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*[[January 22]]: [[Costas Simitis]] become Prime Minister after [[Andreas Papandreou]]'s resignation due to ill health. | *[[January 22]]: [[Costas Simitis]] become Prime Minister after [[Andreas Papandreou]]'s resignation due to ill health. | ||
*[[January 23]]: [[Greece]] submits her candidacy as host country of the [[2004]] Olympics. | *[[January 23]]: [[Greece]] submits her candidacy as host country of the [[2004]] Olympics. | ||
− | + | ===June=== | |
+ | *[[June 5]]: [[Giorgos Donis]] becomes the most expensive Greek football player after signing with Blackburn for 1.1 billion drachmas. He also becomes the first Greek to play in the Premiership | ||
+ | *[[June 5]]: [[EPAE]] and [[PSAP]] agree on applying the new regulation concerning free trading of players from the European Union | ||
===August=== | ===August=== | ||
*[[August 11]]: [[Tasos Isaak]] is clubbed to death by Turks in [[Derynia]], [[Cyprus]]. | *[[August 11]]: [[Tasos Isaak]] is clubbed to death by Turks in [[Derynia]], [[Cyprus]]. |
Revision as of 13:28, June 5, 2006
Events
January
- January 16: Andreas Papandreou resigns as Prime Minister of Greece.
- January 22: Costas Simitis become Prime Minister after Andreas Papandreou's resignation due to ill health.
- January 23: Greece submits her candidacy as host country of the 2004 Olympics.
June
- June 5: Giorgos Donis becomes the most expensive Greek football player after signing with Blackburn for 1.1 billion drachmas. He also becomes the first Greek to play in the Premiership
- June 5: EPAE and PSAP agree on applying the new regulation concerning free trading of players from the European Union
August
- August 11: Tasos Isaak is clubbed to death by Turks in Derynia, Cyprus.
- August 14: Solomos Solomou is shot dead by a Turkish Cypriot politician in Derynia, Cyprus.
Deaths
March
- March 18: Odysseus Elytis, Nobel prize winning poet, born in Heraklion, Crete
June
- June 23: Andreas Papandreou, politician
- June 30: Lakis Petropoulos, football player and coach.
September
- September 17: Spiro Agnew, Greek-American Vice-President of the United States.
October
- October 21: Georgios Zoitakis, member of the military regime that ruled Greece from 1967-1974