Strike and protests across Greece as anger mounts over rail disaster

The crash has come to symbolise institutional decay (AP)

Two years after a devastating train crash in northern Greece, a general strike and hundreds of demonstrations are bringing the nation to a standstill to mark the anniversary of a tragedy that has come to symbolise institutional failure.

The mass mobilisation, led by relatives of the 57 people killed in the Tempe disaster, has been fuelled by public resentment against the conservative government’s perceived inaction.