Antisemitism in Greece

Rallies scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday by the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party on the the eastern Aegean islands of Chios and Lesvos have placed local authorities on alert, fearing outbreaks of violence as counter-demonstrations are also expected to take place.

Four police officers injured on October 31 during clashes between self-styled anarchists and supporters of the far-right Golden Dawn party outside the Athens courthouse where the latter is standing trial have filed suit against the police corp's political leadership for failing to protect officers in the line of duty.

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 favor of ethnically "clean" nations.

A peaceful rally protesting the opening of a branch of far-right party Golden Dawn in the northern Greek town of Xanthi spiraled into violence on Saturday evening after dozens of self-styled anarchists clashed with police.

A group of around a dozen people have occupied the site in the central Votanikos district where the capital's first mosque will be constructed, and have set up a makeshift center to house homeless Greek people, but not foreigners.

The head judge in the trial into the alleged criminal activities of far-right Golden Dawn had to suspend proceedings on Tuesday morning after scuffles broke out between party supporters and anti-fascist activists.

Self-styled anarchists on Monday clashed with supporters of the neonazi Golden Dawn near the Athens Appeals Court where the trial of members of GD is underway.

Around 20 people threw stones and beams of wood at the GD supporters as they were arriving at the court house.

A riot police unit intervened and two people were arrested.

Anarchists and members of anti-establishment groups clashed with riot police units on Alexandras Avenue, in downtown Athens, Monday morning, causing damages to parked cars in the surrounding area. The clashes reportedly started when the anarchists spotted a group of Golden Dawn members, an extreme right neo-Nazi party represented in the Greek parliament, passing by the area.

An Egyptian fisherman who was assaulted by suspected members of Golden Dawn in Piraeus in June 2012 identified two defendants in the trial of members and supporters of the far-right party as participants in the attack Tuesday. In his testimony, Ahmed Abu Hamad, pointed out Anastasios Pantazis and Dimitris Agriogiannis, claiming that they were involved in the assault on him and compatriots.

Scuffles broke out on the Greek island of Chios, police said Thursday, during a protest by locals demanding the departure of some 3,500 refugees and migrants held there.

Riot police were deployed late on Wednesday to keep a crowd of 800 people from approaching two migrant camps, a police source told AFP.