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Golden Dawn Hands Out 'Greeks-Only' Easter Meals

Golden Dawn distributed food to needy Greeks who could prove themselves as such outside the ultra-nationalist party's Athens headquarters on Thursday morning. Golden Dawn spokesman Ilias Kasidiaris said: "Our "terrorist organisation" is organising food distributions instead of having fun in villas." When asked about a possible...

Parliament Delays Could Free Golden Dawn Suspects

A number of neo-Nazi Golden Dawn lawmakers, including the party leader, could be released from pre-trial detention because Parliament isn't acting fast enough to lift the immunity of other party MP's prosecutors want to charge with an array of...

Samaras' Pre-Election Pitch: Stability

With his party locked in a dogfight ahead of next month's critical elections for the European Parliament and Greek municipalities, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is wooing voters with money and trying to convince them to keep stability in the...

Prosecutor Asks Parliament About Lifting Kasidiaris' Immunity

The leading prosecutor in the case of the video secretly filmed by Ilias Kasidiaris, which shows the former cabinet secretary, Panayiotis Baltakos in conversation with the Golden Dawn MP, has sent the case file to the Greek Parliament asking...

Golden Dawn Threatens to Publish More Controversial Videos

Ilias Panagiotaros, Golden Dawn’s MP and candidate for the governor of Attica region, has warned that the neo-Nazi party has more videos like the one of Kasidiaris-Baltakos, which caused such outrage in Greece last week. “They think that they can stop...

Greek Anti-Racism Bill Back On Track

An anti-racism bill stalled four months ago in an apparent political power play has been brought back by the government and seeks to stiffen penalties for crimes concerning hate, discrimination and violence. The package was initially seen as yet another...

Prosecutor Targets Kasidiaris Over Secret Video

Moving to head off the release of more secret videos that could provide claims the government has trumped up charges against the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, a prosecutor has asked Parliament to lift the immunity of the extremists spokesman...

Publishing 'Illegal' Spycam Videos Made Arrestable in Greece

Greece's Supreme Court prosecutor Efterpi Koutzamani on Monday ordered prosecutors to initiate proceedings for the immediate arrest of anyone who publishes 'illegally obtained' footage. Koutzamani’s instructions come amid claims from Golden Dawn, that it is planning to make more videos...

Baltakos: I Am Part of New Democracy and Always Will Be

Former cabinet secretary Takis Baltakos told Greek reporters that he was, is and always will be part of New Democracy as he left the prosecutor’s office Monday, after delivering testimony about the controversial video that cost him his job in which he was seen in...

New Democracy Hardliner Drops Candidacy

Failos Kranidiotis, a lawyer who is considered among Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s closest aides, said he would not be running as a New Democracy candidate for European Parliament in May’s elections, the second of the Premier's closest allies to...