Tempi rail disaster

Parliament debate expected to commence on Wednesday and conclude the next day

The motion is precipitated by revelations in an audio leak of the Tempi train disaster, by To BHMA's Sunday edition, which call into question New Democracy's account of the accident and further fuel accusations of a cover-up

SYRIZA's leader took to social media to call on PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis to resign following the recent developments concerning the tragedy in Tempi and to lead the country to elections.

To Vima (TO BHMA) reveals the joining of two separate exchanges from the night of the accident. Possible aims of the manipulation and an OSE official denies taking receipt of the audio material

He faces charges in relation to the posting of the 59-year-old station director who has been accused of erroneously shifting one train into the path of another on the ill-fated evening of Feb. 28.

Today's session on Tempi rail disaster investigation, will begin with statements from the parties’ rapporteurs, while all opposition party leaders are expected to speak

The reports claim that the Tempi rail disaster in late February 2023 and the continuing fall-out from the deadly train collision – which claimed 57 lives – along with slumping revenues are the reasons for the purported de-investment

The report will also be forwarded to the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) as well as to the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)

Fifty-seven people perished in the rail disaster when a passenger train and a freight train collided head-on halfway between the municipalities of Tempi and Evangelismos in the Thessaly province, central Greece

The incident in northwest Athens comes a little more than a year after the deadly Tempi rail collision

Deputies of main opposition SYRIZA cited the possible criminal liability by Kostas A. Karamanlis, who was transport minister during the train collision

Initiative comes exactly one year since deadly Tempi rail disaster in north-central Greece

The Greek Prime Minister began his weekly review post with reference to the one year anniversary of the Tempi train crash

The plaintiffs are asking for one million euros in compensation for non-pecuniary losses and suffering due to the death of their relative

Wide-spread flooding last September also devastated the main north-south railroad axis in central Greece

Additionally, the bells of church parishes in the local Larissa Metropolis rang mournfully 57 times, echoing the collective grief felt by the community

The development comes after high-profile assertions by victims’ relatives, their legal counsels and media reports citing the prospect of toxic materials or fuel accelerants causing a large explosion immediately after the collision on the evening of Feb. 28, 2023