{"id":4568,"date":"2025-03-07T10:07:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T10:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/07\/spartans-trial-adjourned-again-ekathimerini-com\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T10:07:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T10:07:21","slug":"spartans-trial-adjourned-again-ekathimerini-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/07\/spartans-trial-adjourned-again-ekathimerini-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Spartans trial adjourned again | eKathimerini.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1263495\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Spartiates_Spartans_intime-320x200.jpg?v=1712223537\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Spartiates_Spartans_intime.jpg?v=1712223537\" alt=\"Spartans trial adjourned again\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Spartiates_Spartans_intime-960x600.jpg?v=1712223538\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[InTime News]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Originally slated to begin last summer, the trial against 11 former MPs of the far-right Spartans party has been postponed for a second time after defendants argued that they needed to be in Parliament for the no-confidence debate.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-lawmakers face charges of election fraud after being accused of acting as a Trojan horse for Ilias Kasidiaris so that the jailed deputy, who was once a leading member of the neo-Nazi Golden party, could maintain a presence, by proxy, in Parliament.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kasidiaris is also in the dock for allegedly orchestrating the party\u2019s formation and getting it above the 3% threshold needed to enter Parliament in the 2023 general elections. The influential Golden Dawn figure is widely believed to have run a covert social media campaign from prison to get the party elected and to maintain his support base.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecutor in the case objected to the postponement of the trial, which is now scheduled to take place on March 13.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/politics\/1263495\/spartans-trial-adjourned-again\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[InTime News] Originally slated to begin last summer, the trial against 11 former MPs of the far-right Spartans party has been postponed for a second time after defendants argued that they needed to be in Parliament for the no-confidence debate. 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