Strikes and demonstrations are due to take place across Greece on Friday.

Public and private-sector trade unions have called a 24-hour general strike, which means that ships will not sail, planes will not fly and trains will stay in their depots.

Shops and businesses across the country will also remain closed for several hours. Night clubs will not open their doors, and even Anna Vissi, one of the country's biggest music stars, will not sing on Friday evening.

Demonstrations are planned in almost every city, town and village nationwide. People are using social media to call on their fellow citizens to join the protests.

Even expats are joining in, with memorial demonstrations planned in cities across Europe and America and as far afield as Sydney, Zanzibar, Buenos Aires and even the town of Akureyri in northern Iceland.

The people involved are all calling for the same thing: justice for the victims of the worst railway disaster in the history of Greece.

Friday marks the second anniversary of the Tempi railway disaster. Just before midnight on February 28, 2023, InterCity 62 from Athens to Thessaloniki collided head on with a freight train.

The accident happened near the Greek village of Tempi, which is close to the city of Larissa in central Greece.

Fifty-seven people died in the crash, including many students who often traveled this route. Many more were........

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