Ilias Panagiotaros
Greek police nab fugitive deputy leader of Golden Dawn
Christos Pappas, who was second in charge of the far-right Golden Dawn party, was arrested late on July 1 in Zografos, a suburb of the Greek capital Athens.
Pappas, who had been sentenced to 13 years in prison in October 2020 along with other senior members of the party for forming a criminal organization, had gone missing after the verdict.
GD leadership seeks to deflect responsibility onto local chapter members
The trial of Golden Dawn continued Monday with the testimony of former MP Ilias Panagiotaros, during which it became evident that the key objective among the top echelons of Greece's neo-Nazi party is to deflect responsibility for criminal acts onto members of local party organizations.
Ex Golden Dawn MPs convicted over firing at junta general's funeral
A court in Athens on Monday sentenced two former lawmakers of neo-Nazi Golden Dawn to four months in jail for firing a weapon without just cause at the funeral of a former junta general in 2013.
Ilias Panagiotaros and Konstantinos Barbarousis had attended the funeral of Nikos Dertilis, a member of the 1967-74 military dictatorship's top officials, who died in January 2013, aged 92.
Key figure in Fyssas murder testifies at Golden Dawn trial
Four years into the trial of Golden Dawn as a criminal organisation and for the murder of anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas, the court began hearing the testimony of those charged in the case.
Mother of slain rapper faints in court
The mother of slain Greek rapper Pavlos Fyssas collapsed in court during the trial of neo-Nazi Golden Dawn on Thursday when the man charged with the musician's murder was brought in to sit at the dock.
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Golden Dawn members storm journalists' union building
Members of far-right Golden Dawn stormed into the third floor of the Athens Journalists' Union, ESIEA, shouting abusive slogans on Monday, during an event observing Human Rights Day. The event focused on issues regarding ethnic minorities living in Greece as well as recommendations by international organizations.
Golden Dawn trial due to resume on Friday
The trial of Golden Dawn MPs and members in connection to the murder of rapper Pavlos Fyssas will continue on June 3, it has been decided.
The trial has been held up over the last few months due to a prolonged strike by lawyers, who have been protesting changes to their social security.
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