July 11, 2014
11:39 am

Greek Golden Dawn MP Ilias Kasidiaris (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)

9th Greek far-right lawmaker jailed pending trial

Golden Dawn’s Ilias Kassidiaris faces illegal firearms charges that carry a maximum 20-year prison sentence

By AP

June 12, 2014
5:46 pm

The ADL's Abe Foxman. (photo credit: Courtesy Shilo Productions)

Greece seeking ways to fight anti-Semitism, ADL says

At meeting in Athens, Abe Foxman laments PM Samaras’s appointment of ultranationalist as minister

By Raphael Ahren

June 11, 2014
12:21 am

Supporters of the Greek ultra nationalist party Golden Dawn attend a pre-election rally in Athens on May 23, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/ARIS MESSINIS)

Greek neo-Nazi lawmaker held for alleged crimes

Golden Dawn party member accused of participation in a criminal organization

By AFP

June 10, 2014
1:18 am

Screenshot from a YouTube video showing ultranationalist Greek parliamentarian Makis Voridis.

Greek Jews rap appointment of ultranationalist as health minister

Makis Voridis reportedly founded a student group whose members saluted each other with ‘Heil Hitler’

By JTA

May 30, 2014
4:17 pm

Illustrative photo of a memorial to the Holocaust at the Jewish cemetery in Thessaloniki, Greece (photo credit: Arie Darzi/Wikimedia Commons/File)

Jewish cemetery desecrated in Thessaloniki, Greece

Vandals smash headstones and ornaments days after the election of 3 neo-Nazi Greek politicians to the European Parliament

By Times of Israel staff

May 28, 2014
12:30 am

Greek Jews anxious over neo-Nazis’ electoral gains

‘We are the upcoming Greece,’ jailed Golden Dawn leader tells followers after his party garners 3 seats in European Parliament

By JTA

May 27, 2014
6:14 pm

A supporter of the Greek ultra nationalist party Golden Dawn raises his fist during a pre-election rally in Athens on May 23, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/ARIS MESSINIS)

Greece’s neo-Nazis come into their own in EU vote

As Golden Dawn wins 3 Euro parliament seats, Jewish leader laments that ‘many Greeks truly believe this Nazi party can save the country from economic catastrophe’

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

May 27, 2014
12:41 pm

The number of seats gained by each party appears on the screen of the hemicycle of the European Parliament, in Brussels, during the announcement of the European elections results on May 25, 2014. (photo credit: AFP /JOHN THYS)

Jerusalem troubled by rise of far right in European election

Results will affect relations with Israel as well as lives of Jews on the continent, official says

By Raphael Ahren

May 26, 2014
4:19 am

Nigel Farage leader of Britain's UK Independence Party (UKIP) laughs as he arrives to hear results of the south east region European Parliamentary Election vote at the Guildhall in Southampton, England, Sunday, May 25, 2014. From Portugal to Finland, voters of 21 nations cast ballots Sunday to decide the makeup of the next European Parliament and help determine the European Union’s future leaders and course. (Photo credit: AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Far right, Euroskeptics sweep EU vote

Many parties promote anti-immigrant, anti-EU and often anti-Semitic policies; European Commission head calls on pro-EU groups to come together

By AP and AFP

May 26, 2014
1:11 am

Far right party National Front leader Marine Le Pen poses for photographers before addressing reporters at the party's headquarters in Nanterre, west of Paris, Sunday May 25, 2014, following the victory of her party in the European elections.(Photo credit: AP/Remy de la Mauviniere)

France’s far-right ‘earthquake’ rocks EU camp

National Front storms European Parliament polls; UKIP’s Nigel Farage hails victory in Britain; Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn delivers strong showing

By AFP and AP

May 25, 2014
11:51 pm

A woman enters a poll site in order to vote for the European election 2014 in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, May 25, 2014 (photo credit: AP/dpa, Maja Hitij)

Far right makes large gains in European voting

France’s National Front, Greece’s Golden Dawn and UKIP all set to take several seats in EU parliament, exit polls show

By AP

May 22, 2014
4:30 pm

Some 250 supporters of the far-right National Democratic Party marching on May Day in Rostock, Germany, are accompanied by riot police, May 1, 2014. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images/via JTA)

Worrisome surge of extremists likely in European elections

Polls for Thurs-to-Sat vote indicate a strong showing for Euroskeptic far-right, far-left and anti-establishment parties

By Toby Axelrod

May 22, 2014
3:22 am

In this May 6, 2012 file photo, extreme right Golden Dawn party leader Nikos Mihaloliakos speaks during a news conference in front of a banner with the twisting Maeander, an ancient Greek decorative motif that the party has adopted as its symbol, in Athens. Greek police said Mihaloliakos was arrested on charges of forming a criminal organization. Warrants for the arrest of another five Golden Dawn parliament deputies have been issued. (Photo credit: AP/Petros Giannakourism, File)

Why is Greece the most anti-Semitic country in Europe?

69 percent of Greeks have anti-Semitic views, ADL finds, but the Golden Dawn party isn’t the only one to blame

By Gavin Rabinowitz

May 19, 2014
2:40 pm

Strong showing for Golden Dawn in Greek local elections

Neo-Nazi party takes 16% of the vote in Athens mayoral race, 11% for governor of capital’s province

By JTA

May 13, 2014
11:55 pm

A child holds a Greek flag as he passes with his father next to graffiti depicting an anti Nazi Symbol and reading in Greek 'Action replace tears' during a parade commemorating Greece's entry in World War II in 1940, in central Athens, on Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo / Petros Giannakouris)

Greece expected to elect neo-Nazi to next EU parliament

ADL’s Global Impact 100 poll ranks it the 17th most anti-Semitic nation, ahead of Iran’s 21st spot; ‘hidden’ anti-Semitic politicians in mainstream parties

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Topic: Golden Dawn

9th Greek far-right lawmaker jailed pending trial

Golden Dawn’s Ilias Kassidiaris faces illegal firearms charges that carry a maximum 20-year prison sentence

Greece seeking ways to fight anti-Semitism, ADL says

At meeting in Athens, Abe Foxman laments PM Samaras’s appointment of ultranationalist as minister

Greek neo-Nazi lawmaker held for alleged crimes

Golden Dawn party member accused of participation in a criminal organization

Greek Jews rap appointment of ultranationalist as health minister

Makis Voridis reportedly founded a student group whose members saluted each other with ‘Heil Hitler’

Jewish cemetery desecrated in Thessaloniki, Greece

Vandals smash headstones and ornaments days after the election of 3 neo-Nazi Greek politicians to the European Parliament

Greek Jews anxious over neo-Nazis’ electoral gains

‘We are the upcoming Greece,’ jailed Golden Dawn leader tells followers after his party garners 3 seats in European Parliament

Greece’s neo-Nazis come into their own in EU vote

As Golden Dawn wins 3 Euro parliament seats, Jewish leader laments that ‘many Greeks truly believe this Nazi party can save the country from economic catastrophe’

Jerusalem troubled by rise of far right in European election

Results will affect relations with Israel as well as lives of Jews on the continent, official says

Far right, Euroskeptics sweep EU vote

Many parties promote anti-immigrant, anti-EU and often anti-Semitic policies; European Commission head calls on pro-EU groups to come together

France’s far-right ‘earthquake’ rocks EU camp

National Front storms European Parliament polls; UKIP’s Nigel Farage hails victory in Britain; Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn delivers strong showing

Far right makes large gains in European voting

France’s National Front, Greece’s Golden Dawn and UKIP all set to take several seats in EU parliament, exit polls show

Worrisome surge of extremists likely in European elections

Polls for Thurs-to-Sat vote indicate a strong showing for Euroskeptic far-right, far-left and anti-establishment parties

Why is Greece the most anti-Semitic country in Europe?

69 percent of Greeks have anti-Semitic views, ADL finds, but the Golden Dawn party isn’t the only one to blame

Strong showing for Golden Dawn in Greek local elections

Neo-Nazi party takes 16% of the vote in Athens mayoral race, 11% for governor of capital’s province

Greece expected to elect neo-Nazi to next EU parliament

ADL’s Global Impact 100 poll ranks it the 17th most anti-Semitic nation, ahead of Iran’s 21st spot; ‘hidden’ anti-Semitic politicians in mainstream parties

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