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Five Greek Officials Face Trial as Court Rules Tempi Train Disaster Site Alterations Led to Loss of Evidence

A Greek judicial council has found sufficient evidence to send former deputy minister Christos Triantopoulos and four other officials to trial over interventions at the site of the 2023 Tempi railway disaster that judges say resulted in the loss...

Sabotage Probe Launched in Greece After Railway Cables Cut

The Chief Prosecutor of the Thessaloniki Appeals Court has ordered an urgent preliminary investigation into a severe incident of railway sabotage occurring just 48 hours before the third anniversary of the deadly Tempi train disaster. The investigation follows a formal...

Greece and Italy Seal €420M to Upgrade Greek Trains

In a landmark move to modernize the national rail network, Greece's government has officially signed a revised contract with Hellenic Train, the subsidiary of Italy’s state-owned Ferrovie dello Stato. The agreement, finalized on Monday, unlocks €420 million ($494 million) in...

Greece and Italy Sign Agreements on Energy and Railway Investments

Greece and Italy signed agreements pertaining to the energy and railway sectors during PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis' visit to Rome, where he met his counterpart Giorgia Meloni on Monday. The two sides agreed on a second undersea power cable connecting Greece...

Greece Unveils Railway Safety Bill Following Tempi Tragedy

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis outlined key provisions of an upcoming bill on the safety and modernization of Greece’s railway network during a Cabinet meeting on Monday. He emphasized that the goal is to restore public trust in the network,...

World’s Deepest Tunnel – Gotthard Base – Literally Moved Mountains

The world's deepest tunnel - the Gotthard Base Tunnel - is an astonishing 57 kilometers long with a cost of £9.6bn ($12bn) and was built to help move freight in a more environmentally friendly way through a mountain range,...

Train Derails in the Netherlands 5 Weeks After Rail Disaster in Greece

One person has died and dozens have been injured, many seriously, after a passenger train derailed in the south of the Netherlands in the early hours of Tuesday. Emergency services say the overnight crash happened after the train transporting about...

Greek PM Mitsotakis Apologizes for Train Tragedy

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis took to social media on Sunday to apologize for the train tragedy at Tempi that resulted in the deaths of at least 57 people. Mitsotakis who is facing a general election this spring as prime minister,...

Greece in Mourning as Train Disaster Death Toll Rises to 57

Greece is in mourning following the train disaster at Tempi near Larissa on Tuesday that killed at least 57 people and injured dozens more. Several more people are missing. A passenger train and a cargo train were involved in the...

Train Collision in Greece: Electronic Systems ‘Not Working for Years’

Experts say that the train collision in Greece late on Tuesday that led to the death of at least 36 people was probably caused by human error due to the fact that the electronic systems onboard trains are "not...