Racism

In September 2016, after 82 years, a black copper cylinder “time capsule” full of disturbing Nazi artifacts was recovered. It was buried deep in concrete at the Ordensburg Krossinsee Nazi training center.

Golden Dawn lawmaker Yiannis Sachinidis has been referred to Parliament's Ethics Committee to respond to accusations that he disseminated racist propaganda to students on a school visit to Parliament.

Lawmakers in Canada's House of Commons, with strong encouragement from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, passed a motion on March 23 paving the way for future measures to combat Islamophobia.

A placard is held up in front of a building in Omonia Square in central Athens on Saturday, as people gathered for an anti-racism rally in the Greek capital. The gathering, organized by the United Movement Against Racism and the Fascist Threat (KEERFA), was being held on the occasion of the United Nations' Anti-Racism Day. Similar rallies took place in other European cities on Saturday.

Reports that five car-wash workers were injured when a car ploughed into them in South London on Sunday have worried fellow Romanians working in the UK, amid wider fears of increased racism as the British government continues its preparations to leave the EU.

A former Texas pre-school teacher and anti-Israel activist has come under fire after a number of tweets surfaced showing her railing against Jews, including one encouraging her “baby girl” to “kill some Jews.”

Hate groups are flourishing across the United States, according to a new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Nationwide, the SPLC identified 917 hate groups last year, an increase on 892 in 2015. The number of anti-Muslim groups in particular has risen steeply, almost tripling from 34 in 2015 to 101 in 2016.

The Embassy of Israel in Sofia categorically condemns the unaccorded meeting called Lukovmarch which will take place this weekend in relation to the commemoration of the anniversary of the murder of General Hristo Lukov.

General Lukov and his present-day followers express fascist, pro-Nazi, racist and anti-Semitic views which should be banned in public space.

Greece is a key player in the Mediterranean and the strengthening of ties with Israel on a political and military level is an important development given the rise of Islamic terrorism, according to Ronald Lauder, the president of World Jewish Congress, who visited Athens on the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Turkey has issued a message of commemoration for the millions of people who lost their lives during the Nazi Holocaust on Jan. 27 Holocaust Remembrance Day, saying the country would stand against anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.

"We commemorate the millions of people who lost their lives during the Holocaust with respect," the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement.