Golden Dawn

Originally slated to begin in the summer, the trial against 11 former MPs of the far-right Spartiates (Spartans) party was postponed again on Thursday after party chief Vassilis Stingas failed to show up in court, citing obligations in Parliament.

Former Golden Dawn deputy leader Ilias Kasidiaris is making another bid for early release from prison, awaiting the decision on his second request for conditional release. 

Ilias Kasidiaris requested his release under conditions in a new application submitted to the Lamia Misdemeanor Court Council. Kasidiaris who was sentenced to 13 years in prison in the case of the Golden Dawn. In his new application, he claims that he has served his entire sentence and is entitled to conditional release.

The 11th anniversary of anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas' murder will be commemorated on Wednesday with a gathering in Keratsini, Piraeus, where Fyssas was fatally stabbed by a member of the neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn. 

Greek lawmakers Georgios Aspiotis and Michalis Gavgiotakis announced on Tuesday that they was leaving the parliamentary group of far-right Spartiates (Spartans) and would serve as independent MPs, in a letter addressed to the House Speaker.

Nikos Michaloliakos, the former leader of the now-defunct Golden Dawn, was arrested at his home in the northern Athens suburb of Pefki, hours after a court reversed a prior decision granting him release under restrictive conditions on Monday.

The 67-year-old is expected to return to Domokos Prison, just a month after his temporary release.

The judicial council of the Lamia Court of Appeals in central Greece has reversed the temporary release of Nikos Michaloliakos, former leader of the now-defunct Golden Dawn. Michaloliakos was sentenced to 13 years and 6 months in prison in 2020 after being convicted of leading a criminal organization.

A sitting Member of the European Parliament has told an Athens appeals court that he is a NazI and asked if he was going to be judged for that.

Greece's electoral court has decided to postpone its ruling on the far-right Spartiates (Spartans) party until after the completion of the criminal trial involving some of its representatives. 

An appeals court prosecutor has appealed a decision of a Lamia court earlier this month to grant conditional release to Nikos Michaloliakos, who in 2020 was sentenced to 13 years and 6 months' imprisonment after being convicted of leading the Golden Dawn criminal organization.