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Greek Unions Stage Strikes after Deadly Rail Disaster

Striking labor unions have brought transport services to a standstill to protest the deaths of 57 people in Greece’s worst ever train disaster that has exposed major safety deficiencies. The strikes Wednesday halted ferries to the islands and disrupted public transport in Athens, where thousands were expected to attend union-organized…

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Greek PM asks high court to expedite cases over rail disaster

ATHENS: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday asked the country's Supreme Court to prioritise any criminal cases over last week's deadly train crash and to shed light on what led to the country's worst rail disaster.

Bangkok Post

Greek PM asks supreme court to give train crash prosecutions ‘top priority’

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.

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Wreckage cleared, days after deadly Greek rail disaster

Recovery crews in northern Greece have cleared the final sections of wreckage from a deadly train collision from the tracks, as protests and political fallout from the country’s worst ever rail disaster continue

The Independent UK

Stationmaster accused of causing Greece’s deadliest train disaster charged with negligent homicide

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has apologised for any responsibility

Evening Standard

Greek railway employee jailed pending train crash trial

A station master arrested and charged over a deadly train crash in Greece has been remanded in custody as protesters angry about the disaster clash with police.

The New Daily

Greek PM apologises, angry protests erupt over deadly train disaster

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.

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Greek PM Mitsotakis apologizes for deadly train disaster

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has apologized for any responsibility Greece’s government bears for the deadliest train crash in the country’s history

The Independent UK

Greek PM ‘sorry’ over fatal train crash as station master detained pending trial

Rail employee, who was in post for only four days before the accident, addressed court for seven hours over disaster in which 57 people died

The Guardian - UK

Greek train crash: effort to find bodies expected to end as anger grows

Operation to locate missing passengers likely to be concluded three days after crash near Larissa that killed at least 57

The Guardian - UK

Greek train crash: anger grows as officials admit rail network problems

Government says rail projects beset by ‘chronic public sector ills’, as death toll from crash rises to 57

The Guardian - UK

Chiefs Check-in: Prospect interviews begin for Chiefs at NFL Scouting Combine

What's happening in #ChiefsKingdom? Check out the #Chiefs news of the day for March 2, 2023.

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Protests erupt in Greece after train crash tragedy that killed 43 blamed on 'human error'

'Tragic human error' appeared to be the cause of a horror head-on train crash which left 48 people dead and more than 100 injured just before midnight on Tuesday, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said

Daily Mirror

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 country into mourning. The 59-year-old will appear before a prosecutor to explain how a passenger train with over 350 people…

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Greece seeks answers over deadliest train tragedy

LARISSA, Greece: The toll from Greece’s worst rail accident rose to 42 on Thursday after a head-on collision blamed on “human error” that has sparked angry protests.

ABC News

Human error to blame for train crash, PM says. Victims likely students. How did this tragedy happen?

A station master is arrested and the country's transport minister has resigned after two trains travelling on the same track "for many kilometres" collided head-on. But how did this happen?

The New Daily

Greek minister resigns after train crash leaves 38 dead

The Greek transport minister has resigned and a station master charged with manslaughter over a deadly head-on collision between two trains.

The Independent UK

Stationmaster arrested after Greece train crash kills 36

A police statement identified the suspect only as a 59-year-old man

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Chiefs DE George Karlaftis met with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

After becoming the first Greek-born NFL player to win a Super Bowl, #Chiefs DE George Karlaftis met with Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

France 24

'Tragic human error' behind deadly Greek train crash, PM says

Rescuers searched for survivors Wednesday in the mangled, burned-out wreckage of two trains that slammed into each other in northern Greece, killing at least 38 people and crumpling carriages into twisted steel knots in the country’s worst-ever rail crash.

The Guardian - UK

British architect choice for controversial revamp of Athens ‘museum of museums’

David Chipperfield, renowned for work in Berlin, to undertake National Archaeological Museum project

The Independent UK

Major renovation planned for Athens' archaeological museum

Plans for a major renovation of the National Archaeological Museum in Greece have been announced by the country's Culture Ministry, expanding exhibition space at the Athens site that houses the most important collection of Greek antiquities in the world

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cairo, Athens to Enhance Cooperation in Energy, Power Linkage

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis have affirmed their keenness to boost mutual cooperation, especially in energy and power linkage. During a phone conversation, the two leaders discussed enhancing the strong bilateral ties on all levels, according to Presidential Spokesman Ahmed Fahmy. Sisi and Mitsotakis also…

Reuters

Greece sends earthquake aid to Turkey, putting aside rivalry

Greece sent thousands of tents, beds and blankets on Thursday to help the hundreds of thousands of people left homeless by deadly earthquakes in Turkey, in an act of solidarity with a neighbour that is a NATO ally but also a historic foe.

Reuters

Analysis-Prudence, reforms can help Greece regain investment grade after election

Greece will have to wait until after parliamentary elections this year to win back its long-awaited investment grade rating, and it will only do so if the new government stays on the path of reform and fiscal prudence, analysts told Reuters.

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