Greece

Nikolaos Michaloliakos, 55, the leader of the Greek neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party that the government is trying to break through legal means, has dominated political attention since the extremists won 18 seats in Parliament in 2012 on the back...

Greek police have arrested Nikos Michaloliakos, the leader of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party that is under fire in the killing of an anti-fascist for which one of its members was charged, was arrested on the morning of Sept....

On October 4, Golden Dawn leader Nikos Michaloliakos arrived at around five in the afternoon at the Korydallos Prison Complex. Michaloliakos is detained on the charges of directing a criminal organization. Golden Dawn MP Giannis Lagos was also led to...

A court decision to remand Golden Dawn leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos in custody has topped the headlines of the foreign media. In Britain, the Guardian goes under the title "Golden Dawn leader jailed pending trial after Athens hearing," while BBC’s main...

Nikos Michaloliakos, the leader of the far-right Golden Dawn party was jailed on charges of belonging to a criminal group, officials said on Thursday. Michaloliakos will be awaiting trial in jail contrary to Golden Dawn MP's Ilias Kasidiaris and Ilias Panayotaors...

Three illegal guns (a pistol, a revolver and a shotgun) were found in Nikolaos Michaloliakos' home, and are to undergo ballistics tests, the media reported. Reportedly, the Golden Dawn leader does not possess a firearms license. Moreover, bullets and cartridges,...

The 37 members of the neo-Nazi party golden Dawn who were convicted in October will be transported to prison on Friday. The convicts were held at police headquarters in Athens after the court upheld their prison sentences on Thursday, rejecting...

The assets of Greek politicians for the years 2013 and 2014 were officially announced in Greek Parliament on Wednesday, showing that several have considerable wealth. The assets of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras did not change compared to 2012 in terms...

Greece's finance and economy ministers are probably the richest politicians in Greek parliament, after the parliamentary committee on transparency released the 2012 asset declarations of all parliament members on Wednesday. Greek Economy Minister Giorgos Stathakis has bank deposits in Greece...

On the heels of two of his colleagues being taken into detention earlier in the day, a third member of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party was jailed on Jan. 12, in Greece pending his trial along with the group's...

Human Rights Watch, a leading international nongovernmental advocacy group, on Tuesday called for Greek lawmakers to strengthen legislation meant to combat racism and xenophobia. “Greece has failed countless victims of racist and xenophobic attacks by neither investigating nor prosecuting the...

The Greek Police decided to ban the anti-fascist demonstration that was planned by labour movements, unions, student clubs. The demonstration was supposed to take place on Saturday. By order of the Hellenic Police Chief, all mass round-ups will be allowed,...

The 27-year-old Giorgos Fountoulis and the 22-year-old Manolis Kapelonis are the two Golden Dawn members who were murdered in cold blood during the alleged terrorist attack that took place on the evening of Friday November 1st in Neo Irakleio,...

As the Greek Parliament was sworn in to a new session on Oct. 7, with a benediction performed by Metropolitan Bishop of Skyros Seraphim and members of the Permanent Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, the head of...

After jubilation with the release of three of its Members of Parliament from pre-trial detention, the followers of Golden Dawn felt disappointment when the neo-Nazi party's leader, Nikolaos Michaloliakos, and number two man, Christos Pappas, were sent to jail,...