2011

Events

January 5: The Greek leftist urban guerrilla group Conspiracy Nuclei of Fire claims responsibility for a powerful explosion which damaged a court house in Athens on December 30, 2010.
January 11: German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, pays a state visit to Cyprus.
January 18: Hector Raul Cuper resigns as coach of Aris FC.
January 22: Olympiakos Volos shock AEK 4-0 in Athens.

February 19: A disallowed goal by Panathinaikos in their derby match v. Olympiakos, sets off violent clashes on and off the pitch.
February 23: A general strike by the major unions of Greece paralyse the country as private and public sector workers protest the government's austerity measures.
February 24: The United States announces it has added the Greek extremist group Sect of Revolutionaries to its black list of terrorist organizations, which bans US citizens from any contact with the group.

March 1: A gun battle at Agios Ioannis Rentis leaves two policemen dead and another two wounded. The stolen vehicle and the weapons used by the unknown culprits were later found by the police.
March 9: The Greek government gives in to the demands of illegal immigrants who had staged a hunger strike, demanding legal status.
March 9: Panachaiki president, Alexis Kougias, produces tapes which he claims are evidence of attempted bribery of referees in domestic and European matches of Greeks clubs.
March 12: Four MEPs, a bishop and others are arrested as they enter the sealed-off city of Famagusta in Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus.
March 13: Cyprus President, Dimitris Christofias, pays an official visit to Israel, marking the first such visit by a Cypriot president to Israel in eleven years.
March 15: The Athens Stock Market index falls 4.33% closing at 1,590.44.
March 16: AEK and Atromitos Athens qualify for the final of the Greek Football Cup, the latter for the first time in their history.
March 19: Chrysopigi Devetzi is given a two-year ban from athletics by the ΙΑΑF, due to her failure, on May 23, 2009, to submit to a drug test.
March 20: Olympiakos clinch the league title by thrashing AEK 6-0.
March 31: Panathinaikos BC defeat Barcelona 78-67 and qualify for the Euroleague final four.

April 4: Two Cypriot brothers and an Indian national are convicted of stealing the corpse of Tassos Papadopoulos from Deftera Cemetery on December 11, 2009.
April 18: SKODA Xanthi international footballer, Olubayo Adefemi, is killed in a traffic accident on the Egnatia motorway.
April 20: Despite a 76-68 victory over Panionios, AEK BC are relegated to the A2 Division for the first time in their illustrious history.
April 22: The House of Representatives of Cyprus dissolves ahead of the May 22 parliamentary elections.
April 25: Greece withdraws from World Children's Games in Ankara due to the presence of a team from the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus".
April 30: AEK defeat Atromitos Athens 3-0 and win the Greek Football Cup.

May 6: Police announce that they have apprehended the culprits who shot dead two policemen on March 1. The suspects are Russian-born Greeks.
May 6: Panathinaikos defeat Siena 77-69 and qualify for yet another Euroleague final.
May 8: Panathinaikos defeat Maccabi Tel-Aviv 78-70 and win their sixth Euroleague Cup.
May 10: The 2011 Census commences throughout Greece.
May 10: Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou are given 31-month suspended jail terms for staging a motorbike crash in order to skip a doping test before the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics. Also convicted was their coach, two false witnesses and the doctors who treated them at the time.
May 11: A general strike by the major unions of Greece paralyse the country as private and public sector workers protest the government's continuing austerity measures.
May 15: Olympiakos defeat Panathinaikos 74-68 to win the Greek Basketball Cup.
May 18: Omonia Lefkosia defeat Apollon Limassol on penalties (FT score 1-1) to lift the Cyprus Football Cup.
May 22: Parliamentary elections take place in Cyprus. The Democratic Rally wins 34.27% of the vote and 20 seats in the House of Representatives. The governing AKEL party comes in second with 32.67% of the vote and 19 seats.

June 2: On the fortieth anniversary of the 1971 European Cup final, Panathinaikos and the Hungarian Embassy in Athens jointly announce that a statue of Ferenc Puskas will be erected at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.
June 4: Olympiakos won its 10th Greek cup in men’s water polo in the last 11 years and its 14th overall after beating Panionios at the final in Kalymnos.
June 5: Panathinaikos win their 9th straight A1 League title after beating Olympiakos 101-94 in the 4th encounter of their championship playoff series.
June 8: Romanian Laszlo Boloni agrees to become the new manager of PAOK.

April 11: Akis Kleanthous, Cypriot economist and politician.
April 17: Nikos Papazoglou, singer-songwriter, music producer.
April 30: Apostolos Santas, member of the Greek Resistance who lowered the swastika from the Acropolis, Athens.