Viral video on Greek protests turns out to be old footage

A video is circulating linking Greek cost-of-living protests to a rail disaster, but fact-checking shows the footage actually comes from the latter event in 2023.

## Confusing protests in Athens

Information has been circulating linking demonstrations in **Greece** to the rising cost of living. However, the video material accompanying these claims has come under scrutiny. What is presented as a current protest over inflation turns out, according to fact-checking analyses, to be footage from past demonstrations.

## The accident that changed everything

The footage in question appears to correspond to the protests that took place after the tragic rail disaster in **Tempe**, **Greece**, in February **2023**. In that incident, a head-on collision between two trains killed **57 people** and sparked a wave of outrage and demands for the government to take responsibility. The confusion arises from mixing the cause of these protests with other social concerns.

## Disinformation and context

The spread of out-of-context videos is a recurring phenomenon. In this case, an attempt is made to link concern over rising prices, a sensitive issue in many economies, with a specific and tragic event. The fact-check, carried out by outlets specialising in detecting hoaxes, clarifies that the footage does not show current cost-of-living protests, but rather the aftermath of that rail disaster.