ATHENS - Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned Greeks on Wednesday against any violence during scheduled protests to mark two years since a deadly train accident this week, saying provocative online posts aimed to create political instability.

Greece is expected to come to a standstill Friday with sweeping strikes and protests to mark the second anniversary of the country's worst rail tragedy, that left 57 dead in 2023.

A 24-hour general strike has halted trains and ferries, grounded flights and disrupted public services, while massive rallies are being held nationwide. View on euronews

Clashes broke out in Athens on Friday as hundreds of thousands of people rallied across Greece to demand justice on the second anniversary of the country's deadliest-ever train crash, and striking workers brought air,

Hooded attackers threw firebombs at police on Friday as 200,000 people demonstrated in Athens to mark the second anniversary of Greece's worst rail accident. Opinion polls indicate that most Greeks

Masked youths threw petrol bombs and clashed with police outside the Greek parliament on Friday, as huge crowds gathered in a show of force to mark the second anniversary of the country's worst

Riot police fired volleys of tear gas, stun grenades and water canon at protesters hurling gasoline bombs and smashed-up paving stones in Athens during mass demonstrations Friday to mark the second anniversary of a devastating train crash that has become a symbol of institutional failure in Greece.

Greek mass protests and a general strike Friday marking the second anniversary of a deadly train disaster morphed into violent Athens clashes between police and hundreds hooded, black-clad young protesters.

Scores of youths hurled rocks and gasoline bombs at police in front of Greece's parliament building in Athens on Friday during mass protests to mark the second anniversary of a devastating train crash in northern Greece.