Tempi crash death toll rises to 46; Larissa station master to appear before examining magistrate
The confirmed death toll from the deadly Tempi train disaster had climbed to 46 on Thursday morning, a fire brigade spokesperson said, while 57...
Protesters clash with riot police outside Hellenic Train headquarters in Athens
A group of approximately 1,000 people clashed with riot police outside the headquarters of Hellenic Train in Athens on Wednesday evening.
They were protesting in...
U.S. State Department offers condolences for Tempi tragedy, says U.S. ‘stands with our friend Greece’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken contacted his counterpart, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, on the telephone to offer the condolences of the United States...
PM Mitsotakis addresses the nation on Tempi train crash, announces cross-party investigation committee of experts
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke about the Tempi fatal train disaster in a televised address to the nation on Wednesday evening.
The Premier announced that...
Condolences from abroad continue to pour in after tragic train accident in Tempi
European Council President Charles Michel on Wednesday sent his condolences to the families of the victims of the tragic train accident in Greece.
"My thoughts...
PM Mitsotakis: Our thoughts are with the victims’ families
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrived at the Tempi Valley, the site of the deadly train accident, on Wednesday in order to be briefed on...
Varvitsiotis: We welcome the EU-UK agreement on N. Ireland opening a new page in EU-UK relations
Alternate Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis in a statement to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA) welcomed the agreement between the EU and the United Kingdom...
Infrastructure & Transport Minister Karamanlis resigns over Tempi fatal train crash
Infrastructure & Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis resigned on Wednesday, following the fatal train crash at Tempi.
In his statement, Karamanlis noted that "I feel it...
Androulakis: ‘The goal of the Mitsotakis government was to cover up the deep state it created’
"The goal of the Mitsotakis government from the start was to cover up the deep state it had itself created," the president of opposition...
Greek President meets with Moldova Prime Minister at Chisinau
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou met with the Prime Minister of Moldova, Dorin Recean, at Chisinau on Tuesday.
On a three-day official visit, Sakellaropoulou was invited...
SYRIZA ‘will create infrastructures of trust, meritocracy, accountability & transparency’, says Tsipras
SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance "will come to power to create, to build infrastructures of trust, meritocracy, accountability and transparency," said party leader Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday.
The...
At least 32 dead, 85 injured as trains collide near Tempi
At least 32 people were killed and more than 85 were injured when a passenger train collided with a freight train late on Tuesday, in...
Greek state budget reports 2.773 billion euros surplus in January
The Greek state budget recorded a surplus of 1.480 billion euros in January, up from a budget target for a surplus of 917 million...
PM Mitsotakis: Reforming the NHS is a top priority over the next four years
Reforming the National Health System is a top priority over the next four years, said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday, speaking at the...
GREECE – Subsidy for March household electricity tariffs at 40 euros per megawatt/hour
The subsidy for household electricity tariffs for March has been set at 40 euros per megawatt hour, according to statements by Environment and Energy...