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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
Local news website voria.gr is live-streaming the rally and protest march held in Thessaloniki on the second anniversary of the train collision at Tempe, central Greece, that killed 57 people and injured dozens more.
The Greek Parliament on Friday observed a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the tragic rail accident in Tempe, central Greece, as thousands rallied in major cities.
Hundreds of thousands of people rallied in cities and towns across Greece on Friday to demand justice on the second anniversary of the country’s deadliest-ever train crash.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday his government is working to modernize the Greek railway network and make it safer, as hundreds of thousands gathered in Athens and numerous cities across the country to mark two years since the country’s deadliest train collision and protest the official handling of the case.