The neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn won 21 seats in Greece’s parliamentary elections on Sunday – a historic first for the group. Having been scoffed at for more than thirty years, is Greece’s viciously xenophobic far-right now a force to be reckoned with?
Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed (right) has made headlines by becoming the first French man to be married to another man in a Muslim religious ceremony. In his new book, he tells the tale of his unique journey of faith and love.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s lawyers have said their client, placed under formal investigation Monday for alleged involvement in a prostitution ring, was being hounded for “the offence of lust” which is “not forbidden in the penal code”.
After three weeks of heavy shelling from the army, Syrian tanks entered the Baba Amr district of Homs on Thursday. Is the regime launching a final offensive on the rebels?
Singled out for blame in the wake of riots that broke out in Athens on February 12, Greek anarchists are eager to show that they “are not mere hooligans”. France24.com takes an exclusive look at the movement on the ground.
Far-right groups in Athens have been patrolling certain neighbourhoods and beating up immigrants they accuse of taking work away from Greeks. Police have so far been reluctant to pursue the attackers.
Radical politics has a long and rich history in Greek universities. But allegiance to the traditional parties is on the wane as students lose their faith in mainstream politics.
When his company went bankrupt in 2009, Stelios Dessypris was told he would get 1,800 a month in unemployment benefits. But after three years of mounting austerity the former air steward has seen his income drop to just over a third of that amount.
Life in Athens is returning to normal after weekend riots in protest of a new austerity package. But the anger of the people has not subsided. FRANCE 24 reports from the ground.
Arab League monitors reported seeing “nothing frightening” in the protest hotbed of Homs Wednesday, heightening opposition activists' and human rights campaigners' concerns that the mission is tightly controlled by the Syrian regime.
