Right-wing politics

The leader of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), Panos Kammenos, said he supports free speech "even to those who violate our own right" to speak, in a comment on the bomb attack against Skai TV station and Kathimerini on Monday morning.

An Athens misdemeanors court Thursday handed a two-year suspended prison sentence to Giorgos Karatzaferis, the former leader of the nationalist LAOS party, after finding him guilty of slandering Deputy Interior Minister Marina Chrysoveloni.

A new film by BIRN Serbia, "SNS - pocetak, 2008" ["SNS - the start, 2008"], delves into the origins and rise of the Serbian Progressive Party, SNS, which has ruled the country since 2012.

During the making of the film, BIRN journalists talked with many  individuals from Serbian public life, but also from the US, who had a role in the creation of the SNS.

The leader of the French National Party Marine Le Pen arrived late last night on her first visit to Bulgaria, reported the Bulgarian National Television.

She is part of a 20-member delegation - all leaders in Europe and MEPs from more than 5 countries.

Former army captain Jair Bolsonaro was elected president of Brazil on Sunday, promising a fundamental change in direction for the giant Latin American country, the latest to take a turn to the far-right, reports AFP. 

In some of his first words to the nation as president-elect, far-right politician Jair Bolsonaro promised to defend the constitution and unite a bitterly divided populace.

A deeply polarized Brazil stood at a political crossroads on Oct. 8 as the bruising first round of the presidential election left voters with a stark choice in the run-off between far-right firebrand Jair Bolsonaro and leftist Fernando Haddad.

Thymios Drosos on Wednesday quit as party secretary of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL).

Drosos, who announced his decision on Facebook, did not specify the reasons for his resignation. He said he had sent a letter of resignation to ANEL chief Panos Kammenos.

Brazil's right-wing presidential frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro was stabbed and seriously injured while campaigning Thursday, with police saying the suspect claimed to be acting on orders from God.

A plenary session in Parliament Wednesday will select a replacement for Dimitris Kammenos, the former MP for junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) who resigned as vice president of the House Monday.