Three Years After the Tempi Tragedy – Greece Floods the Streets Demanding Justice
Nationwide protests, strikes and memorials mark the anniversary of the deadly train crash that claimed 57 lives
Nationwide protests, strikes and memorials mark the anniversary of the deadly train crash that claimed 57 lives
The sum, divided equally among the inspector’s wife and three children (€200,000 each for moral damages), was awarded based on the court’s finding that both the Greek rail operator OSE and private operator Hellenic Train bear responsibility for the collision due to communication and safety system failures.
The Mount Pelion steam train, one of the world’s narrowest railway lines, will start its daily trips on July 1.
The Tempe train crash will remain at the top of the political agenda for another week, as political parties submit their – divergent – findings to the parliamentary investigative committee, effectively agreeing that they disagree.
A decision to wipe away the names of the 57 victims of the 2023 train crash at Tempe which had been written in red on the pavement of Syntagma Square
“As Prime Minister, as a citizen, but also as a father, I participate in the mourning of the homeland”, Mitsotakis emphasised in his message on the one-year anniversary of the tragic train accident.
The officials include two former presidents and CEOs, a former CEO, and an executive member of the board of OSE.
These were the Athens-Thessaloniki train departing at 22:20, and the Thessaloniki-Thriasio train (West Attica industrial zone) departing at 21:45, on Wednesday.