Giorgos Gerapetritis

With limited itineraries, lower speeds, fewer trains and stops and mandatory two stationmasters per shift at each station, the railway will be restarted after the tragic accident in Tempi. A basic condition for passenger services to start by the end of the month is to find a common ground with the workers, who rightly ask for increased safeguards to get back on the trains.

Railroad employees said they will continue their strike action through Friday, a decision that will suspend national and suburban railroad schedules.

Greece's newly-appointed transport minister on Wednesday announced a series of measures to improve the safety of the country's railway system in the wake of the deadly train collision on February 28.

The European Union is sending experts to Athens this week to help the country improve safety on its rail system in the wake of last week's deadly collision between two trains in central Greece.

Greece's privacy watchdog has asked to brief the parliament's institutions and transparency committee on its findings regarding its investigation of the wiretapping scandal.  

On the one hand, a recount of what has so far been achieved and the planning of the next steps. On the other hand, pre-election planning - the goals ahead of the polls, the rhetoric, and the New Democracy stratgey overall.

Suspicions confirmed

Koukakis's account of his run-in with Predator reads like the script of a Hollywood thriller. Only this is not fiction.

A new strong message to Turkey was sent by the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, speaking today at the Council of Ministers, which is in progress.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis chaired a meeting on Wednesday on the close cooperation required between the ministries of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Environment and Energy and National Defence with respect to actions for the restoration of fire-stricken areas - especially flood protection - and the timely preparation of the 2022 firefighting period.

Planning at a both European and a bilateral, as well as at a national level, so as to protect the borders and avoid a new humanitarian crisis was put in place during the Government National Security Council (KYSEA), chaired by the Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis.