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Golden Dawn

A protester shouts slogans in a megaphone during an antifascist demonstration outside of the Greek court of appeal during the trial of far-right party Golden Dawn, March 4, 2026. (Aggelos NAKKAS / AFP)
March 4, 2026, 7:39 pm
Greek court upholds convictions in neo-Nazi party trial
Judges confirm group functioned as criminal organization behind violent assaults, 2013 murder of anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas; sentencing still to come
By John Hadoulis
Supporters of Greece's far-right Golden Dawn party at a rally in Athens, February 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
March 4, 2026, 9:08 am
Greek court to sentence over 40 neo-Nazi party members for crimes during economic crisis
Appeal court to rule on convictions including anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas’s murder in 2013, savage beating of Egyptian fishermen; prosecutor: Group a ‘true child of Nazi ideology’
By AFP
Then-Golden Dawn lawmaker Ilias Kasidiaris speaks during a rally against the construction of a mosque in central Athens, Sept. 5, 2018. (Panayotis Tzamaros/NurPhoto/Getty Images)
August 24, 2023, 12:52 pm
Prominent Greek Neo-Nazi running for mayor of Athens from his prison cell
Ilias Kasidiaris, a Holocaust denier with a swastika tattoo, is conducting radio interviews from jail
By Gabe Friedman
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of the center-right New Democracy, arrives for statements at the headquarters of the party in Athens, Greece, June 25, 2023 (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
June 26, 2023, 1:07 pm
Center-right Mitsotakis wins 2nd term as Greek PM; small far-right parties surge
New Democracy campaigns on platform to secure economic growth, political stability; 42 seats shared by small parties, including one endorsed by jailed leader of Nazi-inspired party
By Agencies
In this Friday, May 23, 2014 file photo, Ilias Kassidiaris, lawmaker of the extreme right party Golden Dawn speaks during the main election rally of the party. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)
June 9, 2023, 4:40 pm
Greek party with neo-Nazi links backs new group in bid to bypass election ban
Jailed former lawmaker Ilias Kasidiaris throws his support behind newly formed little-known Spartans Party ahead of upcoming vote
By AP
Lias Kasidiaris, a former Golden Dawn lawmaker who was found guilty along with others of leading a criminal organization and faceed 13 years in prison, looks on during a trial, in Athens, October 21, 2020. (Petros Giannakouris/AP)
February 9, 2023, 3:29 pm
Far-right party banned from upcoming election in Greece
Legislative amendment disqualifies Greek National Party, whose chief is in prison over past leadership of neo-Nazi-linked Golden Dawn; opposition frets law could be abused
By Derek Gatopoulos
Konstantinos Plevris, the lawyer of a jailed ex-Golden Dawn Eurodeputy (MEP), gives a Nazi salute during a hearing in the appeal trial of dozens of jailed members of Greek neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn at Athens' Court of Appeal on October 7, 2022. (Tatiana Bolari/AFP)
October 11, 2022, 3:56 pm
Greek minister decries father’s ‘bestial’ Nazi salute in court
‘It made me shudder,’ Thanos Plevris says of gesture made by his father, who is defending a jailed far-right Golden Dawn MEP
By AFP
The lawyer of a jailed ex-Golden Dawn Eurodeputy (MEP), gives a Nazi salute during a hearing in the appeal trial of dozens of jailed members of Greek neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn at Athens' Court of Appeal on October 7, 2022. (Tatiana Bolari/AFP)
October 8, 2022, 7:59 am
Lawyer for jailed far-right Golden Dawn MEP gives Nazi salute in Greek court
Attorney makes sign during row with mother of anti-fascist rapper killed by group; a gov’t minister’s father, he has published books questioning Holocaust, calling Jews ‘sub-human’
By AFP
Convicted members of the golden dawn party are surrounded by special police forces during the appeal trial in Athens on June 15, 2022. (Photo by Louisa GOULIAMAKI / AFP)
June 15, 2022, 1:00 pm
Greek court begins landmark appeal trial of convicted neo-Nazi leaders
Hundreds protest in support of harsher jail terms for heads of extremist Golden Dawn group, who were handed from 5 to 13 years for murder of rapper and other crimes
By AFP
Police guard outside a vocational high school (EPAL) following clashes in the western suburb of Stavroupoli, in Thessaloniki, Greece, September 29, 2021. (Sakis Mitrolidis/AFP)
September 29, 2021, 8:41 pm
Far-right youths make Nazi salutes, throw firebombs at protest in Greece
Greek police arrest 6, detain 40 others during clashes at school in Thessaloniki
By AFP
Greek MEP Ioannis Lagos, a former leader of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, in an undated image (video screenshot)
April 28, 2021, 6:51 pm
Neo-Nazi former Greek MEP refuses extradition from Belgium
Ex-leading member of banned Golden Dawn movement objects to 13-year jail sentence after being convicted in Greece on several charges, including running a criminal organization
By Matthieu Demeestere
Greek neo-Nazi Golden Dawn lawmaker Christos Pappas. (screen capture Golden Dawn website)
October 23, 2020, 12:31 pm
Leading member of Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn on the run from police
Christos Pappas refuses to surrender to authorities as most members of extreme right-wing party turn themselves in, after being convicted of being part of a criminal group
By AP
A general view of the court room and the Presiding Judge Maria Lepenioti during the trial of the Golden Dawn party trial in Athens on October 12, 2020 (LOUISA GOULIAMAKI / AFP)
October 19, 2020, 4:09 pm
Prosecutor recommends Golden Dawn defendants stay free during lengthy appeal
Panel of judges to make final decision on whether prison sentences for leaders of Greek neo-Nazi group will be suspended until appeal is heard
By AP
Presiding judge Maria Lepenioti reads the sentences during the Golden Dawn trial, in Athens, October 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
October 14, 2020, 3:29 pm
Greece: Extreme-right party leaders jailed for 13 years
Leaders of Golden Dawn party receive near-maximum penalty for running a criminal organization implicated in attacks against immigrants, left-wing activists
By AP
A file picture taken on September 28, 2013 shows the leader of ultra-right wing Golden Dawn party Nikos Michaloliakos being escorted by masked police officers to the prosecutor from the police headquarters in Athens, Greece. (AFP photo/Angelos Tzortzinis)
October 13, 2020, 12:38 pm
Greek prosecutor seeks 13-year jail terms for leaders of neo-Nazi Golden Dawn
Over 50 members of party face punishments including possible life sentence for killer of anti-fascist rapper; judges to rule on Thursday
By AFP
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