Neo-Nazism

Counterterrorism officers are investigating the activities of five suspected neo-Nazis arrested on Thursday in connection with the bombing of a far-left squat in Piraeus last August. 

Raids on the homes of the suspects, all aged 18 to 26, turned up knives and other weapons as well as flags bearing the Nazi swastika. 

The evidence against four young suspected neo-Nazis accused of bombing a far-left squat in Piraeus last August mounted following their arrest on Thursday morning.

A wedge has been driven between the leftist-led coalition and the Church of Greece after the latter reiterated its objection Wednesday to the use of the term "Macedonia" by the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) as part of the solution to its name dispute with Greece. 

Anti-fascist group KEERFA on Wednesday expressed outrage over the arrest earlier in the day of lawyer Takis Zotos for spray-painting over graffiti in support of neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn.

The Movement Against Racism and the Fascist Threat (KEERFA) is scheduling a rally on Wednesday morning outside the Athens Court of Appeals to coincide with the start of the trial of a Golden Dawn member accused of attacking a student.

A crew sticking posters advertising a Panhellenic Union of Merchant Seamen (PENEN) event on walls in Piraeus were physically attacked by between 10 and 12 people on motorcycles early Wednesday morning. The posters were promoting an upcoming event organized by PENEN to mark the 1917 October Revolution in Russia.

The criminal trial against the leadership and members of neo-Nazi Golden Dawn continued on Friday at an Athens court with the testimony of a former official of the party who provided judges with an insight into its operation and aims.

An anti-fascist march on the offices of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party in Athens is planned for this Saturday to commemorate the death of rapper Pavlos Fyssas, who was murdered by self-professed Golden Dawn member Giorgos Roupakias on September 17, 2013.

Since last week's horrific scenes of white supremacists and Neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Virginia, which resulted in deadly violence, American friends familiar with polarization in Turkish society in recent years keep telling me now they understand our despair.

Jennifer Lawrence has joined a growing chorus of celebrities speaking out against the racist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, sharing an impassioned plea for fans to help publicly identify white supremacists who gathered from across state lines to participate in the deadly Unite the Right rallies, which joined various hate groups (including neo-Nazis) over the weekend.