Justice minister Giorgos Floridis sparked outrage with remarks dismissing protests against Israeli tourists as a ‘suicide option’. The demonstrations, organised by citizens expressing opposition to Israel’s assault on Gaza and…
Four opposition parties – SYRIZA, PASOK–KINAL, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and the New Left – have withdrawn from the parliamentary pre-investigation committee on the Tempe rail disaster, accusing…
Former Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Costas Ach. Karamanlis, has chosen to respond to the parliamentary pre-investigation committee with a brief, written memorandum. This approach mirrors that of Christos Triantopoulos,…
The preliminary investigation into the Tempe railway disaster, launched solely with the votes of 154 New Democracy MPs, has convened for its first session. The Committee has been established to…
On Wednesday 19 June, the Greek parliament approved a government-sponsored proposal restricting legal proceedings against former Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Kostas Karamanlis to a single misdemeanour charge of dereliction…
Maria Karystianou, president of the Tempe Victims’ Relatives Association, has publicly condemned the Greek parliament’s decision to treat the case against former transport minister Kostas Karamanlis as a misdemeanour. The…
“This is going too far,” Mitsotakis said, speaking at the New Democracy political committee on Monday. “In desperation, they have reached the most extreme step: to accuse ministers and me,…
On Tuesday, the plenary of the European Parliament in Brussels will hold a debate among political groups on the Tempe train disaster, in the presence of Commissioner for Transport Apostolos…
Maria Karystianou, president of the Tempe Victims’ Relatives Association, spoke to in.gr and journalist Rania Tzima about threats she has received following her direct accusations against Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis…
Today, the trial concerning the handling of CCTV footage from the freight train involved in the fatal Tempe railway collision is set to take place at the Single-Member Misdemeanour Court…