1996

Events

January 16: Andreas Papandreou resigns as Prime Minister of Greece.
January 22: Costas Simitis becomes 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 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
June 16: The Greek Athletics Championships celebrated 100 years at OAKA Stadium. Five new records were set: Niki Bakogianni (1.97m in high jump), Olga Vasdeki (14.48m in triple jump), Alexandros Papadimitriou (77.84m in hammer), Stelios Bisbas (13.61 in 110m hurdles) and Katerina Koffa (22.66 in 200m)

July 8: Cypriot parties, on both sides of the divide, condemn the assassination of Turkish-Cypriot reporter Kutlu Adali.
July 28: Greek gymnast Yiannis Melissanidis wins gold in the floor exercises at the Atlanta Olympic Games.
July 28: Greek weightlifter Kakhi Kakhiasvili wins gold in the Atlanta Olympic Games.
July 30: Nikos Kaklamanakis wins the olympic gold in Mistral class at the Atlanta Olympics.

August 3: Greece beats Brazil 91-72 during the Atlanta Olympic Games Basketball Tournament. Panagiotis Yiannakis, who participates for the last time with the national basketball team, scores 3 points and reaches 5291 in 351 games, being first in front of Panagiotis Fassoulas (2384 / 243) and Fanis Christodoulou (2255 / 219) in caps.
August 3: Niki Bakogianni wins the silver medal in high jump with 2.03m at the Atlanta Olympics. Stefka Konstadinova of Bulgaria takes first place with 2.05m.
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.

September 9: The government of Cyprus publishes evidence that Solomos Solomou was shot dead by Kenan Akin, "minister of agriculture" of the so-called Turkish Republic of N. Cyprus.
September 22: Costas Simitis' PASOK wins the Greek general elections.

October 13: Cypriot Petros Kakkoulis is shot dead by Turkish occupation troops as he was gathering snails near Achna.
October 30: Panagiotis Giannakis debuts on the bench of the National Basketball Team of Greece, in a game against Israel.