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  1. Down but not out: Golden Dawn rears its head again
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    Agora

    . In September, a Golden Dawn member stabbed to death an anti-fascist rapper, Pavlos Fyssas, in a Piraeus...Draped across Golden Dawn party offices in a northern Athens suburb, a large white banner proudly... of them voted for Golden Dawn because they wanted someone big and strong to stand up to the political

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  2. Budget primary shows deficit of 7.01 bln in September
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    EconomyMacroeconomy

    The budget primary balance recorded a deficit of 7.01 billion euros in the first nine months of 2020, compared to a surplus of 4.47 billion noted in September 2019, the final Finance Ministry (MoF... during the first nine months of the year. Personal income tax (PIT) was below target by 763 million

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  3. What brought down Golden Dawn?
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    Society

    The Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn burst onto the parliamentary scene overnight in 2012... in the intervening period. Golden Dawn’s leadership remain on trial for forming a criminal organisation...-nationalist parties. While there is undoubtedly cause for celebration in the defeat of Golden Dawn

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  4. Greece in danger of repeating familiar mistakes with Golden Dawn
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    Agora

    Barring any last minute upsets, Golden Dawn will officially become Greece’s third-largest party.... In the 2009 national elections, Golden Dawn gained less than 0.3 percent of the vote. In June 2012, 6.9... of Golden Dawn. For decades the two parties that governed Greece - PASOK and New Democracy - often fed

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  5. Newsletter 269 -16/10/2020

    Newsletters

    turbulence caused by the Golden Dawn trial refused to subside. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis flew... the Golden Dawn affair as the court prepared to issue its sentences to the leadership and members... the country,” was the premier’s response in an interview with Sunday’s To Vima. A few days later, Golden Dawn

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  6. What next for Greek politics after Golden Dawn arrests?

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    a Golden Dawn member murdered anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas on September 17 has been impressive...The arrest of Golden Dawn leader Nikos Michaloliakos, a handful of his MPs and several party... the apparent tolerance the government had shown towards Golden Dawn since its stunning election

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  7. Golden Dawn murders generate new test for Greek democracy
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    to unravel in 2010 but the strain will only increase after the murder of two Golden Dawn members outside... of the shooting, in which a third man was seriously injured, were not clear straight away. Greece’s anti.... That these groups tend to be linked with anti-capitalism and anarchism means that the debate over

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  8. Golden Dawn faces more legal action but is on course for strong election showing

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    of attracting the anti-systemic vote that Golden Dawn has garnered so effectively. The neofascists have made...A move by magistrates this week to lift the parliamentary immunity of the Golden Dawn MPs yet... Fyssas by a Golden Dawn member in September. Since then the party’s poll ratings have fluctuated, dipping

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  9. Golden Dawn fallout forces Samaras into balancing act between country and party

    PoliticsGreek Politics

    adjustment program to be his biggest worry at this time of year. Instead, the murder of an anti-fascist rapper by a Golden Dawn member means that his immediate concern is to confront the rise of the far right. To some extent, this is a problem of his own party’s making as its strong anti-immigration line

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  10. Landmark Golden Dawn verdict welcomed by parties, obscuring underlying divisions
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    PoliticsGreek Politics

    on numerous crimes carried out by Golden Dawn, including the murder of anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas...In a landmark decision on Wednesday, an Athens court ruled that Neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn had been... Dawn’s demise. In last year’s national elections, it gained 2.9 percent of the vote, just short

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