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.
Greek exports are headed for a new record, barring any unpredictable geopolitical developments with negative effects of course.
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.
Rescuers resumed a search on Thursday for survivors of Greece’s deadliest train crash, combing through the buckled and crushed remains of carriages that derailed and then caught fire in a disaster that killed at least 46 people.
A Hellenic Train stationmaster in Larissa, aged 59, who was officially placed under arrest on Wednesday and is expected to be charged with manslaughter through negligence for the tragic train accident near Tempi, northern Greece, will appear before a prosecutor on Thursday.
The Culture Ministry is proceeding with the restoration of the buildings of the Leprosy Hospital on the small island of Spinalonga just off the coast of Crete, in order to create exhibition spaces.
Basic safety mechanisms that could have prevented the deadly train crash in central Greece on Tuesday night were out of order, Vassilis Zavogiannis, the person representing the workers of Hellenic Train SA on the board of the company that operates the country’s passenger and freight trains, told Kathimerini, speaking of a system that has been…
The so-called “Godfathers’ Basket’ will apply from March 29 to April 15, 2023.
Rescuers searched late into the night Wednesday for survivors amid the mangled, burned-out wrecks of two trains that collided in northern Greece, killing at least 43 people and crumpling carriages into twisted steel knots in the country’s deadliest rail crash.
Seasoned emergency workers who were dispatched to the scene of Tuesday’s crash near Tempe in northern Thessaly have been describing the physical and emotional challenges of working on what is the biggest train wreck in Greece’s history. Kathimerini reached out to the Hellenic Rescue Team, which was able to get members […]