Neo-fascists disrupt presentation of the first Greek-Macedonian Dictionary in Athens

The presentation of the first Greek-Macedonian dictionary was brutally disrupted last night in Athens by a group of Greek ultra-nationalists belonging to the neo-fascist organization Hrissi Avgi (Golden Dawn).
A few minutes after the beginning of the event, which was taking place in the Foreign Press Association in Athens, the group invaded the premises shouting This is Greece, traitors and homosexuals get out!, verbally and physically attacked the panellists, other participants, and the only TV crew filming the event. They also seized mobile phones and confiscated all material related with the promotion of the dictionary - books, informational leaflets and banners.
A video, released on You Tube, pictures the thugs as they take over the room, shouting in Greek: "Shame on you, it's disgraceful what is happening here...You drug-addicts, you have the nerves to present a "Macedonian" dictionary here ...We are throwing these books in the dust bin and all of you out, now! It's over! ...Let me see your mobile phones as you leave! .. You anti-Greek worms..."
The participants were effectively kept as hostages for almost half an hour and the assailants only left the building when they were informed that the police were on their way.
The police were not present at the time of the attack, although the Hrissi Avgi and other Greek patriotic organizations had publicly announced their intentions to stop the presentation by force.
The Greek mainstream media were also absent and the promotion was covered only by Alfa TV from the Republic of Macedonia.
Mr Athanassios Parissis, President of Greek member state committee of EBLUL, was speaking at the event and can be seen sitting at the right hand end of the table in the video.
Speaking to Eurolang today he said that: "The human rights movement in Greece, and the Macedonian activists in particular, are used to this kind of intimidation and attacks. Until yesterday we were also used to having strong police protection. Surprisingly, the moment that these attackers realized that the police were temporarily not there, they decided to act. They had a very specific plan, to terrorize and intimidate us and to stop the event, without a lot of physical violence, without blood.
He added: "We were calm, we did not react, we did not leave the room when they ordered us to, and by acting like this we effectively forced them to leave".
The dictionary- the lifes work of the Aegean Macedonian Vasko Karadza who died in exile a few years ago- was published by Zora editions with the support of the Greek Member State Committee of EBLUL and the EFA-Rainbow party. Its considered to be the most comprehensive work of its kind and its going to be followed soon by a Macedonian-Greek dictionary.
Keynote speakers of the presentation were Professor Victor Friedman, Department of Slavic and Balkan Languages, University of Chicago, USA and Dr. Riki van Boeschoten, Professor at the Faculty of Social Anthropology, University of Thessaly, Greece. (Eurolang 2009)

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[perissoscityR21]

monkeys,will we see who is the gay....

[miloradBG]

yeah

we will see burned gaygreeks

ahahahaha

[AXILEYS]

see you on the batelfield AT WAR !!!!!!!!! ONLY THE GREEKS ARE MAKEDONIANS ONLY THE GREEKS ; GO KILL YOUR SELF OR A DO THAT

[miloradBG]

another stupid gaygreek

[miloradBG]

ahahaahaha angry gaygreeks

lol

what is your problem stupid ???

[qwertdfsf7]

Excellent work from Golden Dawn !!

FUCK FYROM PROPAGANDISTS

Fyrom propagandists have no place in our country

[miloradBG]

you will die all together soon

[OlympiakosG7]

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loook the chickens XAXXAXAXAXAXAXAXXAXAXA

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THE TIME COMES WE KILL YOU ALL SKOPJE !"""

HERE ARE GREECE YOU FUCKING GYPSIS YOU TAKE OUR BALLS

[TomCat2800]

@rightedge11 There's also a distinct reference to Greece unfortunately.....

But I admit, maybe he was pissed because the Greeks invented Atheism to make the world a more intelligent place....

[subzac]

Wow you greeks are really tough picking on the elderly people, Your own racism and the fact the you dont recognise any other nationality in your country will be your downfall, as you like to be acknowledged for your ethnicity around the world, then you should offer the same courtesy in your own country, also why is it that more greeks live out side of greece than in it,

[2005defender]

who you will burn stupid?

You have been fucked from Greeks since 1913 and again on 1949

even albanians fucked you on 2001 in tour own fucking soil

filthy country of cowards

[egmeister2000]

YOUR TIME HAS COME..

[xXxEllinasxXx]

hahahahaha

How you call us nazi when we fought against Hitler??

[nickfazer1]

fuck skopia and remember _____heil hitler