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==Events== | ==Events== | ||
===January=== | ===January=== | ||
| − | *[[January 5]]: Police officer, Diamantis Matzounis, is fired upon with Kalashnikov rifles, outside the Ministry of Culture, and is injured as assaults against policemen continue since the shooting death of teenager, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, on [[December 6]], [[2008]]. A caller to a Greek television station claimed responsibility for the shooting in the name of a local far-left group [[Revolutionary Struggle]] which figures on the European Union's list of terrorist organizations. | + | *[[January 5]]: 21-year old Police officer, Diamantis Matzounis, is fired upon with Kalashnikov rifles, outside the Ministry of Culture, and is injured as assaults against policemen continue since the shooting death of teenager, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, on [[December 6]], [[2008]]. A caller to a Greek television station claimed responsibility for the shooting in the name of a local far-left group [[Revolutionary Struggle]] which figures on the European Union's list of terrorist organizations. |
| − | *[[January 7]]: Prime Minister [[Costas Karamanlis]] carries out a sweeping reshuffle of his Cabinet as [[New Democracy|his party]] struggles to retain its razor-thin control of parliament amid a string of scandals and the worst civil unrest the country has seen in decades. | + | *[[January 7]]: Prime Minister [[Costas Karamanlis]] carries out a sweeping reshuffle of his Cabinet as [[New Democracy|his party]] struggles to retain its razor-thin control of [[Hellenic Parliament|parliament]] amid a string of scandals and the worst civil unrest the country has seen in decades. |
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
Revision as of 15:57, January 8, 2009
Events
January
- January 5: 21-year old Police officer, Diamantis Matzounis, is fired upon with Kalashnikov rifles, outside the Ministry of Culture, and is injured as assaults against policemen continue since the shooting death of teenager, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, on December 6, 2008. A caller to a Greek television station claimed responsibility for the shooting in the name of a local far-left group Revolutionary Struggle which figures on the European Union's list of terrorist organizations.
- January 7: Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis carries out a sweeping reshuffle of his Cabinet as his party struggles to retain its razor-thin control of parliament amid a string of scandals and the worst civil unrest the country has seen in decades.
Deaths
January
- January 5: Evangelos Depastas, athlete (800m and 1500m).