A smaller number of protesters were returning to the main square of Athens on Friday, following violent clashes between hooded individuals and riot police during a massive protest to demand justice on the second anniversary of the country’s deadliest train crash.

Maria Demertzis, the chief economist for Europe at the Conference Board in Brussels, joins Thanos Davelis to look into the European reaction to President Trump’s announcement that he plans to hit the EU with 25% tariffs.

The leader of the main opposition, Nikos Androulakis, welcomed the mass rallies organized across Greece to mark second anniversary of the 2023 rail disaster at Tempe on Friday, adding that the families of the victims are "fighting for vindication."

Clashes broke out in central Athens on Friday, as a group of unidentified individuals started hurling petrol bombs towards a large unit of riot police stationed in the yard of the Greek Parliament, as a massive peaceful protest rally was being held to mark the two year anniversary from the country’s deadliest train crash.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday his government is working to modernize the Greek railway network and make it safer, as hundreds of thousands gathered in Athens and numerous cities across the country to mark two years since the country’s deadliest train collision and protest the official handling of the case.

Fewer small businesses sold their products to buyers outside Greece in 2023 compared to 2022.

Hundreds of thousands of people rallied in cities and towns across Greece on Friday to demand justice on the second anniversary of the country’s deadliest-ever train crash.

Local news website voria.gr is live-streaming the rally and protest march held in Thessaloniki on the second anniversary of the train collision at Tempe, central Greece, that killed 57 people and injured dozens more.

The Greek Parliament on Friday observed a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the tragic rail accident in Tempe, central Greece, as thousands rallied in major cities.

Reuters has set up a live feed from Athens’ Syntagma square were thousands of protesters gathered ahead of the main protest rally to mark two years since Greece’s deadliest train crash in Tempe, near the city of Larissa. 

On Friday, many of us will take to the streets to express our anger, our sadness, our concern about our country, about our lives. The disappointment is focused not only on today’s government, nor only on previous governments and opposition parties.

Two years after a devastating train crash in northern Greece, a general strike and hundreds of demonstrations are bringing the nation to standstill to mark the anniversary of a tragedy that has become a symbol of institutional failure.

Outgoing President Katerina Sakellaropoulou marked two years since the deadly train collision in central Greece, that killed 57 people and injured dozens more, saying “truth and accountability” are needed in a case that has yet to reach court.  

Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis held key meetings in Washington DC with members of Congress to boost bilateral ties.

The center-left PASOK party is set to file a no-confidence motion against the government next week, citing failures in railway safety and disaster response following the deadly 2023 Tempe train crash.

Mass rallies and demonstrations have been planned across the country and in numerous cities around the world on Friday, to mark the second anniversary of Greece’s deadliest train crash at Tempe two years ago.

A damning report on Greece’s deadliest train disaster, which killed 57 people on February 28, 2023, was released Thursday, revealing systemic safety failures and the destruction of critical evidence within days of the crash.

Transportation workers will participate in a 24-hour general strike on Friday, marking two years since the Tempe railway disaster. All train services, including the Athens Suburban Railway (Proastiakos), will be suspended throughout the day.

Approximately 40,000 civil servants will see increases in their salaries after the settlement of the “personal difference” issue, related to their reduced wages based on when they started receiving their state salaries.

OTE, Greece’s biggest telecoms operator, reported a 1% rise in adjusted core earnings in the fourth quarter on Wednesday, driven by growth in its Greek mobile operations as well as lower personnel and maintenance costs in Greece.