Christos Pappas

Christos Pappas, who was second in charge of the far-right Golden Dawn party, was arrested late on July 1 in Zografos, a suburb of the Greek capital Athens. 

Pappas, who had been sentenced to 13 years in prison in October 2020 along with other senior members of the party for forming a criminal organization, had gone missing after the verdict.

A Greek police spokesperson has brushed aside reports that a convicted fugitive, Christos Pappas, from the far-right Golden Dawn party, may be hiding out in a Serbian monastary.

Riot police clashed with a group protesting the presence of far-right Golden Dawn officials at a memorial to the victims of the 1913 Battle of Bizani, in Ioannena, northwestern Greece, on Tuesday.

The ceremony was organized to mark the city's 104th anniversary of liberation from Ottoman rule, in which the Battle of Bizani played an instrumental role.

Golden Dawn MPs Christos Pappas and Ilias Kasidiaris on Wednesday were expelled from the Greek Parliament after attacking Defence Minister Panos Kammenos during his speech on the refugee issue and the involvement of NATO.

In an interview with private radio Vima FM, Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos said on Wednesday that, due to understaffing problems, the trial of far right Golden Dawn deputies might be delayed.

"This delay may result in the release of the deputies, when the maximum period for holding someone without trial expires," Paraskevopoulos added.

Two public prosecutors on Tuesday suggested the conditional release of Golden Dawn chief Nikos Michaloliakos and the party?s second-in-command, Christos Pappas, after their 18-month maxim detention period ends on March 29. Both Golden Gawn officials are facing charges for organizing and leading a criminal organization.

Golden Dawn legislator Christos Pappas, the second-in-command to the leader of the neofascist party Nikos Michaloliakos, is to be given conditional release on March 29, according to a decision by a council of appeals court judges issued on Friday.

Senior members of Greece?s far-right Golden Dawn party will stand trial on April 20 after spending almost 18 months in detention waiting for their case to be heard, court officials said on Monday.

The new Greek Parliament was sworn in on Thursday, with some of the House?s 300 deputies taking religious oaths and others civil ones.

The swearing-in ceremony began with a blessing from Archbishop Ieronymos, the head of the Church of Greece, and was followed by newly-elected MPs taking Greek Orthodox, Muslim and civil oaths.

Two public prosecutors on Tuesday proposed strict conditions to accompany the scheduled release on March 29 of Golden Dawn chief Nikos Michaloliakos (photo) and the party?s second-in-command, Christos Pappas, after their 18-month maximum detention period ends.

Both Golden Dawn officials are facing charges of organizing and leading a criminal organization.