Three medals for Greeks in Indoor Europeans, with Tentoglou gold again
Greece won three medals at the Indoor Track & Field Europeans in Istanbul over the weekend, with Miltos Tentoglou winning gold, while Andrikopoulos and Karalis finished second.
No trains on Monday
The rolling strikes by Hellenic Train employees will continue Monday, the company announced.
Easy wins for AEK, Olympiakos and PAOK
AEK managed to emerge unscathed from its trip to OFI on Sunday to return to the top of the Super League, while Olympiakos and PAOK scored six goals each at home.
Larissa station master jailed pending trial
The Larissa station master whose decision to place a southbound freight train and a northbound passenger train on the same track led to Greece’s deadliest train disaster last Tuesday will be remanded pending trial.
Steve Gianakos | Athens | To March 24
Always one to push at stereotypes and poke fun at social norms, US-born Greek artist Steve Gianakos returns with “I… Loop de Loop.”
Hellenic Train promises immediate compensation
Hellenic Train, the company that operates Greece’s trains, announced Sunday it will immediately compensate survivors and the victims’ families and will not make use of an exemption granted by the government.
Neglect led to deadly train collision
Last Tuesday’s railway crash in central Greece, the country’s deadliest ever, was caused by the actions of an inexperienced station master.
Social security fund staff to strike on Tuesday
Employees at the country’s biggest social security fund, EFKA, will be walking off the job on Tuesday in protest at what they say is an attempt by the government to privatize the sector.
Skirmishes between protestors and police break out at Tempe demonstrations in Athens and Thessaloniki
Skirmishes between protestors and riot police broke out in Athens and Thessaloniki on Sunday. Over 12,000 people gathered in Syntagma Square on Sunday afternoon to demonstrate over the deadly rail collision in Tempe, releasing black balloons to mark the 57 deaths. However, almost an hour later an unidentified group clashed with officers on the scene…
PM issues apology over rail collision in weekly statement
“Let me begin with the self-evident. As prime minister I owe everyone, but above all to the relatives of the victims, a huge apology, both personally and in the name of all who governed the country over the years. Because, truly, it cannot be that in Greece in 2023, two trains were moving in opposite…