Golden Dawn

A document tracing alleged attacks carried out by members and supporters of ultra nationalist Golden Dawn since 1996 was submitted to an Athens court on Tuesday.

Signed by the lawyers of an Egyptian fisherman assaulted by Golden Dawn members in Perama in 2012, among others, the memo provides information and witness accounts from 90 lawsuits filed against the party.

A verbal assault in Parliament against Communist Party (KKE) deputy Liana Kanelli cost Deputy Education Minister Giorgos Stylios his job on Thursday after Prime Minister Antonis Samaras asked the conservative cabinet member to resign.

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Thursday ordered Deputy Education Minister Giorgos Stylios to resign over comments made in Parliament in a dispute with Greek Communist Party (KKE) deputy Liana Kanelli earlier in the day.

A Spanish branch of the neo-fascist Golden Dawn party has been officially registered as a political party in Spain, according to reports.

The country's Interior Ministry registered the Valencia-based Amanecer Dorado on October 27, Euronews said quoting local media.

Expelled far-right lawmaker Stathis Boukouras, who was ousted from Golden Dawn in March after distancing himself from the party, has filed an appeal to be released from pre-trial custody.

A year after two members of neofascist Golden Dawn were shot dead outside the party’s offices in Neo Iraklio, north of Athens, police sources admitted that they have no leads to the killers.

“Although the perpetrators made mistakes, they were lucky as they did not leave adequate evidence to reveal their identities,” a police official told Kathimerini.

A cafe in the Athens neighborhood of Ambelokipi was attacked by arsonists early on Friday.

Authorities said that a device containing three cooking gas canisters was placed outside the Bristol cafe.

Information contained in the case file built up by prosecutors investigating Golden Dawn suggested that the cafe was a popular hangout for party members and supporters.

The Greek Parliament has voted to lift the parliamentary immunity of Golden Dawn MP Artemis Matthaiopoulos to face charges of robbery.

During a vote Wednesday, 198 of the 203 deputies present backed the decision. Four MPs voted against and one present.

Matthaiopoulos denied the charges which he said are politically-motivated.

A Greek public prosecutor has recommended that 70 members of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn movement, including 18 deputies elected to the country's parliament in 2012

An Athens court was scheduled to hear the case against Golden Dawn's Ilias Kasidiaris in connection to charges of attempted grievous bodily harm to Greek Community Party (KKE) MP Liana Kanelli, during a brawl on a live morning show on Antenna television in June 2012.