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Greek Parliament Freezes Golden Dawn Funds

By a crushing 241-26 vote, the Greek Parliament has approved the cutting off of state funding for the Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn party in a new law that shuts off the public tap for parties accused of criminal activities. Five...

Greek Leaders Dip Into Savings

Greece's political leaders remained about the crushing economic crisis critics said they helped create, showing substantial incomes even while the had to reach into their savings accounts, according to their declarations of wealth posted on the Parliament website to...

Probe Shows Golden Dawn Talked Overthrow

Evidence found on the computers of jailed Golden Dawn party leader Nikos Michaloliakos and party spokesman Ilias Kasidiaris, who are among those facing charges of operating a criminal gang, show them denouncing democracy and being involved in paramilitary training...

Leaked Photo of Ilias Kasidiaris Holding a Kalashnikov Rifle

The Greek newspaper "Ethnos" published a photograph of the Golden Dawn MP, Ilias Kasidiaris, holding a kalashnikov rifle. The photograph has raised questions, concerning the action of Golden Dawn, as these weapons are illegal in Greece. According to "Ethnos," the...

Golden Dawn Says Terrorists Conducted Killings in Greece: UPDATE

Officials of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party said the killings of two of its members gunned down outside an Athens neighborhood headquarters on Nov. 1 was the work of terrorists and that it was left without police protection in...

Greece Probes Golden Dawn Finances

As Greece prosecutes the leaders of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party on charges of running a criminal gang, investigators said they want access to financial records and bank accounts of the suspects and are asking the help of the...

Witnesses Say Greek Golden Dawn Targeted Democracy

More testimony is developing in the case against leaders of the Greek neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, particularly its Members of Parliament charged with running a criminal gang:  Ilias Panagiotaros, Ilias Kasidiaris, Giorgos Germenis and Stathis Boukouras. One of the witnesses,...

Golden Dawners Don't Stand By Their Men

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,...

Golden Dawn's No. 2 Jailed Too

After appearing in court on Oct. 3, Christos Pappas, the second-in-command of the Greek neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, was remanded in custody, joining his leader, Nikolaos Michaloliakos and another Member of Parliament, Yannis Lagos, who were being held in...

Golden Dawn Leader Nikos Michaloliakos Jailed Pending Trial

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...