Mar 02 Greece train collision death toll rises to 57 as crews continue searching crash site By Costas Kantouris, Derek Gatopoulos, Associated Press Emergency crews cut through the mangled remains of a passenger train on Thursday, progressing “centimeter by centimeter” in their search for the dead from a head-on collision in northern Greece that killed at least 57 people. Rail workers went on… Continue reading
Mar 01 Greek transport minister resigns after train crash kills at least 36 people By Costas Kantouris, Derek Gatopoulos, Associated Press Rescuers delved Wednesday through flattened, burned-out carriages for survivors and bodies after a passenger train and a freight train crashed head-on in central Greece overnight, killing at least 36 people and injuring scores. Continue reading
Feb 28 Fiery train crash in Greece kills 16, injures at least 85 By Costas Kantouris, Derek Gatopoulos, Associated Press Multiple train cars derailed and at least three caught fire after the crash during the night near Tempe, some 235 miles north of Athens. Continue reading
Jan 31 Greek opposition party says it won’t participate in parliamentary votes over wiretap scandal By Associated Press It made the move on Tuesday in response to the alleged wiretapping of senior officials by the state intelligence service. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch 6:54 UN and EU call on Greece to stop prosecuting migrant rescue groups By Malcolm Brabant, Daphne Tolis The human rights arms of the United Nations and the European Union have called on Greece to stop criminalizing pro-refugee non-profit groups. Both the U.N. and E.U. say targeting humanitarian groups with prosecutions is having a chilling effect on the… Continue watching
Jan 10 Constantine, Olympic gold medalist and last king of Greece, dies at 82 By Demetris Nellas, Associated Press Constantine, the former and last king of Greece, who won an Olympic gold medal before becoming entangled in his country's volatile politics in the 1960s as king and spent decades in exile, has died. Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch 7:34 News Wrap: Dozens of children and adults killed by attacker in Thailand In our news wrap Thursday, an attacker armed with guns and a knife stormed into a daycare center in Thailand and massacred dozens of children and adults, a federal judge halted key provisions of New York's sweeping gun law and… Continue watching
Oct 06 22 dead and dozens missing after 2 migrant ships sink near Greece By Thanassis Stavrakis, Srdjan Nedeljkovic, Associated Press Bodies are floating amid splintered wreckage in the water off two Greek islands as the death toll from the sinking of two migrant boats in Greek waters has risen to 22, with many still missing. Continue reading
Sep 07 Greece incentivizes state workers to save power By Nicholas Paphitis, Associated Press Greece's government has announced a carrot-and-stick drive to cut public sector energy use by 10 percent this year. It's linking compliance to funding and urging state employees to switch off lights and appliances when leaving the office. Continue reading
Jul 20 Wildfires slow in southern Europe, but blaze now threatens Athens By Thanassis Stavrakis, Derek Gatopoulos, Associated Press Nearly 500 firefighters are struggling to contain a large wildfire that is threatening hillside suburbs outside Athens for a second day, after hundreds of residents were evacuated overnight. Continue reading