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Tempe casts heavy shadow over public mood as accident report confirms serious safety failings On the eve of planned demonstrations to mark the second anniversary of the Tempe rail accident, more polls capture widespread public discontent with the authorities’ handling of the crash, further chipping away at support for mainstream political parties.
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Government lines up bills on education and housing, mulls social media controls for minors The government is drafting several pieces of legislation for the resumption of parliamentary activity after the holidays, focussing on secondary education reform and boosting the housing supply, while the PM’s office is said to be considering ways of limiting access to harmful social media content for underage users.
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Dead fish in Volos cause big political stink More than 100 tons of dead fish that washed up off the port city of Volos in central Greece, causing a big stink in Greek politics.
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Governing party MPs rally around ex-transport minister to fend off opposition attacks New Democracy politicians presented a united front defending the government against a censure motion triggered by its handling of the deadly Tempe rail crash. Their fulsome support for resigned transport minister Kostas Karamanlis brought condemnation from the opposition parties, who accuse the government of arrogance.
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New Democracy comes out fighting against Tempe censure motion Opposition parties directed a barrage of cover-up accusations at the government over the Tempe crash at the opening of a three-day debate on the censure motion submitted on Tuesday.
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Government prepares to hit back at opposition's censure motion over train crash Greece’s opposition parties are expected to table this Tuesday a censure motion in Parliament as part of an attempt to hold the government to account over what they believe is a cover-up attempt in connection to last year’s deadly Tempe train crash.
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New political storm heads towards PM following report on Tempe recordings Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who is on an official visit to Canada, faces a political storm on his return to Athens amid accusations that his government was involved in the doctoring of audio recordings connected to the Tempe train crash in order to make the claim that the accident was solely the result of human error more plausible.
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Opposition parties vow not to let up on Tempe despite inquiry verdict The conclusions of a parliamentary inquiry laying the blame for the Tempe rail crash on human error were roundly rejected by opposition parties in Parliament, in an indication that the handling of the deadly incident will continue to dog the New Democracy administration.
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Investigations into voter email leak continue despite denials from government Parallel investigations into the security breach which enabled a government MEP to mass-email overseas voters in the run-up to the European Parliament elections are set to continue despite efforts by the prime minister’s office to contain the damage.
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MEPs agree to keep Tempe file open despite government's efforts to conclude inquiry Despite the conclusion last week of the parliamentary inquiry into the Tempe train crash, the government’s hopes that the issue will slip down the agenda suffered a blow on Monday, when relatives of the 57 victims in the accident appeared before a European Parliament committee again.