Golden Dawn
Greece
Dendias Says Greeks Aren't Xenophobes
Defending Greece's roundup of immigrants suspected of being in the country unlawfully, Greek Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias, during a trip to New York, told CNN International that, “The Greek society is not xenophobic at all, rather the opposite.”
He...
Greece
Golden Dawn Blood Donation Draws Ire
The neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party's ongoing blood drives with donations earmarked only for Greeks pitted it against protesters outside a hospital in Tripoli in which a man who was photographing the event said he was attacked by the extremists.
Tensions...
Greece
Golden Dawn Invades Nikaia Hospital
Members of the neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn invaded the General State Hospital of Nikaia in Athens, on the morning of April 24. Two groups, one from the central entrance and the other one from the rear, entered the hospital...
Crime
For Some, Greece's Junta Lives On
On the morning of April 21, 1967, Greeks suddenly found tanks in the streets of Athens as a coup of military leaders staged a junta that became known as The Regime of The Colonels and brought seven years of...
Greece
Greece Stops Deporting Illegal Syrian Migrants
At the same time the country is cracking down on illegal immigrants and assaults against them are continuing, the Greek government said it would halt deportation of immigrants from Syria who entered the country illegally after human rights groups...
Greece
SYRIZA Holds Slight Lead Over ND
According to the latest poll, the major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) has a razor-thin lead of 0.2 percent over the ruling New Democracy (ND) Conservatives, a margin that effectively is a dead heat given the...
Crime
Papandreou Refuses To Testify On Lagarde List
Former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has for the second time sent a Parliamentary committee investigating a list of Greeks with secret Swiss bank accounts a note reiterating that he knew nothing about and that he won’t return from...
Crime
EU Official Says Greece Could Ban Golden Dawn
Europe’s human rights organization has prepared a report which said Greece has the authority to ban the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party that won 18 seats in Parliament last year and has been accused of leading assaults against immigrants and...
Europe
Der Spiegel Strikes Out At Golden Dawn
The German magazine Der Spiegel is linking racism and violent incidents in Greece to the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn part which has been accused of beating immigrants, a charge it has repeatedly denied.
“The deeper the crisis is, the more rigid...
Greece
Greek Tweeters Press Golden Dawn Boycott
Angry that a prominent Greek TV station hosted four members of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party on a show, critics have begun a Twitter campaign pushing a boycott of any media that gives time to the extremists, who have...