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Golden Dawn Trial

Greek PM Intervenes to Speed Up Fascist GD Trial Over Murdered Rapper

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, in an effort to speed up the trial of ultra-fascist Golden Dawn members, intervened on Friday in person. His decision to help speed up the process of justice followed a public appeal made by the...

Golden Dawn Trial Postponed Again

The infamous Golden Dawn trial of the party's leading members was interrupted again on Thursday, a day after the trial recommenced after five months due to the five-month lawyers' strike. The issues that arose on Thursday regarded the representation of defendants,...

Request for Recommencement of Golden Dawn Trial After PanHellenic Exams

The Municipality of Korydallos, the 2nd Federation of Secondary State School Teachers of Piraeus (ELME) and the Parents Union, are requesting for the recommencement of the Golden Dawn trial after the end of the PanHellenic Exams, so that the...

Ongoing Lawyers' Strike Leaves About 300,000 Legal Cases Pending

The ongoing anti-austerity strike by the country’s lawyers, which is in its fifth month and opposes the latest measures in the security fund and pension plan, has caused great confusion in Greek courts as about 300,000 legal cases are...

Murderer of Greek Rapper Fyssas Released from Jail [video]

Giorgos Roupakias, the confessed murderer of Greek rapper Pavlos Fyssas, was released from jail on Friday, 30 months after the incident as his trial detention period expired. The Appeals Council issued a decree for his release due to the passage...

Golden Dawn Trial Suspended Once Again for June 22

The Golden Dawn trial was adjourned yet again and is set to resume on Monday, June 22, at a specially designed courtroom at Attica’s high-security Korydallos Prison due to defendants' objections. The presiding judge accepted the objections of the defense lawyers who called for...

Golden Dawn Trial to Resume on Friday

The Golden Dawn trial in Greece was adjourned for Friday as some of the defendants have asked for the lifting of restrictive conditions placed upon them. Golden Dawn leader Nikos Michaloliakos asked for the lifting of his house arrest. The same request...

Golden Dawn Trial Postponed as Party Leadership Was Absent

The first day of the highly anticipated Golden Dawn trial only lasted two hours as the neo-Nazi party's leadership was absent. The court was adjourned until May 7. Party leader Nikos Michaloliakos and the rest of the party's leadership, a total...

Historic Golden Dawn Trial is Expected to Last Roughly a Year

The historic and unprecedented trial of party leader Nikos Michaloliakos and the leadership of his extreme-right Golden Dawn party - the first time since World War II that a Parliamentary party in Greece or on a global level is charged...

Golden Dawn Trial Begins Monday in Greece

Dozens of Greeks linked to the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party will go on trial on Monday with charges of participating in a criminal organization. The highly publicized trial will be held inside a high security prison in Athens and is expected...