Murder of Pavlos Fyssas

The trial of Golden Dawn leaders and members was adjourned yet again Thursday and is to resume on Monday at a specially designed courtroom at Attica?s high-security Korydallos Prison despite objections by local authorities and residents to the choice of venue.

 Group of leftist protesters try to burst into makeshift prison courtroom

The trial of Golden Dawn was adjourned again Friday when a group of protesters tried to barge into the makeshift courtroom at Korydallos maximum security jail.

By Yiannis Papadopoulos

The trial of Golden Dawn?s leadership and members, which resumed on Thursday morning in Athens, was adjourned until May 12.

The court's president Maria Lepenioti announced that the trial would resume in the same special courtroom in maximum-security Korydallos Prison and that a decision regarding a change of venue lied with the government.

The long-awaited trial of the leadership and MPs of the neofascist Golden Dawn and dozens of party supporters began on Monday in a special courtroom at Korydallos Prison, western Athens, but GD?s leaders were conspicuous by their absence, and the proceedings were adjourned until May 7.

By Karolina Tagaris

The leaders of Greece's far-right Golden Dawn party refused to show up at court on Monday at the start of a landmark trial in which the elected politicians are accused of forming a criminal gang.

The trial proceeding against 89 members of the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn started Monday in Athens.

Party leaders have been accused of creating ''a criminal organization'', but they were not present in the court room as reported by AFP. Accusation to party members also included murder, racist violence and possession of weapons.

The trial of Golden Dawn?s leadership and members, which began on Monday morning in Athens, was adjourned until May 7 amid reports of attacks on witnesses.

A closely watched trial against more than a dozen ultra-nationalist Golden Dawn (Chryssi Avgi) members - including its leader and several serving MPs - begins on Monday.

The trial of 69 Golden Dawn members, including party leader Nikos Michaloliakos and numerous MPs, is due to begin on Monday at a special courtroom in Korydallos Prison.