train disaster

A memorial service was held on Sunday for the victims of the rail disaster in Greece 40 days after the tragic incident. The service was held at Tempi on the exact spot where a passenger train collided with a freight...

A greedy business environment and an inept state apparatus are a lethal combination causing disasters in Greece. The railway tragedy at Tempi was only partly due to human error. It was mainly the result of a systemic failure of a...

A new nationwide strike will take place in Greece on Thursday over the deadly rail collision at Tempi that claimed the lives of 57 people. The General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE), the Civil Servants’ Confederation (ADEDY), and the Panhellenic...

Chief Supreme Court prosecutor Isidoros Dogiakos has requested all files related to deadly rail accidents in Greece for the last 15 years. Dogiakos' request was in a letter Monday addressed to Panagiotis Terezakis, Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE) interim governor and...

The latest poll on voting intentions in Greece suggests that while center-right New Democracy (ND) is still ahead of left-wing SYRIZA, the lead has narrowed since the rail disaster on February 28. The Marc poll for Antenna TV, which was...

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...

The train disaster in Greece that claimed the lives of 57 people derailed the parties of the political establishment in the country, weeks before the general elections. As public anger grows over the timeless deficiencies of Greek railways, there are...

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...

Thousands of students protested on Friday throughout Greece demanding justice for the victims of the train disaster at Tempi. “Text me when you arrive”, is one of the main slogans written on banners that can be seen in every part...

Anger is growing in Greece following the train disaster on Tuesday that has caused the death of at least 57 people with dozens still missing. Many in Greece see the crash as an accident that had been waiting to happen,...