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Nov 9 Greece's far-right Golden Dawn party hailed Donald Trump's election as president of the United States, calling it a victory against "illegal immigration" and in favour of ethnically "clean" nations.
Golden Dawn, Greece's third-largest party, took its first seats in parliament in 2012 on a backlash against austerity policies in Greece, which has received three international bailouts since 2010.
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Showing posts with label Golden Dawn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Golden Dawn. Show all posts
Thursday, November 10, 2016
Monday, May 26, 2014
Greece's Golden Dawn to enter EU Parliament for first time
Exit polls
give the party, which denies it subscribes to neo-Nazi ideology, around a 10
per cent of the Greek vote
The
Guardian
By Fiona
Govan, Athens8:29PM BST 25 May 2014
Golden
Dawn, Greece’s extreme Right party, looked set to enter the European Parliament
for the first time after winning between 9 and 10 per cent of the vote, exit
polls showed on Sunday.
The party,
which denies accusations that it is a criminal organisation following neo-Nazi ideology,
was Greece ’s third most
popular party in the election and looked set to send three MEPs to Brussels .
“Golden
Dawn is the third political power in Greece , it’s the only party that
shows such a steep rise,” said Ilias Kasidiaris, the Golden Dawn spokesman who
is known to have a swastika tattoo on his upper arm, at party headquarters
following publication of exit polls.
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Greece Struggles to Outlaw Its Golden Dawn Fascist Party
Conservative
Government Mounts Risky Effort to Declare Group a Criminal Organization
By MARCUS
WALKER and MARIANNA KAKAOUNAKI
Updated
Dec. 4, 2013 11:37 p.m. ET
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
PIRAEUS,
Greece—At a dark crossroads here in September, Greek police kept a safe
distance while black-clad activists from the fascist movement Golden Dawn
chased and attacked Pavlos Fyssas, a 34-year-old rapper.
The police
had long been in the habit of standing by while Golden Dawn's paramilitary
squads rolled into action, mirroring the hesitance of Greece 's
political leadership to deal with the growing movement's muscle. Only after a
Golden Dawn member fatally stabbed the rapper did police officers make an
arrest, according to 15 police and witness depositions.
Friday, December 6, 2013
Greece Struggles to Outlaw Its Golden Dawn Fascist Party
Conservative
Government Mounts Risky Effort to Declare Group a Criminal Organization
The Wall
Street Journal
By MARCUS
WALKER and MARIANNA KAKAOUNAKI
Updated
Dec. 4, 2013 11:37 p.m. ET
PIRAEUS,
Greece—At a dark crossroads here in September, Greek police kept a safe
distance while black-clad activists from the fascist movement Golden Dawn
chased and attacked Pavlos Fyssas, a 34-year-old rapper.
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Golden Dawn Rally: Greece's Ultra-Right Party Holds Protest Outside Parliament
Reuters | Posted: 11/30/2013 2:20 pm EST
ATHENS, Nov
30 (Reuters) - About 1,000 supporters of Greece's Golden Dawn party gathered
outside parliament on Saturday to protest against the pre-trial detention of
their leader Nikolaos Mihaloliakos on charges of forming a criminal
organisation.
Clad in
black clothes, carrying torches and Greek flags, the ultra-right party's
supporters shouted slogans such as "hands off Golden Dawn, don't jail
nationalists" to the sound of Greek folk and marching songs.
The protest
took place under the watch of riot police, mobilised to shield it from
counter-rallies by rival leftist groups nearby. Events unfolded peacefully
after police banned all marches in the area to prevent clashes.
Monday, November 18, 2013
Greece's Golden Dawn gains support after members killed-poll
ATHENS Sat Nov 16, 2013 2:01pm EST
(Reuters) -
Support for Greece 's
far-right Golden Dawn party has grown since two members were gunned down by
unknown assailants this month, an opinion poll released on Saturday showed.
The party, Greece 's third
most popular, had shed almost a third of support following the fatal stabbing
in September of an anti-fascism rapper blamed on a Golden Dawn sympathizer.
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Previously Unknown Group Says It Shot Greek Extremists
By Alkman
Granitsas
The Wall
Steet Journal
Urban
Guerrillas Say They Killed Two and Injured One in Retaliation for Rap Artist's
Murder
A
previously unknown urban guerrilla group has claimed responsibility for the
shooting of three alleged members of Greece 's
far-right Golden Dawn party earlier this month outside local party offices in a
suburb north of Athens .
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Golden Dawn shooting survivor could hold clues to identities of killers
Two men
died in Athens
drive-by shooting but third man, though badly injured, is likely to recover
Helena
Smith in Athens
The
Guardian, Sunday 3 November 2013 19.27 GMT
Greek
counter-terrorism experts are hoping that a man who survived a drive-by
shooting at a branch of the far-right Golden Dawn party in Athens will help shed light on the
assailants' identity.
As
supporters of the extremist group held a memorial event on the spot where two
of its members were shot dead on Friday, there was growing speculation that
far-left radicals, seeking revenge for the murder of an anti-fascist musician,
were behind the attack.
Greeks fear more violence after Golden Dawn members shot dead
By Renee
Maltezou
(Reuters) -
A brazen drive-by shooting that killed two young members of Greece 's
far-right Golden Dawn party has shocked Greeks and prompted soul-searching
about whether the crisis-hit country is slipping into a "cycle of
violence".
Friday, November 1, 2013
At least two killed in shooting outside Athens Golden Dawn office
(Reuters) -
At least two people were killed in a drive-by shooting outside the offices of Greece 's far-right Golden Dawn party in Athens on Friday, police
sources said.
The attack
comes amid a crackdown by the government on the party after a self-proclaimed
Golden Dawn sympathizer stabbed an anti-fascism rapper to death in September.
Golden
Dawn, Greece's third most popular party according to opinion polls, said on its
website that the victims were aged 20 and 23 years old. Police had not yet
verified their identities and details on the shooting were not immediately
available.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Greek Police Say 10 Officers Have Links to Golden Dawn
By NIKI
KITSANTONIS
ATHENS —
The Greek police on Wednesday announced the findings of an internal
investigation into suspected links between the force and the neo-fascist Golden
Dawn party, which is the focus of a criminal investigation, saying that 10
officers had been linked to the party but that no signs of “organized cells”
affiliated with the group had been discovered.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Greece’s Parliament Clears Way for More Charges Against 6 Right-Wing Lawmakers
The New York Times
By NIKI KITSANTONIS
By NIKI KITSANTONIS
ATHENS — As
part of a widening effort to clamp down on violent extremism in Greece, the
country’s Parliament moved on Wednesday to lift the immunity of six lawmakers
of Golden Dawn, the neo-fascist anti-immigrant party prosecutors portray as a
criminal organization involved in murder, attempted murder, blackmail and other
crimes.
Monday, October 14, 2013
Greek far-right leaders accused of organised violence
Sun Oct 13,
2013 1:54pm IST
* Case
triggered after left-wing rapper knifed to death in street
* Testimony
said to reveal inner workings of far-right Golden Dawn
* Party
vote soared with debt crisis, sees political witch-hunt
By Renee
Maltezou and Deepa Babington
ATHENS, Oct
13 (Reuters) - She first got into politics in Greece last year - when she
bought herself a bullet-proof vest and learned how to beat up immigrants with
poles hung with the national flag.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Leader of Greece's far-right Golden Dawn jailed before trial
By Lefteris
Papadimas and Karolina Tagaris
(Reuters) -
The leader of Greece 's
far-right Golden Dawn party was sent to jail on Thursday pending trial on
criminal charges, the first time an elected party chief has been put behind
bars since a military coup nearly five decades ago.
The
imprisonment of Nikolaos Mihaloliakos, who has watched support for his party
wane after a supporter fatally stabbed a popular rapper, is a reprieve for
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras's government that has vowed to wipe out the
party, calling it a "gang of neo-Nazis".
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Greece's Golden Dawn lawmakers freed before trial
By Renee
Maltezou and Yorgos Karahalis
(Reuters) -
Three senior lawmakers from Greece 's
far-right Golden Dawn were freed on Wednesday pending trial on criminal
charges, an unexpected setback to the government's efforts to clamp down on a
party it has labeled a neo-Nazi criminal gang.
The
decision to free the men after an 18-hour court session raises questions about
the solidity of the state's case against Golden Dawn after one of its
sympathizers stabbed to death an anti-fascism rapper.
Monday, September 30, 2013
Greek Arrest of Far Rightists Bolsters Government, for Now
By ALKMAN
GRANITSAS and NEKTARIA STAMOULI
ATHENS—Greece's
crackdown on the country's far-right Golden Dawn party, with the weekend arrest
of the group's top leadership, is a needed fillip for Prime Minister Antonis
Samaras's fragile coalition government.
But the
boost may be temporary if the social problems that fueled the group's
rise—unemployment, corruption, collapsing public services—aren't soon addressed
by a government not many Greeks support, analysts say. And correcting those
issues could take some time.
"There
will be some political gains for the government and particularly Mr. Samaras,
but after that, if the economy continues to stumble, those benefits will
evaporate and the Golden Dawn phenomenon will return," said John Dimakis,
a political analyst at Athens-based consultancy STR. "The crackdown on
Golden Dawn won't bring jobs, or investments, or growth. And Golden Dawn is an
expression of social needs that the political system right now can't
cover."
UPDATE 5-Greek police arrest leader, lawmakers of far-right Golden Dawn
Sun Sep 29,
2013 5:16am IST
* Biggest
crackdown on elected party since fall of junta
* Party
members charged with participating in criminal group
*
"Nothing can scare us!" party spokesman says
*
Government rules out snap elections
By Renee
Maltezou and George Georgiopoulos
ATHENS,
Sept 28 (Reuters) - Greek police arrested the leader and more than a dozen
senior members of the far-right Golden Dawn party early on Saturday after the killing
of an anti-fascist rapper by a party supporter triggered outrage and protests
across the country.
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Golden Dawn arrests take Greece into uncharted waters
The
crackdown on the far-right party will undoubtedly release new tensions on to an
already poisoned political scene
Helena
Smith in Athens
The
Observer, Saturday 28 September 2013 17.56 BST
Before his
untimely death at the age of 34, Pavlos Fyssas was a hip-hop rapper popular on Greece 's
anti-fascist scene but little known beyond the frontiers of that music genre or
the borders of the country itself. On the night of 17 September all that
changed.
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Greece Arrests Senior Members of Far-Right Party
September
28, 2013
The New
York Times
By LIZ
ALDERMAN
ATHENS —
The counterterrorism police conducted a crackdown on Greece’s neo-fascist
Golden Dawn party early Saturday morning, arresting 5 members of Parliament,
including the leader of the organization, and 10 party officials. A search was
under way for another lawmaker and more than 20 party members.
It is the
first time that the leader of a political party and members of Parliament have
been arrested in Greece
since the fall of a military junta in 1974.
Friday, September 20, 2013
On the edge
The mood in
the Greek capital is at the boiling point
Sep 21st
2013 | ATHENS
|From the print edition
A WHIFF of
tear gas, the first in the city centre for almost a year, signalled the start
of a new round of protests led by Greek teachers, school and university
administrators, and members of the capital’s recently disbanded municipal
police. All face being laid off in a long-awaited cull of public-sector
workers. Riot police resorted to firing the tear gas on September 16th to
dissuade a group of school guards from occupying the ministry of public
administration.
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