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Greece: Racism and fascism (1)

01 January 1991

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Greece: Racism and fascism
artdoc April=1995

`Omonia 5' case heightens nationalism in both Greece and Albania

The controversial trial in Albania of five Greek nationals, known
as the `Omonia 5' because of their membership of a Greek minority
organisation of that name, has heightened extreme nationalism and
revanchist demands in both Greece and Albania.
In Athens, the `Northern Epirus Liberation Front'(MABH) which
claims Northern Epirus back from a weakened Albanian state, are
claiming responsibility for the killing of two Albanian soldiers
earlier this year at the Episkopi barracks in southern Albania.
MABH, according to the Greek daily newspaper Eleftherotypia,
calls for `armed war against the Berisha regime until Northern
Epirus becomes part of Greece'.
In Albania, on the other hand, minor parties such as the `Right
Wing Front' and `Unicom' (One Nation) are using the current tense
relations between Greece and Albania to attract support for calls
for a Greater Albania which include parts of northern Greece,
known by Albanians as Camaria (Balkan News 27.11, 3.12.94).

Anti-racism in schools

Education and religious affairs minister, George Papandreou, says
that pilot programmes against racism and xenophobia would be
introduced into schools in areas with immigrant and Muslim
populations and serve as models for extending the courses to all
schools throughout the country. Papandreou, speaking at a meeting
of the newly-established National Committee Against Racism and
Xenophobia, acknowledged the rise of racism in Greece and that
in many periods in the country's history 'Greeks had suffered
from racism, genocide and pogroms'. For this reason `it is Greece
that should symbolise the fight in Europe against racism by
giving this perspective' (Balkan News 20.11.94).

IRR European Race Audit, Bulletin no 12, March 1995. Contact: Liz
Fekete, Institute of Race Relations, 2-6 Leeke Street, London
WC1X 9HS. Tel: 0171 837 0041

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