Daily Archives: October 18, 2014

Authorities on Friday were investigating a predawn attack against the Greek-Arab Educational and Cultural Center in the southern Athens suburb of Moschato.

Unknown individuals sprayed anti-Islamic slogans and placed a pig’s head in front of the building’s entrance. They also sprayed a red Christian cross on the door and threw blue paint on the brick walls of the center.

The center, which also functions as a place of worship for the city’s Muslims, had introduced additional security measures following similar attacks in the past.

Attacks on the city’s makeshift mosques have been on the rise in recent years, coinciding with the rise of far-right Golden Dawn.

source: e kathimerini.com

Evidence regarding the criminal activity of neo-fascist Golden Dawn, which is contained in a 700-page report submitted to a council of judges by prosecutor Isidoros Doyiakos, exposes a Nazi-inspired mystical personality cult centered around the figure of party leader Nikos Michaloliakos, Kathimerini understands.

“Loyalty to the leader,” says the prosecutor based on confiscated footage and testimonies taken from five protected witnesses, “was sealed with a mystical oath-taking ceremony in a state of quasi-religious devotion.” These ceremonies were allegedly organized by senior members in the hierarchy, and took place during the spring and winter solstices.

“Docile and obedient followers of their leaders’ dictates, they were keen to execute any kind of order regardless of the cost,” the report says. “They were prepared and willing to even take human lives.”

A final indictment will be issued by the three-member judicial council.

source: e kathimerini.com

Soccer fans protest on Thursday near the Serbian Embassy in Tirana, demanding a 3-0 victory from UEFA for the October 14 abandoned Euro 2016 qualifying match Serbia vs Albania.

Athens has filed a demarche with Albania’s Foreign Ministry over a raid earlier this week by a group of about 100 Albanian youths on the predominantly ethnic Greek village of Dervicani, in the south of the neighboring country.

Greece’s ambassador in Tirana, Leonidas Rokanas, on Wednesday urged local authorities to track down, arrest and punish those responsible for the violence which occurred a few hours after a brawl at the politically sensitive Euro 2016 qualifier match between Serbia and Albania. He also asked Albanian officials to take all necessary measures to protect ethnic Greeks in view of Ohi Day celebrations on October 28.

Rokanas warned that such incidents jeopardize Albania’s hopes of joining the European Union. The country received EU candidate status in June.

The demarche was lodged on Wednesday but Greek officials decided to make it public only after the opposition reacted on the issue.

source: e kathimerini.com