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By Maria Spiliopoulou


ATHENS adidas superstar baratas , Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The trial of the Greek ultra-rightGolden Dawn (Chryssi Avghi) party for the murder of anti-fascistactivist and musician Pavlos Fyssas four years ago concerns theentire Greek society, the victim's mother Magda Fyssa said in astatement released by the family on Monday.


"The trial is not about us or the other victims of GoldenDawn... Our goal is to make clear that there is no other option butthe complete condemnation of fascists," read the statement issuedshortly before a protest march and concert marking the fourthanniversary since the murder of Fyssas by GD supporter YorgosRoupakias.


Magda Fyssa was among the demonstrators demanding justice"without further delays and foot-dragging" on Monday.


The peaceful march started from the site where the killing tookplace outside a cafeteria at the Piraeus suburb ofKeratsini-Drapetsona and ended near the port where the concert wasstaged.


Fyssas' death was the first politically motivated crimecommitted by a GD supporter since the party's entrance inparliament for first time in 2012, riding on the wave of discontentover austerity.


It had sent shockwaves across the country and triggered ajudicial crackdown on Golden Dawn.


Four years later, the trial of the party's leadership on chargesof establishing and running a criminal organization, alongRoupakias, is still continuing.


All defendants, including Roupakias, have been released fromcustody, while GD is still the third larger party inside theparliament.


"Such events to commemorate Pavlos Fyssas must become the loudresponse of a society which does not forget and has no fear offascism," the mayor of Keratsini-Drapetsona Christos Vrettakos saidin a message for the day. Enditem

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HELSINKI， Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The town of Forssa， in southwestern Finland， has become a showcase of increasing tension between the local Finns and asylum seekers.


A mass fight erupted outside a reception centre in the town leading to casualties on Tuesday. Police said dozens of people were involved and most of the locals ran away when the police showed up.


There were no fire arms， but baseball bats and iron bars were used， the police said. Two locals were detained later.


Police Inspector Tomi Repo said the scene resembled ""village fights"" seen centuries ago in rural societies.


""In such a fight， all sides feel provocated and violence does not come from one side only，"" Repo told the local newspaper Forssan Lehti.


Repo reminded that violence against another person is always prohibited in Finland.


The events on Tuesday had been preceded by milder confrontations in shops and malls.


Tero Seppanen， assistant chief of the police of the Hame District told Forssan Lehti that fights between locals and asylum seekers have increased in the whole area towards the end of the summer.


Seppanen believed the reason to be the worsened atmosphere in the reception centres. The situation has been accentuated by the lengthy waiting time and an increase in the number of rejections of applications.


Another violent incident happened in a centre in Kotka， southeastern Finland earlier this month. A man of Iraqi background stabbed two fellow inmates and held a knife on the neck of a third， but no fatalities were reported. No local citizens were involved in the incident.


Finland has tightened the criteria of issuing residence permits for asylum seekers. The ratio of rejection has been about 77 percent since June， but the number used to be less than one third in the beginning of this year.