Education minister under fire over Elam visit (updated)
A meeting between Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris with far-right party Elam sparked outrage on Wednesday, especially after he said they had shared values. The meeting
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Trump ‘would apologise’ for sharing British far-right videos
US President Donald Trump said he had not intended to cause offence in Britain by sharing anti-Muslim videos originally posted by a leader of a far-right fringe
German police accuse AfD lawmaker of incitement over tweet
German police have asked prosecutors to investigate a far-right lawmaker for possible incitement to hatred after she criticised a police force for tweeting in Arabic
Austrian conservatives bring far right into government
Austria is set to become the only western European country with a far-right party in government after the anti-immigration Freedom Party and Sebastian Kurz’s conservatives
Far-right leader announces candidacy
The leader of far-right party Elam, Christos Christou, has announced his candidacy for the January 2018 presidential elections. In an event in Nicosia on Friday
Austrian conservative Kurz plans coalition talks with far right
Austrian conservative leader Sebastian Kurz plans to hold coalition talks with the far-right Freedom Party (FPO), he said on Tuesday, a step towards bringing the
Limassol mayor condemns Tepak attack
Limassol Mayor, Nicos Nicolaides on Monday condemned Friday’s attack by far-right extremists against a gathering of left-wing organisations at Limassol’s technical university (Tepak). “The episode
Condemnation of right-wing attack on Tepak event (Update 3)
Panayiotis Kleovoulou, a Limassol-based lawyer, and Antonis Pieridis, also from Limassol, both associated with far-right political movements, were arrested on Saturday in connection with an
Austrian election could produce first EU far-right head of state
By Francois Murphy and Michael Shields Austria could elect the European Union’s first far-right head of state on Sunday, with support for Freedom Party candidate
French far-right eyes big gains as polls open in regional vote
By Ingrid Melander and Morade Azzouz France began voting in high-stakes regional elections on Sunday, just three weeks after deadly Islamic State militant attacks in
German police use water cannon to stop clashes at far-right rally
German police in the western city of Cologne used water cannon on Sunday on left-wing radicals protesting against a rally held by about 600 supporters
French far-right Le Pen family set for regional power wins -poll
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen is set to win control of France’s northernmost area in regional elections in December, an opinion poll showed on Friday,
Any attempt by Greek far-right to force elections could backfire – Venizelos
By Dina Kyriakidou and Daniel Bases Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party would damage itself if it tries to force elections by walking out of parliament