(7 Mar 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Athens, Greece – 7 March 2025
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Various of clashes at protest, with gasoline bombs being thrown
2. Wide of protestors
3. Wide of riot police near burning object
4. Mid, pull out to wide of riot police
5. Various of explosions going off at protest
6. Wide of protestors flowing fireworks and burning projectiles; police police running
STORYLINE:
Protesters launched burning projectiles and fireworks in clashes with police outside Greece’s parliament Friday, in renewed nationwide protests calling for politicians to be held accountable for a 2023 rail disaster that claimed 57 lives.
Thousands of demonstrators rallied across Greece for the third time in a week Friday to protest the government’s handling of the disaster.
The protests began in Athens and other cities as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ center-right government faced a censure motion over the 2023 train collision that killed 57 people and injured dozens more.
The demonstrations, some turning violent, mark the second anniversary of the Feb. 28, 2023 collision at Tempe in northern Greece. In a rare display of unity, four center-left and left-wing opposition parties tabled the no-confidence motion, arguing that the government has failed to accept responsibility for multiple rail safety system failures identified by investigators.
The parliamentary vote, scheduled for later Friday, is not expected to threaten Mitsotakis’ government.
Despite widespread public anger over the Tempe rail disaster, the fragmented opposition has struggled to capitalize on the discontent.
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