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===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]]: 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]] announces a Cabinet reshuffle. | ||
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
Revision as of 13:36, January 7, 2009
Events
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 7: Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis announces a Cabinet reshuffle.
Deaths
January
- January 5: Evangelos Depastas, athlete (800m and 1500m).