Political parties have reacted to the mass protests that saw hundreds of thousands of citizens take to the streets in nationwide demonstrations marking the second anniversary of the Tempe railway disaster and the riots that followed them in Athens.
Actions and oversights dating from several years before two trains crashed head-on in the Vale of Tempe, central Greece, on the night of February 28, 2023 to the days and hours after the tragedy are still in the judicial spotlight.
Aerial photographs reveal the massive turnout at today’s demonstration in the Athens center, marking the second anniversary of the Tempe railway disaster that claimed 57 lives.
A smaller number of protesters were returning to the main square of Athens on Friday, following violent clashes between hooded individuals and riot police during a massive protest to demand justice on the second anniversary of the country’s deadliest train crash.
A court in Piraeus handed a 12-year prison term to a sailor accused of causing the death of a passenger by pushing him into the sea as he tried to board a ferry in Piraeus in September 2023, and another seven years to the ship’s captain.
Prominent lawyer Alexis Kougias has died, aged 74. Kougias, who was admitted to the intensive care unit of a private hospital in Athens some days ago, had been diagnosed with cancer.
Cyprus’ law enforcement authorities failed to live up to their obligation to thoroughly and effectively investigate a British teenager’s claims that she had been gang-raped by a group of Israelis while on a 2019 vacation in a popular resort town, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday.
The leader of the main opposition, Nikos Androulakis, welcomed the mass rallies organized across Greece to mark second anniversary of the 2023 rail disaster at Tempe on Friday, adding that the families of the victims are “fighting for vindication.”
Maria Demertzis, the chief economist for Europe at the Conference Board in Brussels, joins Thanos Davelis to look into the European reaction to President Trump’s announcement that he plans to hit the EU with 25% tariffs.