Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday expressed his government’s “deep and sincere condolences” for the deaths of dozens of passengers in Tuesday’s train crash in northern Greece in a phone call to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
The Greek unemployment rate dropped to 10.8% of the workforce in January this year, from 12.4% in December 2022 and 13.7% in January 2022, Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Thursday.
Greece’s newly-appointed transport minister said he was taking over on Thursday with a mandate to investigate the country’s deadliest train crash, to modernize an ailing railway system and to restore safety in train travel.
Human error was the final link in the chain of errors and omissions that led to the tragic train disaster in Tempe late Tuesday night.
Greece will do everything it can to prevent a repeat of a train disaster which killed at least 46 people, government spokesperson Giannis Economou said on Thursday.
Greece’s National Blood Donation Center announced on Thursday that the “overwhelming” response to a blood drive called to cover the needs of the victims of Tuesday’s deadly train collision “have been fully met.”
A Hellenic Train stationmaster in Larissa, aged 59, who was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a train accident near Tempe, northern Greece, that led to the death of at least 46 people as given until Saturday to prepare his defence.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken contacted his Greek counterpart, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, on the telephone to offer the condolences of the United States for the tragic rail disaster at Tempi, a spokesperson said on Wednesday.
Turkey’s President Erdogan and his government have come under fierce criticism for what many see as an inadequate relief effort following last month’s devastating earthquakes.
Greek exports are headed for a new record, barring any unpredictable geopolitical developments with negative effects of course.