'Top priority': Greek Prime Minister asks Supreme Court to expedite prosecutions over train crash
2 years ago

'Top priority': Greek Prime Minister asks Supreme Court to expedite prosecutions over train crash

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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who is expected to seek re-election in April, asked for forgiveness from the families of those killed in Greece’s worst rail disaster as thousands of furious protesters rallied in Athens and clashed with police Athens, Greece: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has asked the country’s Supreme Court to give “top priority” to the criminal cases triggered by last week’s fatal train disaster, his office said Monday. “The Greek people want an immediate and thorough clarification of the criminal incidents related to this tragic accident,” Mitsotakis wrote in a letter to the court’s prosecutor about the collision, which killed at least 57 people and stoked public anger. On Sunday, Mitsotakis, who is expected to seek re-election in April, asked for forgiveness from the families of those killed in Greece’s worst rail disaster as thousands of furious protesters rallied in Athens and clashed with police. The crash occurred last Tuesday when a freight train collided head-on with a passenger train carrying over 350 passengers, many of them young students.

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Violence erupts during protests in Greece as government challenged in vote over rail disaster
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Violence erupts during protests in Greece as government challenged in vote over rail disaster

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — Clashes broke out in Greece’s two largest cities Friday, as protesters hurled gasoline bombs and flares outside parliament, during a censure motion debate against the government over its handling of a deadly rail disaster two years ago. Police fired tear gas and stun grenades at the violent protesters and used water cannons when the clashes broke out …

Protests turn violent as Greece’s government battles censure motion over deadly train crash
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Protests turn violent as Greece’s government battles censure motion over deadly train crash

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — Protesters launched gasoline bombs and fireworks in clashes with police outside Greece’s parliament late Wednesday, in renewed nationwide protests calling for politicians to be held accountable for a 2023 rail disaster that claimed 57 lives. The fierce clashes erupted hours after opposition parties challenged Greece’s center-right government with a no-confidence motion in parliament. The censure motion — …

Greek government to face no-confidence vote over 2023 deadly train crash
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Greek government to face no-confidence vote over 2023 deadly train crash

Al Jazeera  

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s government holds majority in parliament and is expected to survive Friday’s vote. Greek opposition parties have submitted a motion to trigger a no-confidence vote against the government over its handling of a deadly 2023 train crash, days after protesters brought the country to a standstill to press their demands for political accountability. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, …

Thousands in Greece protest the government's role in deadly train crash 2 years ago
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Thousands in Greece protest the government's role in deadly train crash 2 years ago

NPR  

Thousands in Greece protest the government's role in deadly train crash 2 years ago Thousands demonstrate in Greece on anniversary of deadly train crash that killed 57 and injured scores more in 2023. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A general strike and mass protests in Greece brought parts of the country to a halt on Friday on the second anniversary of its …

Greece: Riots erupt in Athens, Thessaloniki on second anniversary of deadliest 2023 train accident
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Greece: Riots erupt in Athens, Thessaloniki on second anniversary of deadliest 2023 train accident

Live Mint  

Clashes erupted in Athens and other parts of Greece on Friday as hundreds of thousands of Greeks protested on the second anniversary of the country's deadliest train accident. Blaming the government for the train accident and calling it a murder, the protesters said the government has not done anything to get justice. Greece's second city, Thessaloniki, also witnessed clashes, where …

Warning that Greece will come to a standstill as country hit by mass protest
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Warning that Greece will come to a standstill as country hit by mass protest

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Greece will come to a standstill on Friday as thousands are expected to join mass protests, …

As anger mounts over rail disaster in Greece, workers strike and thousands are expected to protest
3 weeks, 4 days ago

As anger mounts over rail disaster in Greece, workers strike and thousands are expected to protest

Hindustan Times  

ATHENS, Greece — Two years after a devastating train crash in northern Greece, a general strike and hundreds of planned demonstrations are bringing the nation to standstill to mark the anniversary of a tragedy that has become a symbol of institutional failure. As anger mounts over rail disaster in Greece, workers strike and thousands are expected to protest The mass …

Greek rail disaster report cites errors and major systemic failures
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Greek rail disaster report cites errors and major systemic failures

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — A long-awaited report on the investigation into Greece’s deadliest train crash was released Thursday, blaming human error, outdated infrastructure and major systemic failures for the head-on collision that killed 57 people two years ago. Investigators also highlighted poor training, staff shortages and a deteriorating railway system that lacked automated safety controls, noting a chronic lack of public …

Mass protests across Greece to demand justice for Tempe train crash victims
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mass protests across Greece to demand justice for Tempe train crash victims

Al Jazeera  

Tens of thousands of Greeks have taken to the streets in 110 cities, including 13 locations abroad, to demand justice for the 57 victims of the country’s deadliest rail disaster in 2023. The protesters called to demonstrate by victims’ relatives held banners and signs reading “I have no oxygen”, a phrase uttered by a victim, still alive, who called the …

Tens of thousands of Greeks seek justice for victims of Tempe train crash
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Tens of thousands of Greeks seek justice for victims of Tempe train crash

Al Jazeera  

Fifty-seven people were killed when a freight train and a passenger train packed with students collided in February 2023. Tens of thousands of protesters have rallied outside Greece’s parliament in Athens to demand justice for the victims of the country’s worst railway disaster nearly two years ago. Sunday’s demonstration, one of the biggest to be held in the capital in …

Greek stationmaster suspended after 2 trains were ordered onto a collision course
6 months, 1 week ago

Greek stationmaster suspended after 2 trains were ordered onto a collision course

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A train stationmaster was suspended …

Greeks strike to mark train crash anniversary and demand justice
1 year ago

Greeks strike to mark train crash anniversary and demand justice

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of striking Greek workers and students have marched through central Athens to mark the first anniversary of the country’s deadliest train crash – and demand justice and bigger pay rises. Some of those marching in Athens held up a black banner reading: “We don’t forget – we demand justice.” On February 28, 2023, a passenger train from Athens to …

Greece, Italy to discuss rail 'restart' after tragedy
2 years ago

Greece, Italy to discuss rail 'restart' after tragedy

Firstpost  

Athens: Greece’s prime minister on Friday said he would discuss with Italy safety improvements on Greek trains run by an Italian state company in the wake of last month’s rail tragedy. “We will have the opportunity to discuss the way in which the Italian government…will be able to support the restart of Greece’s railways in a more active and substantial …

After Greek rail disaster, trains gradually restart
2 years ago

After Greek rail disaster, trains gradually restart

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — Train services in Greece resumed Wednesday for the first time since a deadly rail disaster three weeks ago, and just a day after the embattled conservative prime minister announced an early election for May. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, whose center-right government has been struggling to regain its footing after the crash, said late Tuesday said he would …

Greece election to be held in May under shadow of the country's deadliest rail disaster
2 years ago

Greece election to be held in May under shadow of the country's deadliest rail disaster

Firstpost  

In power since 2019, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ administration has seen its popularity tank since the train crash killed 57 people and brought tens of thousands of Greeks onto the streets, furious over the country’s dilapidated infrastructure and government mismanagement of the crisis Athens, Greece: Greece’s elections will be held in May, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Tuesday, three …

After train collision that killed 57, railway service in Greece gradually resumes
2 years ago

After train collision that killed 57, railway service in Greece gradually resumes

LA Times  

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that new elections would be held in May. Train services in Greece resumed Wednesday for the first time since a deadly rail disaster three weeks ago and just a day after the embattled conservative prime minister announced early elections for May. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, whose center-right government has been struggling to regain …

Greek PM Mitsotakis announces May elections after rail disaster
2 years ago

Greek PM Mitsotakis announces May elections after rail disaster

Firstpost  

According to local media, elections had initially been planned for April, but the collision between two trains, the worst rail accident in Greek history, stunned the nation and led to a change in plans Athens: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Tuesday that the country would hold a general election in May, as his government faces widespread anger over a …

Thousands rally in new Greece protests over train crash
2 years ago

Thousands rally in new Greece protests over train crash

Al Jazeera  

Demonstrators demand punishment for those responsible for a train collision that killed 57 people. Thousands of people have rallied in central Athens to protest over Greece’s deadliest rail disaster, which killed dozens of people last month. The demonstrators expressed anger over safety deficiencies in Greece’s railway network and demanded punishment for those responsible for the head-on collision between a passenger …

Greece Train Crash: PM Mitsotakis Seeks Forgiveness; Stationmaster Charged
2 years ago

Greece Train Crash: PM Mitsotakis Seeks Forgiveness; Stationmaster Charged

News 18  

The stationmaster implicated in Greece’s deadliest rail crash, which killed at least 57 people, was charged and taken into custody Sunday, hours after the prime minister asked for forgiveness for the disaster. A legal source told AFP that the 59-year-old stationmaster, who has been named as Vassilis Samaras, was charged over his role in the “death of a large number …

Sorrow gives way to anger in Greece’s worst ever train crash
2 years ago

Sorrow gives way to anger in Greece’s worst ever train crash

Al Jazeera  

Many of the 57 people who died in Greece’s train accident were young, sparking fury across the country. Larissa, Greece – Relatives of those killed in Greece’s worst-ever train accident stood in silence at the Larissa General Hospital amphitheatre, normally used for doctors’ seminars. “They’ve focused on one tree, and have moved the forest away,” said a taxi driver from …

Greek stationmaster jailed pending trial after deadly train crash
2 years ago

Greek stationmaster jailed pending trial after deadly train crash

Al Jazeera  

A Greek railway employee has been jailed pending trial over a train crash that killed at least 57 people. The railway employee, who cannot be named under Greek law, was the stationmaster in the central city of Larissa, where the train crash took place. “Justice will very fast investigate the tragedy and determine liabilities.” Railway workers’ unions say safety systems …

Stationmaster Charged In Greece Train Crash That Killed 57
2 years ago

Stationmaster Charged In Greece Train Crash That Killed 57

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING ATHENS, Greece — A stationmaster accused of causing Greece’s deadliest train disaster was charged with negligent homicide and jailed pending trial Sunday, while Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis apologized for any responsibility Greece’s government may bear for the tragedy. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, accompanied by Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis, visit the location of train collision in Tempe, …

Greek PM seeks forgiveness as thousands protest over rail tragedy
2 years ago

Greek PM seeks forgiveness as thousands protest over rail tragedy

The Hindu  

Greece's Prime Minister on Sunday asked for forgiveness from the families of the 57 dead in the nation's worst rail disaster as thousands of furious protesters rallied in Athens and clashed with police. "As Prime Minister, I owe it to everyone, but especially to the victims' relatives, forgiveness," Kyriakos Mitsotakis wrote in a message addressed to the nation. "For the …

Stationmaster charged in Greece train crash that killed 57
2 years ago

Stationmaster charged in Greece train crash that killed 57

LA Times  

A protester outside the Greek Parliament sits among black balloons Sunday during a demonstration prompted by last week’s fatal train collision. A stationmaster accused of causing Greece’s deadliest train disaster was charged with negligent homicide and jailed pending trial Sunday, while Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis apologized for any responsibility Greece’s government may bear for the tragedy. In an initial statement …

Demonstrators, police clash as Greece train crash protests resume
2 years ago

Demonstrators, police clash as Greece train crash protests resume

Al Jazeera  

Protesters clashed with police in front of the Greek parliament in Athens amid continuing demonstrations against the government. Clashes have erupted between police and a group of demonstrators outside the Greek parliament in Athens on the fringes of a protest by thousands of students and railway workers over Greece’s deadliest train crash in living memory. Police said 12,000 people had …

Greece: Crash victims returned to families in closed caskets
2 years ago

Greece: Crash victims returned to families in closed caskets

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Authorities in Greece said Friday …

Train crash wreckage scoured as anger rises across Greece
2 years ago

Train crash wreckage scoured as anger rises across Greece

Al Jazeera  

Government accused of rail safety failures, as several Greeks wait to hear if their relatives are among victims. Thousands of Greek students are protesting for a third consecutive day as anger mounts after the country’s worst train tragedy, in which at least 57 people died. Authorities suggested “human error” to explain the train collision, in which two carriages were demolished …

Greek summoned to EU court of justice over railway failings two weeks before devastating crash
2 years ago

Greek summoned to EU court of justice over railway failings two weeks before devastating crash

The Independent  

Greece was referred to the EU Court of Justice for failings in its railway infrastructure just two weeks before a fatal crash in which two trains collided. Just two weeks before the devastating crash, on 15 February, the European Commission referred Greece to the EU’s top court after “failing to fulfill its obligations under the Single European Area Directive.” open …

Deadly Greek train crash prompts strike; relatives give DNA
2 years ago

Deadly Greek train crash prompts strike; relatives give DNA

Associated Press  

THESSALONIKI, Greece — Family members awaited the results of DNA testing to identify victims of a train crash that killed nearly 60 people in Greece, as workers went on strike Thursday saying the rail system is outdated, underfunded and dangerous. “I’ve been trying since yesterday afternoon to communicate with the company to find out what seat my father was in,” …

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis blames 'tragic human error' for train collision
2 years ago

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis blames 'tragic human error' for train collision

Firstpost  

Larissa, Greece: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Wednesday that a “tragic human error” was probably responsible for a train collision that left at least 38 dead in the country’s worst rail tragedy. The president of the train drivers’ union, Kostas Genidounias, told AFP that the accident “would have been avoided if the safety systems were working”. Prime Minister Kyriakos …

Rescuers comb wreckage of Greece’s deadliest train crash
2 years ago

Rescuers comb wreckage of Greece’s deadliest train crash

Associated Press  

TEMPE, Greece — 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. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called the collision of the passenger train and a freight train “a …

Rescuers comb wreckage of Greece's deadliest train crash
2 years ago

Rescuers comb wreckage of Greece's deadliest train crash

India Today  

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. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called the collision of the passenger train and a freight train “a horrific rail accident …

Xi extends condolences to Greek counterpart over fatal train collision
2 years ago

Xi extends condolences to Greek counterpart over fatal train collision

China Daily  

Destroyed train carriages are seen at the site of a crash, where two trains collided, near the city of Larissa, Greece, March 1, 2023. Chinese President Xi Jinping sent condolences to Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Wednesday over a deadly train collision in Greece. Greek officials on Wednesday said a train carrying hundreds of people collided at high speed with …

What went wrong in Greece? All to know about deadly train crash
2 years ago

What went wrong in Greece? All to know about deadly train crash

Al Jazeera  

At least 57 people were killed when a passenger train collided head-on with a cargo train outside the city of Larissa. A passenger train travelling from the capital, Athens, to the northern city of Thessaloniki collided with a cargo train carrying shipping containers coming from the opposite direction on the same track. “The last conversation recorded between the station master …

Train crash in Greece | stationmaster arrested after crash kills at least 36
2 years ago

Train crash in Greece | stationmaster arrested after crash kills at least 36

The Hindu  

A passenger train and an oncoming freight train collided in a fiery wreck in northern Greece early on March 1, killing 36 people and injuring at least 85, Fire Service officials said. “The evacuation process is ongoing and is being carried out under very difficult conditions due to the severity of the collision between the two trains,” Fire Service spokesman …

Videos: 32 killed, 85 injured as two trains collide in Greece; rescue ops on
2 years ago

Videos: 32 killed, 85 injured as two trains collide in Greece; rescue ops on

Hindustan Times  

Thirty-two people were killed and at least 85 injured in a collision of two trains near the city of Larissa in Greece, news agency Reuters reported quoting fire brigade spokesperson Vassilis Varthakogiannis. The trains collided in central Greece late on Tuesday after which rescue teams evacuated passengers as at least two carriages caught fire, the fire brigade said. Greece Train …

36 dead, 85 injured as two trains collide in Greece
2 years ago

36 dead, 85 injured as two trains collide in Greece

India Today  

36 people were killed and at least 85 were injured after a passenger train collided with an oncoming cargo train in Greece on the intervening night between Tuesday and Wednesday. Several train coaches got derailed and at least three caught fire after the crash which took place in Tempe, said a report by AP news. ❗️ Two trains collide in …

Rescuers comb wreckage of Greece’s deadliest train crash
2 years ago

Rescuers comb wreckage of Greece’s deadliest train crash

LA Times  

A collision of a passenger train and a freight train in Tempe, Greece, killed at least 43 people. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called the collision of the passenger train and a freight train “a horrific rail accident without precedent in our country,” and pledged a full, independent investigation. Transportation Minister Kostas Karamanlis resigned, saying he felt it was his …

Death toll from Greece’s deadliest train crash rises to 43
2 years ago

Death toll from Greece’s deadliest train crash rises to 43

Al Jazeera  

Greek prime minister blames ‘tragic human error’ for the country’s worst rail accident near central city of Larissa. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has blamed human error for a collision between two trains that killed at least 43 people, in the country’s worst rail tragedy that triggered the resignation of the transport minister. “They are in very bad condition.” Greece’s …

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