Spartans

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.

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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.

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.

Deputy Parliament speaker Olga Gerovasili had to cut off the leader of the far-right Spartiates (Spartans) party from addressing the House on Thursday after he made a homophobic comment aimed at the prime minister's chief economic adviser. 

The decision over the parliamentary presence of the far-right Spartiates (Spartans) has been postponed by the Electoral Court until after a verdict is issued in the criminal trial of the party's MPs who are being prosecuted for defrauding the electorate.

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. 

Eleven MPs elected with the far-right Spartans party will go on trial on June 19 on charges of defrauding voters in the 2023 general election.

Greece's Supreme Court said it banned on Wednesday the far-right Spartiates (Spartans) party from running in this year's elections for the European Parliament because its real leader is a jailed politician from neo-Nazi Golden Dawn (GD).

Greece's Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the far-right party Spartiates (Spartans) will be excluded from the upcoming European parliament elections. 

The Supreme court unveiled the final roster of parties that are set to compete on June 9 and deemed that the far-right party could not participate.