Western routes of Attiki Odos to close for maintenance
The western section of the Attiki Odos Attica beltway will be closed starting at 10 p.m. Wednesday until 6 a.m. on Thursday, due to scheduled maintenance works.
A way home for the ‘Lost Children of Greece’
In late December a petition was launched titled “Nostos for Greek Adoptees,” asking the Greek state to recognize some 4,000 Greek-born adoptees from the post-war era – the so-called Lost Children of Greece.
Asylum applications in EU at highest level since 2015/16 crisis
Asylum applications in the European Union jumped 18% to 1.14 million in 2023, the highest level since the 2015-2016 migrant crisis, data from the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) showed on Wednesday.
Relatives of railway crash victims hold memorial, call for justice
A memorial service was held on Wednesday at the site of the railway crash in Tempe, central Greece, to honor the 57 individuals who lost their lives on February 28, 2023. Relatives and friends gathered to pay their respects, leaving flowers at the scene as they called for justice.
Incomes still haven’t recovered
This year may be the sixth since Greece’s emergence from the bailout mechanism, but the return of incomes to pre-2010 levels is far from being a reality.
PM marks anniversary of Tempe train crash, vows justice
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis commemorated the one-year anniversary of the railway disaster in Tempe, central Greece, which occurred on February 28, 2023, claiming the lives of 57 people. He expressed his conviction that those responsible would be held accountable.
Probe into online threats against soccer committee observer
The Permanent Committee for Combating Violence said on Tuesday it will forward to the competent prosecutor the complaints lodged by its observer at the Greek soccer league PAOK-Olympiakos match on February 18, for threatening online posts against him.
Strikes halt trains and ferries on anniversary of Greece’s worst rail disaster
Rail services in Greece ground to a halt and ships were held up in ports near Athens on Wednesday as rail workers walked off the job to mark the anniversary of the country’s deadliest train crash – and demand justice and bigger pay rises.
Russia’s Lavrov to visit Turkey on March 1-2
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Turkey on Friday and Saturday, his spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, as the two countries prepare a visit to Turkey by President Vladimir Putin.
Ex-minister reflects on ‘unspeakable tragedy’
Former transport and infrastructure minister Kostas A. Karamanlis, who resigned in the aftermath of the deadly train collision in central Greece that claimed 57 lives and left scores injured on February 28, 2023, issued a statement on the one-year anniversary of the incident on Wednesday.