Golden Dawn

Golden Dawn is attempting to capitalise on recent far-right attacks and to make its presence strongly felt, despite the conviction of its leaders and other members in October, 2020.

Greek Police says that the top extreme-right organisation in Thessaloniki is “Sacred Band 12”, which has branches in Athens, Larissa, Amyntaio, and Germany.

He was the self-styled “theoretician” of the group. Even “his own” people referred to him as [top Nazi Hermann] Goering and his parliamentary presence was marked by his audacity.

Yesterday’s bombshell charges lodged by former Syriza justice minister Stavros Kontonis have stirred a political maelstrom within Syriza but their significance goes far beyond the limits of an internal party issue.

Tens of thousands rallied outside the heavily policed appeals court area, holding banners reading 'Fascism, Never Again' and 'Freedom for the People, Death to Fascism'.

Yesterday’s elections brought to a close a cycle of governance during which shilly-shallying on a series of crucial decisions and reforms was the order of the day.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he had a clear mandate for change, pledging more investments and fewer taxes.

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is scheduled to be sworn in as Prime Minister by President Prokopis Pavlopoulos at the Presidential Mansion at 1pm tomorrow, 8 July.

In terms of voter intention, the spread between SYRIZA and New Democracy is 7.7 percentage points.

The poll shows that in the 13 prefectures of the region of Macedonia SYRIZA is trailing New Democracy by a whopping 14.3 percentage points, largely due to the hugely unpopular Prespa Agreement.

In terms of the apportionment of parliamentary seats New Democracy gets 154, 76 for SYRIZA, 24 for the Movement for Change, 19 for Golden Dawn, and 18 for the KKE.

The third party in the results released today was extreme right Golden Dawn with 5.3 percent, followed by the KKE Greek Communist Party (5.1 percent), and the Movement for Change (4.1 percent).

Extreme right-wing Chrysi Avgi places third with 8.6 percent followed by the Movement for Change (7.9 percent), and the Greek Communist Party (6.7 percent).

Mr. Tsipras went through fire and water in his effort to pass the agreement. The weight proved to be very great and it will certainly haunt the government for some time, or perhaps forever.

The centre-left Movement for Change places third with 8.8 percent, followed by the Greek Communist Party (KKE) with 7.4 percent - essentially tied with far right Golden Dawn with 7.2 percent.

'We do not permit the neo-Nazis and murderers of Pavlos Fyssas [a Greek antifascist rapper] to defend the Constitution. I am ashamed that traitors of the nation are speaking about the Constitution and democracy,' ex-justice minister Stavros Kontonis said.

Kammenos is now trying to lure independent MPs who have left or have been expelled from other parties,

Following a dip in opinion surveys, main opposition New Democracy has regained an over ten percentage point lead – 10.5 percentage points – over ruling SYRIZA, according to a poll ordered by SKAI television and conducted by Greece’s Pulse polling company. The result, following a proportional distribution of the undecided vote to the parties, New […]

The poll gives New Democracy 31.5 percent, compared to 22 percent for SYRIZA, followed by extreme right Golden Dawn with seven percent, 6.5 percent for the centre-left Movement for Change, and the Greek Communist Party (KKE) with 5.5 percent.

A group of Golden Dawn supporters that was heading to the courts for the ongoing...