Greece's Top Judicial Body Warns Tempe Train Crash Trial Is Being Hijacked for Political Gain

The head of Greece's Union of Judges and Prosecutors has issued a stark warning that politicians and lawyers are deliberately sabotaging the landmark Tempe train disaster trial, comparing their tactics to those of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party at the height of its rise. Christoforos Sevastidis, president of the union representing some 3,000 judicial officers, made the remarks on social media ahead of the resumption of proceedings in Larissa, where 36 defendants face charges over the February...

By ANTHEE CARASSAVA