Tempi train crash protests

After the collision of two trains near Tempi, Greece on 28 February 2023, protests broke out across Greece. Millions of people participated in vigils, protests, or riots in response to the perceived lack of safety measures. Railway unions declared strikes in protest of Greece's government failing to modernize the rail system. The protests are some of the largest in Greek history, comparable in size to those that took place in 2011 during the height of the Greek financial crisis.

Timeline
On 1 March 2023, the first protests broke out in Athens and Thessaloniki. At the end of the Athens protest, when the demonstrators reached the Hellenic Train headquarters, fights broke out, with the police using tear gas against the crowd.

On 2 March and in response to both the tragedy and the growing dissatisfaction of the industry in general, the Panhellenic Union of Railway Personnel walked out in protest of working conditions and the lack of modernization of the railway network, beginning their strike, despite the fact that the STASY subway workers union had called off the planned strike in the Athens subway out of respect for the victims of the previous day. New protests were called in Athens and Thessaloniki on 2 and 3 March, with new clashes between the protesters and the police on 3 March.

On 5 March, protests in several cities and towns of Greece occurred. The protest in Athens, with a participation of 10,000 people according to the police, was attacked by the police. Videos include police officers falling with motorcycles into the crowd, hitting and using teargas against peaceful protestors. Solidarity protests occurred in other European cities, including Berlin and Copenhagen.

On 7 March, students walked out of class, closing many schools in Thessaloniki, forcing schools to move to online classes via Webex for a couple of days. In Athens, students left 57 empty chairs outside the ministry of transport.

The Confederation of Public Servants of Greece (ADEDY) called a 24-hour general strike for 8 March 2023. Coinciding with feminist demonstrations for the International Women's Day, large protests happened throughout Greece. In Thessaloniki, an estimated 60,000 people participated in the afternoon protest and 25,000 in the evening feminist march.

Several smaller scale protests in various neighborhoods of Athens, Thessaloniki and Patras took place on Saturday 11 March. New demonstrations occurred on 12 March.

The General Confederation of Greek Workers, called a 24-hour general strike on 16 March, which turned into a demonstration of 30,000 people in Athens (according to the police) and several smaller protests in other cities and towns. The protest in Athens, despite being peaceful, was attacked by the police. There were cases of police brutality even against junior high school students.