2018

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Events

January

  • January 17: Notorious crime boss, Vasilis Stefanakos, is gunned down, in front of his house, in Haidari.
  • January 28: The first round of the Cypriot presidential elections is held. Incumbent Nikos Anastasiades takes first place with 35.5% of the vote while Stavros Malas finishes second with 30.24%.

February

March

April

  • April 9: Greek forces fire at a Turkish helicopter that was hovering low over the Greek island of Rho.
  • April 12: A Greek Mirage 2000-5 fighter jet goes down, off the coast of Skyros, killing its pilot. The jet had been on a mission to intercept Turkish jets.

May

June

July

August

September

  • September 29: Cyclone Zorbas strikes Greece causing much flooding and damage.

October

  • October 21: Stefanos Tsitsipas wins his first ATP-title beating Ernests Gulbis from Latvia 6-4, 6-4 in Stockholm.
  • October 25: A strong earthquake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scales, strikes off the coast of Zakynthos.

November

December

  • December 17: A bomb goes off at the offices of Sky TV in Neo Faliro.
  • December 27: A homemade explosive device detonates outside the church of Saint Dionysios in Athens, wounding a police officer and a civilian.

Deaths

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September