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*[[January 9]]: [[Roy Tarpley]], [[basketball]] player. | *[[January 9]]: [[Roy Tarpley]], [[basketball]] player. | ||
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Revision as of 12:12, January 26, 2015
Events
January
- January 3: Escaped convicted November 17 member, Christodoulos Xiros, is apprehended by police in Anavyssos.
- January 3: George Papandreou launches his new political party, the Movement of Democratic Socialists.
- January 5: The Athens Stock Exchange closes at 789.20 - a loss of 5.6% - amid rumours of a future Greek exit from the Eurozone.
- January 6: Michel resigns his position as head coach of Olympiakos FC.
- January 9: Cyprus Airways ceases operations after the EU rules they cannot receive any further state aid.
- January 13: The elder Paisios is canonised a saint by the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
- January 25: The radical left-wing Syriza party of Alexis Tsipras wins the parliamentary elections with 36.34% of the vote, gaining 149 seats in the Hellenic Parliament.
- January 26: Alexis Tsipras' Syriza party reaches a deal with the conservative Independent Greeks of Panos Kammenos to form an anti-bailout coalition.
Deaths
- January 9: Roy Tarpley, basketball player.
- January 24: Demis Roussos, singer