Protesters hurled petrol bombs and set fire to trash cans in Athens on Friday as hundreds of thousands of Greeks went on strike and took to the streets in nationwide demonstrations on the second anniversary of the country's deadliest train crash.

Blaming the government for the train accident and calling it a murder, the protesters said the government has not done anything to get justice

New protests for the Tempi accident are planned across Greece today, Wednesday. In Athens, a protest is planned at noon at the Propylaea by university and school students. In the afternoon, a new rally is being organized outside the Parliament by labor centers, federations, and unions.

Following the annulment of Romania's presidential elections in 2024 amid allegations of Russian interference, there have been a number of demonstrations in support of far-right candidate Calin Georgescu who had won the first round.

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

Violence also broke out on the fringes of a protest in the northern city of Thessaloniki, where dozens of hooded protesters broke away from the main rally to clash with riot police. In Athens, repeated rounds of clashes near Parliament left at least 20 ...

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A huge protest in Athens on Friday to mark the second anniversary of Greece’s worst train tragedy saw clashes between firebomb-wielding youths and police who fired tear gas, TV footage showed. The youths began throwing stones and firebombs at police guarding parliament as nearly 200,

Thousands of demonstrators are rallying across Greece for the third time in a week to protest the government’s handling of a deadly rail disaster that occurred two years ago