The first polls recorded after the deadly train collision in northern Greece show that the ruling conservative New Democracy party recorded a significant drop in its approval rating – around 3 percentage points.
Turkey is ready to open a channel for dialogue to solve its problems with Greece “peacefully,” the country’s Defense Minister, Hulusi Akar, said in an interview to the Anadolu news agency Sunday.
Political developments after the railway tragedy have certainly moved onto investors’ radar, however, they are not seen as a risk on the bond market, as yields have stayed put.
Exciting announcements have been coming in from the organizers of the Release Athens rock and metal festival, which is taking place this summer at Faliro Bay.
Four police officers were arrested Saturday for allegedly beating and torturing a detainee.
Members of far-left activist group Rouvikonas (“Rubycon”) threw fliers Sunday outside the home of former Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis and posted the event, along with a statement, on their Facebook account.
Thousands of people protested on Sunday against safety deficiencies in Greece’s railway network nearly two weeks after dozens were killed in the country’s deadliest train crash.
Almost 800 million euros have been allocated in aid to the Greek railways by the European Union, according to a representative of the European Commission in comments to Kathimerini.
The Athens metro stops “Syntagma” and “Panepistimio” were shut down at 10:30 on Sunday for a rally taking place at Syntagma Square over the deadly train collision accident at Tempe.
Police are investigating the brutal beating of an archaeologist last Tuesday in the northern Athens suburb of Kifissia, with reports linking it to illegal building activities on Mykonos island’s famed beaches.