Nikolaos Michaloliakos

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.

A 42-year-old official of Golden Dawn appeared before an investigating magistrate in connection with the violent beating of a 24-year-old student last Friday and was given until next Wednesday to reappear and defend himself.

A 42-year-old official of Golden Dawn charged in connection with the violent beating of a 24-year-old student last Friday was to defend himself before an investigating magistrate on Monday.

Police on Saturday detained a 42-year-old official of Golden Dawn in connection with a violent attack on Friday on a 24-year-old student in the Athens neighborhood of Ambelokipi by a group of assailants believed to be linked to the neo-Nazi party.

The two leaders agreed that the current government can not handle the problems of the country and the only solution is for the SYRIZA-ANEL government to leave office.

The meeting started at mid-day and it was Mitsotakis’ initiative. It is planned to meet with all the leaders of the opposition except the leader of the Golden Dawn, Mr. Michaloliakos.

A group of around a dozen people have occupied the site in the central Votanikos district where the capital's first mosque will be constructed, and have set up a makeshift center to house homeless Greek people, but not foreigners.

Magda Fyssa, mother of slain anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas, testified during an emotional session at a makeshift court at Korydallos prison. She said that the ultra-nationalist Golden Dawn (GD) party had ordered the assassination of her son on September 18, 2013.

The trial of Golden Dawn MPs and members resumed on Tuesday with the testimony of Panayiotis Fyssas, the father of the anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas who was stabbed to death two years ago by a member of the neo-Nazi party in Keratsini, west of Athens.

The trial of Golden Dawn MPs and members resumed briefly on Monday, and was adjourned again until June 22, in the absence of virtually all politicians implicated in the party?s alleged criminal activities.