2011

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Events

January

February

  • February 11: EU and IMF inspectors approve a fresh tranche of 15 billion euros of bailout funds, but warn its fiscal program could fail unless it accelerates reforms and scales up privatizations.
  • 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

April

May

  • 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 9: Standard and Poor's cuts Greece's credit rating further into junk territory to B, one notch above Pakistan's.
  • 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. About 20,000 protesters march to parliament to mark a nationwide strike against wage cuts and tax hikes, a number smaller than previous protests.
  • May 11: EU and IMF inspectors arrive in Athens to press Greece to shore up its finances and determine if the debt-choked country will get a fifth aid tranche of 12 billion euros.
  • 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 21: Greece must avoid debt restructuring and push on with budget cuts and privatizations to overcome its debt crisis, Papandreou and senior ECB officials say.
  • 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.
  • May 23: Greece unveils a series of privatizations, part of a goal to raise 50 billion euros by 2015 to pay down its debt.
  • May 29: Thousands of protesters denounce Greece's ruling class and vent their anger at the IMF and its demands for yet more belt-tightening.

June

  • June 1: Moody's slashes Greece's credit rating by three notches to deep into junk territory.
  • 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 3: Greece is likely to get a vital slice of aid in July to avoid default, international lenders say, as they end a month-long review of their 110 billion euro bailout program.
  • 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.
  • June 8: Greece agrees to 6.48 billion euros of extra austerity measures for 2011 and savings up to 2015 to cut deficits and keep getting aid, an official document shows.
  • June 9: The Greek government approves and submits to parliament the mid-term fiscal and privatization plan required by the EU and the IMF to restore the country's finances.
  • June 12: More than 20,000 Greeks protest against austerity measures in Athens and workers at state-owned utility PPC announce strikes to oppose government plans to sell the company.
  • June 13: Greece becomes the country with the lowest credit rating in the world after S&P downgrades it by three notches, to CCC, just four steps away from default, from B. The short-term rating is affirmed at C and all the ratings are removed from credit watch.
  • June 15: A general strike cripples Greece as people from all strata of society protest the new austerity measures being debated in the Hellenic Parliament. Police clash with protesters who seek to bar the MPs from entering the Parliament building.

Deaths

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May

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