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Eurozapping: a commemoration of a train disaster in Greece brought together more than 30,000 people
Like every evening, the 11 p.m. news news takes a look at the news broadcast by European television channels. It’s Eurozapping on Wednesday February 28.
(Franceinfo)
Like every evening, the 11 p.m. news news takes a look at the news broadcast by European television channels. It’s Eurozapping on Wednesday February 28.
Greece commemorates the most serious railway disaster in its history. 57 people lost their lives after this accident as a result of’a head-on collision last year. Thousands of Greeks took to the streets to demonstrate their discontent with the government. “Justice has not been served a year later, the government seeks to cover up every new detail”says Stergios Minaemis, survivor of the accident.
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Luis Montenegro, leader of the Democratic Alliance coalition, was sprayed with green paint by an environmental activist. A member of parliament for 20 years, he is also leader of the center-right Democratic Alliance coalition and could soon be the next Portuguese Prime Minister.
