Church bells tolled, a 24-hour strike halted rail services, and tens of thousands of workers and students marched through the Greek capital city of Athens, on Wednesday (Feb 28) to mark the anniversary of the country’s deadliest train crash which killed 57 people and injured dozens more.

Greece: Church bells, 24-hour strike and protests mark a year since country’s worst train crash

The Greek government said on Saturday (March 18) that it has sacked its national police chief, following days of clashes between security forces and demonstrators in the wake of the February 28 train tragedy that killed 57 people.

Greece train tragedy protests: Police chief sacked following clashes between forces, demonstrators

Thousands took to the streets of Greece’s capital city Athens on Sunday (March 5), which also led to brief clashes between police and a group of protesters after they gathered in front of the Greek parliament on Syntagma Square.

Greece: Thousands protest in Athens over deadly train crash; PM issues apology

Protesters took to the streets of Greece on Friday as they demanded justice for the 57 victims who died in the train collision accident. In other news, US presidential hopeful Nikki Haley is leaving no stone unturned to secure a presidential nomination as she targetted her party rival Donald Trump.

Morning news brief: Protests erupt in Greece after train collision, Nikki Haley targets Trump and more

Clashes erupted across Greece as thousands of demonstrators demanded justice for 57 people killed in the country's worst train collision, with some condemning the tragedy as a "crime.

'Murderers!': Thousands of protesters clash with police across Greece over deadly train collision

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that the country's worst-ever rail disaster, in which 43 people died, was a result of "tragic human error". The prime minister gave the statement after he visited the accident site where a freight train and a passenger train had a head-on collision on Tuesday night.