Piano Concerto | Athens | March 17
Up-and-coming Bulgarian pianist Plamena Mangova and famed conductor Michel Tilkin join the Athens State Orchestra at the Athens Concert Hall.
Rail collision report expected to come out before national elections
The government is trying to plan for the difficult days ahead, following the national tragedy in Tempe, central Greece, where two trains collided, killing dozens and injuring scores of passengers.
Androulakis slams PM’s apology over train disaster as PR stunt
After Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis apologized Sunday for any responsibility his conservative government may bear for the deadliest crash in Greece’s history, socialist leader Nikos Androulakis dismissed the gesture as a publicity stunt.
Teenagers threatened, robbed of phones in Petroupoli
Police are looking for two suspects after three teenagers were threatened and robbed of their mobile phones.
Transport directorate in Patra pelted with stones and paint
A group of unknown individuals threw stones and paint at a building which houses the regional directorate of transport and communications in the western port city of Patra, state broadcaster ERT reported Monday.
‘This is one of the few times I really felt the strain’
It wasn’t a journey carried out in silence. Some 20 kilometers separated them from the scene of the disaster.
A month after quake, family that survived under the rubble looks to the future
Tremors still rattle Turkey’s south one month after devastating twin earthquakes, however Havva Arslan, mother of three, finally feels safe in her small but sturdy container home.
Scrap gangs in limelight for damage to railway
The activities of scrap rackets that target large-scale infrastructure, including the rail network, in search of precious metals like copper has been thrust back into the limelight.
Greeks protest over deadly train crash, station master jailed pending trial
A Greek railway employee was jailed on Sunday pending trial over a deadly train crash that killed at least 57 people, as Greeks seethed with anger over the worst rail disaster in living memory.
DT refutes it may sell OTE stake
Rumors concerning the alleged sale of Deutsche Telekom’s (DT) stake in OTE have been so intense that the main shareholder of the largest telecommunications group in Greece issued a denial a few days ago via a bourse filing.