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When a wave of right-wing extremism hit Greece in 2012, few would have predicted that Golden Dawn, one of the groups involved, would grow to become the third largest party

Christos Pappas, a senior leader of Greece’s recently outlawed extreme-right Golden Dawn party, has refused to turn himself in after receiving jail time for his role in the group. A police search for the fugitive is underway.

The ultra-fascist Golden Dawn party leaders were handed their sentences on Wednesday, ending a historic hearing which took five years to complete. The Athens criminal appeals court handed 13-year imprisonment

Nikos Michaloliakos, the leader of Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party, has been jailed for 13 years after a court ruled that the political organization was a criminal enterprise linked to a high-profile murder.

Steve Georganas MP, Member for Adelaide, South Australia, made a statement in Parliament. Below is a transcript of his speech: I rise today to bring to the attention of the house a verdict …

Thousands of people converged on Greece's main appeals court in Athens ahead of the ruling, in a trial that has spanned over five years.

The Athens Court of Appeals on Wednesday returned a guilty verdict for the leadership of far-right Golden Dawn on charges of forming a criminal organisation. The leader of Golden Dawn

In a landmark court ruling, members of Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party have been found guilty in a high-profile murder in 2013. The party has also been declared a criminal organization.

The group's anti-austerity and anti-immigrant agenda made it Greece's third-most popular party at the peak of the country's worst financial crisis since World War II.