Larissa

A memorial service was held on Wednesday at the site of the railway crash in Tempe, central Greece, to honor the 57 individuals who lost their lives on February 28, 2023. Relatives and friends gathered to pay their respects, leaving flowers at the scene as they called for justice.

Even though a year has gone by since the February 28, 2023 rail disaster near Larissa at Tempe, central Greece - which claimed the lives of 57 people, most of them young university students returning from a long weekend break - judicial authorities appear to have widened the scope of inquiries in recent weeks, adding more names to their list of suspects.

A year after the deadly train crash near the Vale of Tempe, which left 57 dead, it is clear that the relatives of the victims and survivors will wait a long time to see justice done.

It's not that the investigation is lagging, but, with each aspect of the accident examined, more people come under scrutiny and more are likely to be charged.

Despite the "no" Chrysochoidis, farmers insist that they will descend with tractors in the capital- "It is now necessary to give this great battle", stresses the president of the Union Federation of Agricultural Associations of Larissa

Most of the farmers are determined to continue their mobilizations; however, some now believe that further escalation is not going to yield the results they want.

Thessaly farmers announced on Wednesday their decision to lift a tractor roadblock but underlined they remain unsatisfied and request a meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
 

Protesting farmers have continued to mobilize across the country ahead of a meeting with the prime minister in Athens on Tuesday.

Protesting farmers have agreed to step up their mobilizations across the country by blocking national and provincial roads as well as motorway toll stations from Wednesday.

At a meeting in the town of Nikaia in Larissa, farmer representatives also agreed to organize a tractor rally in Athens next week as well as in other cities nationwide.

Rare Super 8 footage captured between 1950 and 1980 by Takis Tloupas and unearthed in the basement of his Larissa home by director Kalliopi Legaki inspired her to explore the life of the photographer who gained renown for his black-and-white images of life in the Thessalian city and countryside. The resulting film, titled "My Father's Studio," "is not a portrait," the director says.

In today's world, with the coronavirus pandemic having boosted the use of bicycles and the climate crisis making it imperative to cut emissions from energy-intensive motorized transport, countries across the globe are redesigning their cities with cycling and walking at the forefront.

But not Greece - and certainly not Athens.