Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) employee was jailed for 17 months; he will be under house arrest while awaiting trial for the Tempi collision
The memorial will be in the form of a tree with 57 birds on it, symbolizing the number of victims in the 2023 railway accident, and will be built across from Technopolis
The repeated there was no cover up of the Tempi train crash
Speaking to Sky 100.3, Hellenic Railways Organization CEO Panagiotis Terezakis puts the ball firmly in the court of the judiciary and the media that published the manipulated dialogs
New Democracy (ND) still holds substantial lead over opposition parties ahead of the June EP elections
Copies of the recorded files are already in the hands of a magistrate assigned to the explosive case, who ordered the seizure following a report by the Athens weekly "To Vima" over tampering with the original files
He spoke during his regular weekly briefing on the government’s work, which is aired on Sundays
The government's reaction to the revelations adds three more questions to the long list it has so far refused to answer.
The motion is precipitated by revelations in an audio leak of the Tempi train disaster, by To BHMA's Sunday edition, which call into question New Democracy's account of the accident and further fuel accusations of a cover-up
SYRIZA's leader took to social media to call on PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis to resign following the recent developments concerning the tragedy in Tempi and to lead the country to elections.
To Vima (TO BHMA) reveals the joining of two separate exchanges from the night of the accident. Possible aims of the manipulation and an OSE official denies taking receipt of the audio material
He faces charges in relation to the posting of the 59-year-old station director who has been accused of erroneously shifting one train into the path of another on the ill-fated evening of Feb. 28.
Today's session on Tempi rail disaster investigation, will begin with statements from the parties’ rapporteurs, while all opposition party leaders are expected to speak
The report will also be forwarded to the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) as well as to the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
Fifty-seven people perished in the rail disaster when a passenger train and a freight train collided head-on halfway between the municipalities of Tempi and Evangelismos in the Thessaly province, central Greece
Deputies of main opposition SYRIZA cited the possible criminal liability by Kostas A. Karamanlis, who was transport minister during the train collision
The Greek Prime Minister began his weekly review post with reference to the one year anniversary of the Tempi train crash
The plaintiffs are asking for one million euros in compensation for non-pecuniary losses and suffering due to the death of their relative
Wide-spread flooding last September also devastated the main north-south railroad axis in central Greece
Additionally, the bells of church parishes in the local Larissa Metropolis rang mournfully 57 times, echoing the collective grief felt by the community