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Greek PM asks high court to expedite cases linked to rail disaster
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday urged the country’s Supreme Court to speed up investigations into last week’s deadly train crash, that left at least 57 dead and sparked …
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Mitsotakis asks collision victims’ families for forgiveness as 12,000 protest outside parliament
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Sunday asked for forgiveness from the families of victims of Greece’s worst rail disaster, which killed 57 people and has sparked widespread outrage. “As prime …
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Greek station master jailed pending train crash trial
A Greek railway employee has been jailed pending trial over a deadly train crash that killed at least 57 people as Greeks seethed with anger over the worst rail disaster …
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First victims of Greek rail disaster buried; Story of twin sisters among tragic narratives emerging
Demonstrators held more rallies on Saturday to protest the causes of Greece’s worst-ever train disaster, as the first of the crash victims were laid to rest. Thousands of protesters have …
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Anger boils in Greece: Protesters, police clash at Athens train crash vigil
Thousands of Greek students staged sit-ins and demonstrated in Athens and other cities on Friday to demand justice for the victims of the country’s worst train tragedy. In the capital, …
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Close calls that preceded Greece’s worst train tragedy
Greece’s intercity trains went under private management in 2017, when the Italian public company Ferrovie Dello Stato Italiane (FS) acquired the network — but state company OSE owns the tracks. …
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Relatives of Greek train crash passengers in fury and despair
Anger mounted in Greece on Thursday over a fatal train collision that killed at least 57 people, with protests and a national strike as authorities admitted failures overseeing the rail …
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Plans approved for New Archaeological Museum on Lefkada island
A plot of land the Finance Ministry has provided will house the New Archaeological Museum of Lefkada island in western Greece, following the approval of the plans provided by the …
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Greece seeks answers over deadliest train tragedy
A station master on duty during Greece’s deadliest train accident is to testify Thursday in the central city of Larissa over the disaster that claimed dozens of lives, plunging the …
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Minister resigns as Greece train crash toll reaches 42 and video emerges of collision
At least 42 people have been killed when a Greek passenger train collided head-on with a freight train, derailing carriages which then burst into flames in the country’s deadliest rail …