Greece awaits answers a year after worst train disaster
Greece was still waiting for a final accounting of what went wrong and who may have been responsible one year after its deadliest train crash killed 57 people.
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Greece was still waiting for a final accounting of what went wrong and who may have been responsible one year after its deadliest train crash killed 57 people.
The accident in Tempe has caused a wave of rage, strikes and protest rallies across the country.
Basic services and infrastructure has been degraded or destroyed over the past 15 years of scorched-earth austerity demanded by the European Union and International Monetary Fund and imposed by successive governments, including SYRIZA (Coalition of the Radical Left).
At least 26 people have been killed and dozens more left injured after two trains collided in northern Greece, with authorities fearing the death toll will soar.
The head of the Hellenic Trains station, who was arrested after a train accident near the Greek city of Larisa, pleaded guilty. This was reported on March