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Greek PM Mitsotakis: ‘Not Hiding Behind Human Errors’ in Train Disaster

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis has apologised again for the recent train disaster in Greece. Addressing a cabinet meeting on Thursday, Mitsotakis repeated his public apology in the name of all those who have governed the country in recent years, but...

Greece Announces Urgent Safety Upgrades After Rail Disaster

Greece announced on Wednesday urgent safety upgrades to the rail network following the train disaster last week at Tempi that claimed the lives of at least 57 people. "No train will set off again, if we have not secured safety...

Greek Rail Disaster: Turkey Allows Jailed Man to Attend His Son’s Funeral

Turkey is releasing the jailed father of a train driver killed in the Greek rail disaster so that he can attend his son's funeral. According to sources, this was the topic of a discussion on the phone between Foreign Minister...

EU Rail Agency Says it Warned Greece on Safety From 2014

The EU's European Railway Agency (ERA) has been warning successive governments in Greece since at least 2014 about safety gaps in the Greek railway system, it emerged on Tuesday. ERA head Josef Doppelbauer, speaking to Kathimerini newspaper, said that the...

Greek Doctors Granted Sick Leave to Supervisor Hours after Train Disaster

Two doctors were suspended pending a disciplinary inquiry after it emerged that they granted 30 days of sick leave to the supervisor of the station master at Larissa just hours after the deadly train collision. The doctors at a hospital...

Hundreds of Thousands Protest in Greece Demanding Justice for the Dead of Train Crash

Hundreds of thousands of protestors have gathered across major cities and communities in Greece to call for answers and justice in the wake of the train disaster that has plunged the country into sorrow and anger. In Athens alone, tens...

Greek Train Disaster: Remote Signaling Systems Collapsed Years Ago

The neglect of the remote signaling systems on the Greek railway network is one of the major causes of the train disaster in Greece which claimed the lives of at least 57 people. Although the station master at Larissa seems...

Clashes Erupt at Rail Disaster Rally in Athens

Police and demonstrators clashed in Athens on Sunday during a rally in Syntagma Square over the deadly rail disaster at Tempi last week that killed at least 57 people. Some demonstrators set fire to rubbish bins and threw petrol bombs....

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,...

Sole Survivor From First Carriage of Greek Train Battles for His Life

The only survivor from the first carriage of the Greek passenger train that collided with a freight train on Tuesday is fighting for his life in an Intensive Care Unit in Larissa. 20-year-old Gerasimos-Iason Georgiadis is in critical condition, doctors...