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Crime
Man Charged with Murder of Greek Rapper Testifies in Court
The man charged with the 2013 murder of rap singer Pavlos Fyssas testified on Thursday before a criminal appeals court in Athens.
Giorgos Roupakias, a member of the extreme-right Golden Dawn party, was charged with killing Fyssas on the night of September...
Greece
Greek Voters Turn their Backs to Far Right Golden Dawn
Far right Golden Dawn suffered a devastating defeat at Sunday's general election that may leave the party, often described as neo-Nazi, with no parliamentary representation.
Greek voters reversed a trend towards extreme-right politics that has been prevalent in some other...
Greece
Greece Breathes a Sigh of Relief as Golden Dawn Thrashed in EU Vote
Mainstream Greek politicians welcomed the weakening of extreme rightist party Golden Dawn on Monday, which saw the loss of close to 60 percent of its electoral base in the European elections held on Sunday.
The party which received more than...
Greece
Exit Poll: Opposition New Democracy Wins EU Elections in Greece
Greece's center-right New Democracy (ND) party is the clear winner of the European elections held on Sunday, according to the joint exit poll presented by Greece's major television stations at 19:00 local time.
ND is expected to win between 32.5...
Greece
Opposition Maintains Double Digit Lead Over SYRIZA in New Poll
Greece's main opposition New Democracy party maintains its lead over the governing SYRIZA party, leading by 11 percentage points in a new poll conducted by Pulse for the Skai media group.
One-third (33 percent) of respondents stated they would vote...
Crime
Greek Lawmaker Wanted for Treason Now Says He Respects Democracy
A Greek member of parliament arrested on Monday on treason charges has expressed regret over his outburst last week that the military should arrest the president, prime minister and defense minister over the deal on the FYROM name issue.
Konstantinos...
Crime
Police Arrest Greek Lawmaker Wanted on Treason Charges
Greek police have arrested a member of parliament wanted for treason after he fled Athens on Friday in a high-speed dash across the country.
Konstantinos Barbarousis, who has been ousted from his ultra-right Golden Dawn party, offered no resistance as...
Greece
Greek Police Hunt Golden Dawn Lawmaker Faced with Charges of Treason
A Golden Dawn lawmaker is on the run after Greece's authorities issued an arrest warrant following his call in the parliament on Friday for the arrest of the country’s prime minister and president over the provisional ‘Macedonia’ name deal.
According...
Greece
Golden Dawn Kicks Out Lawmaker Who Called for Greek Coup d'Etat
A far-right member of Greece's parliament has been kicked out of his own party after calling for the arrest of the country's prime minister and president.
Golden Dawn lawmaker Konstantinos Barbarousis called on the armed forces to “abide by their oath” and...
Greece
Golden Dawn MP Makes Vulgar Attacks against SYRIZA Ministers in Greek Parliament
Golden Dawn MP Yiannis Lagos on Thursday verbally attacked members of the cabinet in parliament calling them "traitors" and almost came to blows with a SYRIZA lawmaker.
Lagos invoked the letter the Pan-Macedonian associations sent to all Greek Parliament Members,...