Neo-Nazism

Patra Mayor Costas Peletidis was cheered by a crowd of supporters on Monday as he left a courtroom in the western city following the postponement of his trial on charges of violation of duty.

Greece and Israel have developed strategic ties in the areas of defense and energy, while ongoing cooperation between the two countries' military leaderships in exchanging information on potential threats and carrying out joint exercises, is particularly important, says Robert Singer, chief executive officer and executive vice president of the World Jewish Congress, the leading umbrella organiz

Germany's highest court is hearing March 1 a landmark request to ban a neo-Nazi fringe party, more than a decade after a first attempt failed.

The Federal Constitutional Court on March 1 opened three days of hearings on an application from parliament's upper house, which represents Germany's 16 state governments, for a ban on the National Democratic Party.

Three lawmakers of Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn were ejected from a parliamentary committee briefing on Feb. 17 after insulting the defence minister and the head of the army, officials said.

The police have found and interviewed a persons suspected of attacking Dajana Pospis in Novi Sad on Tuesday, the N1 broadcaster is reporting.

Dajana Pospis, who was previously a man called Dolf Pospis, is undergoing sex change medical procedures. Pospis is a former member of the banned neo-Nazi group Nacionalni Stroj.

Croatia's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday rejected Russian claims that aggressive Croatian nationalism had forced about 30,000 Orthodox believers to switch to the Catholic religion in the last two decades.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has mentioned intolerance toward Serbs in Croatia in its document dedicated to neo-Nazism.

The study, "Neo-Nazism - a dangerous threat to human rights, democracy and the rule of law" was published to mark the 70th anniversary of victory over fascism. As part of an analysis of European countries, it mentions Croatia.

A huge swastika was painted in red paint on the monument of rapper Pavlos Fyssas (aka Killah P) at Keratsini on Saturday. Municipality cleaners rushed early in the morning to clean it after it was vandalized at dawn. This is not the first time that the monument has been attacked.

The Golden Dawn trial resumed on Thursday at a makeshift courtroom at Korydallos prison.

Approximately 150 individuals gathered outside the prison. They shouted slogans against Nazism while holding banners “Life sentence to Golden Dawn’s Neonazis” and “Not this trial in Korydallos”.

Several nationalist structures, including the Bulgarian National Movement and the Bulgarian National Union, show signs of "neo-Nazism", a report by the Russian Foreign Ministry argues.

The text is called "Neo-Nazism: A Dangerous Threat to Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law" and brings to the attentions the revival of "Adolf Hitler's ideology" in some European regions.