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A former regional governor has denied charges of dereliction of duty and other misdemeanors related to activities conducted at site of the deadly Tempe railway collision, which was covered over aggregate and concrete in the aftermath of the deadly disaster.

A car accident occurred early Friday afternoon (16/8) in Larissa, resulting in the injury of a police officer.

According to information from onlarissa.gr, the incident took place on Karamanlis Avenue at the height of the Thessalian stadium, when a car collided with a motorbike of the DIA team.

Residents in Thessaly have been supplied with bags of sand

The government has denied claims in a Sunday newspaper that the audio recordings allegedly between a stationmaster and a driver taken on the night of the Tempe railway disaster were tampered with before their publication in the media.

The decision by authorities to cover the site of last year's railway disaster in Tempe, central Greece, is now under investigation, following an order by the prosecutor's office in the appeals court of Larissa, Kathimerini has learned.

Even though a year has gone by since the February 28, 2023 rail disaster near Larissa at Tempe, central Greece - which claimed the lives of 57 people, most of them young university students returning from a long weekend break - judicial authorities appear to have widened the scope of inquiries in recent weeks, adding more names to their list of suspects.

Despite the "no" Chrysochoidis, farmers insist that they will descend with tractors in the capital- "It is now necessary to give this great battle", stresses the president of the Union Federation of Agricultural Associations of Larissa

The villages of Falani, Koulouri, and Dasohori, located near the city of Larissa in the Thessaly region of central Greece, received evacuation orders on Friday as a precautionary measure in response to the impact of Storm Daniel that has struck the region.

All neighborhoods along the riverbanks in Larissa are currently submerged.

The two experts appointed by the head of the Larissa prosecutor's office have submitted their findings about the causes of the Feb. 28 deadly train crash in central Greece.

Sources within the city's court system would not commend secifically, but told Kathimerini many of the findings in the experts' report will be crucial in shaping their investigation.

A charming neoclassical edifice of the old Larissa Conservatory is among dozens of buildings being slated for restoration by the municipal authority of the central Greece city. Following a recent study, the local Architects' Association has drawn up a list of more than 50 buildings deemed to warrant protection. [Apostolis Domalis/AMNA]