Tempe train crash back to the fore

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The deadly Tempe train collision is backmost connected the governmental docket this week, arsenic a caller judicial record concerning the imaginable liability of erstwhile Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis is acceptable to beryllium sent to Parliament.

The Larissa authoritative will guardant the indictment against Karamanlis and perchance different elder officials astatine the Transport Ministry. The lawsuit record will see memos sent to the ministry astatine the time, successful which railway workers warned of gaps successful information systems owed to mediocre attraction and reduced staffing.

When the record reaches Parliament, absorption parties are expected to suggest the constitution of a committee of inquiry.

The authorities is working to displacement the governmental focus. Last week, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a caller acceptable of economical measures successful an effort to initiate a caller governmental rhythm pursuing the Easter holidays.

Further fiscal alleviation is besides connected the way. The premier curate has promised a caller wave of tax cuts, which will beryllium unveiled astatine the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair successful September.

Restructuring the railways

A furniture gathering will beryllium held connected Monday, with the superior point connected the docket being the presumption of a draught instrumentality connected the information and modernization of Greece’s railway network. The draught will beryllium presented by Alternate Infrastructure Minister Konstantinos Kyranakis.

Meanwhile, the main absorption party, PASOK, will besides contiguous its ain connection for transforming the country’s ailing obstruction network.

Three Seas Initiative

Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis will travel to Warsaw to be the 10th gathering of the Three Seas Initiative (3SI), where the absorption will beryllium connected reshaping vigor information successful Central and Eastern Europe.

3SI is simply a governmental concern involving thirteen EU subordinate states crossed the Baltic, Adriatic, and Black Seas.

EPP congress

The European People’s Party (EPP) will clasp its two-day legislature successful Valencia connected Tuesday and Wednesday. The ruling New Democracy enactment has nominated Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis to service arsenic the EPP’s vice-president.