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Shadowy Group Claims Athens Community Center Attack

A shadowy far-right group has claimed an arson attack on an Afghan community center in the heart of Athens. The group, calling itself Krypteia, claimed responsibility for the assault in a statement to Greek media on Friday. Thursday's incident saw flammable...

Greek Court Remands Neo-Nazi Suspects in Custody

Four out of the seven people accused of being members of extreme-right group Combat 18 Hellas were imprisoned pending trial on Saturday, after their testimonies before the investigative magistrate. After testifying for several hours, the prosecutor and the investigative magistrate...

Greek Police Seize Knives, Explosives, Nazi Flags After Combat 18 Raids

Explosives, knives, swastika flags and far-right propaganda were among items seized when Greek police arrested 11 members of a neo-Nazi group, calling itself Combat 18 Hellas. The arrests were made by the Counter Terrorism Team of the Hellenic Police in Attica...

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...

Citizens of Korydallos District React to the Upcoming Golden Dawn Trial

The upcoming trial of Greece's extreme right Golden Dawn party, scheduled for April 20, has caused the firm reaction of citizens and business owners in the district of Korydallos, Athens, where Greece's largest prison is located. The Nazi-inspired party members' and supporters'...

Golden Dawn Nazi Pictures Arise

As the Greek Justice system builds a case of running a criminal gang against the neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn, photos have surfaced showing its leaders giving Nazi salutes in front of a giant Swastika flag. Party leader Nikos Michaloliakos, who...

Tsipras Asks Voters To Kick Out Old Guard

Locked in a tight race with the ruling New Democracy Conservatives of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in the May 25 European Parliament elections and the run-off round of balloting for Greek municipalities, major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left...

Greek Election Campaigns Crank Up

A week before Greeks go to the polls to vote in local elections - and two weeks before those for the European Parliament - the race between Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' New Democracy Conservatives and major opposition Coalition of...

Venizelos Faces PASOK Leadership Fight

After leading PASOK to the brink of extinction, party leader Evangelos Venizelos said there are dissidents who want the Socialists to fare badly in this month's elections for Greek municipalities and the European Parliament so they can try to...

A Thin Veil for Greece in 2014

As if Greece didn't have enough trouble as Jan. 1 loomed - the seventh consecutive year of a deep recession - Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' uneasy coalition of his New Democracy Conservatives and the PASOK Socialists, who are clinging...