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Clashes break out in Greece after rally outside parliament over deadly 2023 train crash

Clashes broke out in Athens on Wednesday between Greek police and demonstrators protesting over a 2023 train crash that killed 57 people, most of them students, in the country's worst rail disaster.

Associated Press News on MSN · 11h

Protests turn violent as Greece's government battles censure motion over deadly train crash

Protesters launched gasoline bombs and fireworks in clashes with police outside Greece's parliament late Wednesday, in renewed nationwide protests calling for politicians to be held accountable for a 2023 rail disaster that claimed 57 lives.

LA Times on MSN · 5d

Violent protests in Greece on rail crash anniversary as frustration at system failures boils over

Riot police have fired volleys of tear gas, stun grenades and water cannons at protesters hurling gasoline bombs and smashed-up paving stones in Athens.

Beny Steinmetz freed in Greece

Greek Reporter · 3h

Israeli ‘Diamond King’ Beny Steinmetz Released by Greece

Greece’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release of French-Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz and blocked his extradition to Romania

Reuters · 1d

Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz to be freed by Greek top court

Greece's top court has ordered the release of Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz, setting aside a lower court ruling for his extradition to Romania on an arrest warrant, his lawyer and a source with knowledge of the case told Reuters on Wednesday.

The Financial Times · 23h

Beny Steinmetz freed in Greece as court blocks extradition

Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz has been released from detention in Athens after Greece’s Supreme Court blocked his extradition to Romania. The move reverses a lower court’s decision that Steinmetz,

Human Rights Watch5h

Greece: Rail Crash Highlights Wider Rule of Law Failings

The Greek parliament’s decision to investigate a possible coverup for a fatal train crash two years ago is an opportunity to ...

No Trains, No Planes and Huge Protests: Strike Brings Greece to a Halt

Two years after the country’s deadliest rail disaster, many are still demanding greater safety and accountability.

Las Vegas Sun5d

As anger mounts over rail disaster in Greece, workers strike and thousands join protests

Hundreds of thousands of protesters have flooded the streets of cities across Greece as part of a general strike marking the second anniversary of a devastating train crash in northern Greece that has ...

Arty Athens: Greece is a must-visit for galleries in 2025

Why Athens, Greece is the must-visit destination for art lovers in 2025, with some of the best gallery spaces in Europe ...

Greek Reporter4d

Greece to Host World’s Largest Festival for Women, Femininity and Non-Binary

Greece is set to host the world’s largest festival celebrating women, femininities and non-binary individuals: The WOW Athens ...

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I moved from San Francisco to Greece before I had a place to live or any friends there. I don't regret a thing.

Lynn Roulo had a stable job and an apartment in San Francisco that she loved, but something called her to Greece. Her life ...

Greece: Riots erupt in Athens, Thessaloniki on second anniversary of deadliest 2023 train accident

Blaming the government for the train accident and calling it a murder, the protesters said the government has not done ...

Greek Reporter3d

The Top Archaeological Sites You Absolutely Must See in Greece

Besides the popular attractions, such as the Acropolis and Delphi, there are many more amazing archaeological around Greece ...

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