by the media and in...