Greece to wrap up search at train crash site as anger simmers
Rescuers continued digging through debris on Saturday at the site of Greece’s worst train crash but were expected to wrap up their search operation later in the day.
Rescuers continued digging through debris on Saturday at the site of Greece’s worst train crash but were expected to wrap up their search operation later in the day.
A 59-year-old Hellenic Train station manager arrested over a deadly collision between a passenger train and a freighter in northern Greece last Tuesday was on Saturday given one more day to prepare his defense.
Thanassis Ziliaskopoulos, a professor of production and transportation at the University of Thessaly, has withdrawn from the newly established, three-member rail disaster committee tasked with finding what led to the deadly train collision last Tuesday, after opposition parties noted that his previous job as CEO of TrainOSE (currently Hellenic Train) raised questions of impartiality.
In the wake of the tragic train crash in Greece, in which at least 57 people – mostly young students – lost their lives, the question on everyone’s mind is: How could this happen? While there have been promises to investigate the causes of the crash and ensure nothing like this happens again,
A prosecutor in the city of Volos, central Greece, ordered a preliminary investigation into the alleged sexual abuse of a 12-year-old girl by her 50-year-old uncle.
Mirela Ruci reacts as she waits to hear news about her 22-year-old missing son Denis Ruci, outside a hospital in Larissa city, about 355 kilometers (222 miles) north of Athens, on Friday.
The union representing Greek public hospital staff (POEDIN) is planning a work stoppage and a rally in Attica on Monday to protest low wages amid rising prices.
The Marfin Investment Group general meeting on Friday approved the agreement of MIG’s board with Strix Holdings.
Greece’s top administrative court approved last Friday the draft of a new security framework upgrading the protection of the country’s president and visiting heads of state.
Over 20 people remain in hospital following Tuesday’s railway disaster in Tempe, the president of Larissa’s medical association has said.