2010

Events

January

• January 6: Unknown arsonists set fire to the Jewish synagogue of Chania, Crete.
• January 11: Cypriot Media executive, Antis Hadjikostis, is murdered outside his house at Engomi.
• January 16: Marcos Baghdatis defeats Richard Gasquet 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) to claim the Sydney International ATP.
• January 18: Greek-owned super-tanker, Maran Centaurus, is released by Somali pirates after a ransom was paid. Its crew of nine Greeks and 19 foreigners were unharmed.
• January 19: The British Court of Appeal judges in favour of Cypriot refugee Meletis Apostolides in the case of Apostolides v Orams. Apostolides had sued Mr and Mrs Orams for illegal use of his property in Lapithos in Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus.
• January 19: Olympiakos FC sack coach Zico.
• January 20: Values on the Athens Stock Market drop 3.39% to 2,030. The drop is blamed on the uncertain state of the Greek economy.
• January 30: Aphrodite Skafida breaks the Greek women's indoor record in the pole vault with 4.41m.

February

• February 3: Karolos Papoulias is re-elected President of Greece.
• February 5: The Athens Stock Exchange closes at 1878.91 after losses of 3.73%.
• February 8: EDEK decide to pull out of the governing coalition of Cyprus.
• February 10: Greece is hit by a general strike of public workers in protest of PM Papandreou's announced austerity measures.
• February 15: A state of emergency is declared for Evros prefecture due to severe flooding.

Deaths

January

• January 21: Apostolos Vasiliadis, footballer.
• January 27: Yiannis Marditsis, footballer.

February

• February 4: Kostas Axelos, philosopher
• February 5: Ioannis Palamiotis, athlete (triple jump)