A 59-year-old Hellenic Train station manager arrested over a deadly collision between a passenger train and a freighter in northern Greece last Tuesday was on Saturday given one more day to prepare his defense.
In the wake of the tragic train crash in Greece, in which at least 57 people – mostly young students – lost their lives, the question on everyone’s mind is: How could this happen? While there have been promises to investigate the causes of the crash and ensure nothing like this happens again,
Mirela Ruci reacts as she waits to hear news about her 22-year-old missing son Denis Ruci, outside a hospital in Larissa city, about 355 kilometers (222 miles) north of Athens, on Friday.
A prosecutor in the city of Volos, central Greece, ordered a preliminary investigation into the alleged sexual abuse of a 12-year-old girl by her 50-year-old uncle.
The Marfin Investment Group general meeting on Friday approved the agreement of MIG’s board with Strix Holdings.
The union representing Greek public hospital staff (POEDIN) is planning a work stoppage and a rally in Attica on Monday to protest low wages amid rising prices.
Greece’s top administrative court approved last Friday the draft of a new security framework upgrading the protection of the country’s president and visiting heads of state.
Over 20 people remain in hospital following Tuesday’s railway disaster in Tempe, the president of Larissa’s medical association has said.
A special court is expected to issue a ruling Saturday afternoon on the case of Dimitris Papangelopoulos, former alternate justice minister in the SYRIZA-ANEL government, who is mainly facing charges of interfering in the work of certain prosecutors.
The government on Friday announced the formation of the committee of experts to investigate this week’s killer train collision without, however, the consensus of opposition parties.