Kostas Karamanlis

How things have changed in 15 years! In 2008, a Chinese state company, Cosco, bought the port of Piraeus, outbidding a Hong Kong-based multinational. No Western firm showed an interest in Greece's biggest port.

In the wake of the deadly train collision in northern Greece on February 28, three former ministers of infrastructure and transport (Michalis Chrysochoidis, Christos Spirtzis, Kostas Karamanlis) along with incumbent Giorgos Gerapetritis will attend Parliament's Committee on Institutions and Transparency on Monday, which will convene following an initiative of ruling New Democracy's parliamentar

Members of far-left activist group Rouvikonas ("Rubicon") threw fliers Sunday outside the home of former Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis and posted the event, along with a statement, on their Facebook account.

The fliers read "Karamanlis, Minister of Crimes and Murders."

More than 50 people died in the accident.
Riots broke out on Syntagma Square, and the police used tear gas and stun grenades, the media reported.

The train disaster in Greece provoked protests by the thousands. About 10,000 people marched in downtown Athens. The police used tear gas and stun grenades. pic.twitter.com/lrRYSgI3TN

Rescuers at the scene of the train collision near Larissa in northern Greece, 1 March 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE/ACHILLEAS CHIRAS

"Justice will do its job," Mitsotakis said in a televised address after visiting the crash site. "People will be held accountable, while the state will be on the side of the people." he added.

A bill for the reorganization of Hellenic Railways Organisation - OSE and its project management subsidiary ERGOSE is being promoted by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport.

In the op ed text for the newspaper "Kathimerini", Mallias spoke about the relations between Greece, Albania and the so-called Kosovo, i.e. the policy pursued by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias.

Three more stations on Line 3 of the Athens metro, also known as the blue line, will open to passengers by early July, Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis said on Thursday.

Athens water utility EYDAP has been ordered not to cut off supply to indebted consumers following scenes of crowding outside its downtown regional headquarters.

Transport and Infrastructures Minister Kostas Karamanlis said on Thursday he is considering making the use of surgical masks in public transport mandatory, when the government starts revoking some of the measures to slow down the spread of the coronavirus.