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Greek court rules Golden Dawn leaders ran crime group

Leaders of Greece's far-right Golden Dawn, the country's third most popular party in parliament during the debt crisis, were found guilty of running a criminal group, a Greek appeals court has ruled.

World • 07 Oct 20

Golden Dawn party spokesman Ilias Kassidiaris spoke prior to the vote to lift the immunity

Six Golden Dawn members lose immunity

The Greek parliament has voted to lift the immunity of six politicians from the far-right Golden Dawn party.

News • 17 Oct 13

Police monitor a demonstration by Golden Dawn supporters in Athens

Poll finds Greeks critical of Golden Dawn

Most Greeks view the far-right Golden Dawn party as a criminal organisation, according to a poll published today.

News • 04 Oct 13

Leader of Greek far-right Golden Dawn party, Nikos Michaloliakos, taken to court under heavy security

Greek far-right party members charged after swoop

Members of Greece's far-right Golden Dawn party have appeared before an investigating magistrate charged with founding and participating in a criminal organisation.

News • 29 Sep 13

Nikos Michaloliakos has warned the party could pull its MPs from parliament if the crackdown does not stop

Greek far-right Golden Dawn leader arrested

Greek police have arrested the leader of the far-right Golden Dawn party Nikos Michaloliakos along with two MPs and 10 party members on charges of forming a criminal organisation..

News • 29 Sep 13

Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis said the handout would not be allowed

Police block 'Greeks only' food handout in Athens

Police have stopped members of a far-right party in Greece from staging a free food handout aimed only at Greeks in the capital's main square.

News • 02 May 13

A screengrab from the incident on Greek TV

Greek MP punches female rival on live TV debate

Athens prosecutors have ordered the arrest of a deputy from Greece's neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party after he punched a female communist MP during a live TV debate, a judicial source said.

News • 08 Jun 12

Greek left refuses coalition with New Democracy

The Greek conservative party leader, Antonis Samaras, has said that he has concluded that he is unable to form a new coalition government.

News • 07 May 12

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