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===March=== | ===March=== | ||
*[[March 3]]: A powerful earthquake, measuring 6 on the Richter scale, strikes the [[Elassona]] area. | *[[March 3]]: A powerful earthquake, measuring 6 on the Richter scale, strikes the [[Elassona]] area. | ||
| + | *[[March 9]]: More than 5,000 people demonstrate in [[Nea Smyrni]] after a video is shown of a police officer beating a protester two days earlier. A Greek policeman is seriously injured during the protests. | ||
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
Revision as of 12:21, March 10, 2021
Events
January
- January 4: The number of deaths, due to COVID-19 in Greece, reaches the 5,000 mark.
- January 4: Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reshuffles his cabinet.
February
- February 9: Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announces a near-total lockdown in Attica until February 28, citing a "worrying" rise in hospitalizations and the spread of the Covid-19 variants which are more transmissible.
- February 15: The heaviest snowfall to hit Greece in 12 years triggers power cuts and disrupts transport throughout the country.
March
- March 3: A powerful earthquake, measuring 6 on the Richter scale, strikes the Elassona area.
- March 9: More than 5,000 people demonstrate in Nea Smyrni after a video is shown of a police officer beating a protester two days earlier. A Greek policeman is seriously injured during the protests.
Deaths
- February 11: Antonis Kaloyiannis, singer