Athens, Mar 16 (EFE).- Greece’s train operator has announced a 42,000 euros compensation plan for each family affected by February’s deadly train collision as anger continues to mount in the country amid a second general strike planned on Thursday. The families of deceased passengers will receive an advance payment of 42,000 euros ($44,623), injured passengers … Read more
Athens, Mar 8 (EFE).- Public sector workers in Greece went on strike on Wednesday in response to the deadly train collision that killed 57 people last week. The strike was called by the Greek civil servants’ confederation (ADEDY) and has been backed by maritime and public transport workers, doctors, teachers and actors. Railway workers were … Read more
Athens, Mar 3 (EFE).- Forensic experts on Friday were scouring for biological samples in the mangled wreckage of two trains that collided head-on in central Greece this week killing at least 57 people. Officials are now working on identifying passengers who remain unaccounted for or those confirmed to have died in what was Greece’s deadliest … Read more
Athens, Mar 2 (EFE).- The Greek government was facing protests and strikes on Thursday amid allegations of negligence after at least 57 people were killed in a head-on collision between a passenger train and a freight train near the town of Tempi earlier this week. Rescuers worked through the night in search of traces of … Read more
