Pavlos Fyssas

Almost four years after the September 18, 2013, murder of rapper Pavlos Fyssas by a self-confessed member of Golden Dawn, the trial into the far-right party's alleged criminal activities resumed after the summer recess at a specially designed court in Korydallos Prison on Tuesday.

A member of Golden Dawn standing trial with other officials and supporters of the far-right party was sentenced on Tuesday to seven months in prison over a remark addressed to the mother of Pavlos Fyssas, the rapper killed by a party member in September 2013.

A 50-year-old man was identified on Friday as the person who hurled insults about the slain rapper Pavlos Fyssas during disruptions at the trial of Golden Dawn in Athens last month.

Fights broke out between Golden Dawn supporters and anarchists in the courtroom on February 14 and the 50-year-old shouted, "Where is your Pavlos now?" at the slain rapper's mother, Magda Fyssa.

In a statement on Wednesday, Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis appeared to question the police in connection to the clashes on Tuesday at the trial of Golden Dawn members accused of being involved in the murder of rapper Pavlos Fyssas.

Fights broke out between Golden Dawn supporters and anarchists in the courtroom.

The family of slain anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas has accused members of the coalition government of attempting an "outrageous whitewashing of fascism."

Former Olympiakos basketball player Steve Yiatzoglou has caused great fury after his controversial statements at an event organised by extreme-right party Golden Dawn (GD). Yiatzoglou characterised the murder of Greek rapper Pavlos Fyssas by members of Golden Dawn ‘an unfortunate moment’.

The police will be on standby over the weekend as relatives and supporters of the anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas, who was killed three years ago by a member of neofascist Golden Dawn, are to hold three days of rallies and events in his memory.

The trial of Golden Dawn leadership and members resumes Monday in Athens after a summer recess with more testimonies of witnesses to the murder of anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas.

Fyssas was stabbed to death to murder by Golden Dawn member Giorgos Roupakias in a suburb of Piraeus in September 2013.

The trial of Golden Dawn MPs and members in connection to the murder of rapper Pavlos Fyssas will continue on June 3, it has been decided.

The trial has been held up over the last few months due to a prolonged strike by lawyers, who have been protesting changes to their social security.

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.