The president of the Tempe Victims’ Relatives Association, Maria Karystianou, has once again voiced her deep distrust of the Greek judiciary, describing the forthcoming Tempe trial as “a parody.” Speaking…
A day after Panos Routsis announced the end of his hunger strike—following the upholding of his request for the exhumation of his son, Dennis, and for toxicological and biochemical tests—a…
The struggle of Panos Routsis, whose 22-year-old son Dennis died in the Tempe train crash, has entered its 12th day. Routsis is on hunger strike in Syntagma Square, Athens, demanding…
Panos Routsis, the father of 22-year-old Dennis Routsis who died in the Tempi rail disaster, continued a hunger-and-thirst strike in Syntagma Square on Friday for a fourth day. He is…
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Four opposition parties – SYRIZA, PASOK–KINAL, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and the New Left – have withdrawn from the parliamentary pre-investigation committee on the Tempe rail disaster, accusing…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…