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☆ Greek Train Crash Death Toll Rises, Prompts Calls for Government Accountability
  + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Cristina Roca | Eric Sylvers | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A day after Greece’s worst train crash in at least 60 years, protesters demanded the government take responsibility for the disaster that left at least 46 people dead. Protesters and labor unions on Thursday pushed back against Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ’s assessment that human error was the main cause. They said a lack of technology embedded in the railway network, poor railway maintenance and staff shortages were to blame.
☆ Greece Train Crash Leaves at Least 36 Dead
  + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Eric Sylvers | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Firefighters and rescuers on the scene after the rail accident near Larissa, Greece. A train carrying several hundred people crashed late Tuesday night into a freight train in Greece, killing at least 36 and injuring more than 80. As of late Wednesday morning, 150 firefighters and 30 ambulances were at the scene as the search for survivors and victims continued, according to the Greek fire service. The crash occurred near the city of Larissa on the main line that runs between the Greek capital of Athens and Thessaloniki, the country’s second-largest city.
☆ Greece Train Crash Leaves at Least 38 Dead
  + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Eric Sylvers | Cristina Roca | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A train carrying several hundred people crashed late Tuesday night into a freight train in Greece, killing at least 38 and injuring more than 80, in one of the worst rail disasters in the country’s history. Infrastructure and Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis said he would step down Wednesday after visiting the scene of the crash. “When something this tragic occurs, we can’t go on as if nothing had happened,” he said.
☆ Dozens of Migrants Drown in Shipwreck Off Italian Coast
  + stars: | 2023-02-26 | by ( Eric Sylvers | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Italian firefighters and Red Cross personnel gather at the scene where bodies of migrants washed ashore. At least 43 migrants died trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa after their ship broke apart Sunday in stormy weather near the southern Italian coast, according to Italian authorities, spotlighting the European Union’s continued struggles to resolve the issue of illegal immigration. There were at least 120 people on board the boat when it ran into rocks near the coast, the Italian Coast Guard said. Eighty survivors have been found on the beach and in the sea.
☆ Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi Acquitted in Sex-Scandal Trial
  + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Eric Sylvers | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The court’s decision clears Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, 86, after a trial that lasted six years. MILAN—An Italian court on Wednesday acquitted the country’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of bribing witnesses in a previous trial where he faced charges of having sex with an underage girl. The court’s decision clears Mr. Berlusconi, 86, after a trial that lasted six years and concerned events that took place a decade ago. The court’s decision also absolved three dozen women, including Karima El Mahroug , the woman at the center of the case who at the time of the events was a nightclub dancer nicknamed “Ruby Heart-Stealer.”
☆ Greece Bans Extreme-Right Party From Elections
  + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Eric Sylvers | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Golden Dawn supporters at a rally a few years ago. A Greek court later ruled that the party was a criminal organization. Greece banned an extreme-right political party and its jailed leader from running in elections later this year, a move some lawmakers warned could be susceptible to future abuse. The Greek Parliament late on Wednesday passed an amendment that will outlaw parties whose leaders have been convicted of a serious crime and are deemed to be a threat to democracy. The amendment, published on Thursday, doesn’t mention specific parties, but government officials have said it targets the Greek National Party and its leader Ilias Kasidiaris.
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