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Clashes Erupt Between Demonstrators and Police on Anniversary of Fyssas' Murder

A protest march marking the fourth anniversary since the murder of rapper Pavlos Fyssas descended into chaos on Monday as protestors and police clashed in the Piraeus suburb of Keratsini. Riot police used tear gas to disperse a group of...

Mother of Golden Dawn Murder Victim: 'This Organization Trains Murderers'

Magda Fyssa, the mother of Pavlos Fyssas, the 34-year-old antifascist and rapper who was murdered two years ago by a member of Golden Dawn in Keratsini, near Piraeus, testified in court on Friday arguing that the police colluded with the neo-Nazi party. During her...

Neo-Nazis Vandalize Pavlos Fyssas' Memorial in Athens

The memorial of anti-fascist activist and rapper Pavlos Fyssas, who has been assassinated by extreme right, xenophobic Golden Dawn member Giorgos Roupakias in September 2013, has been defaced by unknown individuals on Wednesday night. The local memorial, erected on the...

Mentally Ill Stabs 20-year-old

A 50-year-old man who stabbed a 20 year-old man with a pocketknife on the night of September 24 in Keratsini, Piraeus, Greece, appears to be facing mental health problems. According to police reports, the perpetrator has in the past been...

Video Shows Weird Scenes at Protest

One of the videos posted on the Internet, this one on Youtube, about the night of violence on Sept. 18 in Greece as protests raged against the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party after one of its members was arrested on...

The Golden Dawn Sympathizer Police Said Killed Fyssas

Giorgos Roupakias is the name of the 45-year-old man who stabbed to death Pavlos Fyssas, the 34-year-old hip-hop artist and anti-fascist, in Keratsini, Athens, on September 17 at midnight. The murderer reportedly participated in the neo-Nazi political party, Golden Dawn,...

EPP Group Chairman Daul Condemns Fyssas’ Killing

EPP Group Chairman Joseph Daul strongly condemned on Sept. 19 the murder of Pavlos Fyssas in Keratsini, Piraeus, Greece by Giorgos Roupakias, a supporter of the neo-Nazi political party, Golden Dawn. “This kind of fanatical acts and violence have no...

Thousands Rally Against Suspensions

The big rally that took place on September 18 at Syntagma in Athens, Greece, by the Civil Servants’ Union, ADEDY, where numerous protesters had gathered against the plan to suspend and fire public workers, was converted into an anti-fascist...