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*[[May 14]]: The [[Athens Stock Exchange]] General Index closes at 584.04 as values drop 4.56% in response to the continued political uncertainty in [[Greece]]. | *[[May 14]]: The [[Athens Stock Exchange]] General Index closes at 584.04 as values drop 4.56% in response to the continued political uncertainty in [[Greece]]. | ||
*[[May 15]]: As talks to form a coalition government fail, the [[Athens Stock Exchange]] General Index drops another 3.62% to 562.88. | *[[May 15]]: As talks to form a coalition government fail, the [[Athens Stock Exchange]] General Index drops another 3.62% to 562.88. | ||
+ | *[[May 16]]: President [[Karolos Papoulias]] meets with party leaders to create a caretaker government. Senior judge [Panagiotis Pikrammenos]] was named caretaker prime minister. | ||
+ | *[[May 16]]: [[Greece]] announces [[June 17]] as the date for the country's repeat elections. | ||
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== |
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Contents
Events
January
- January 7: Fanis Gekas signs for Samsunspor thus becoming the first football player from Greece to sign for a Turkish side.
- January 13: Standard & Poor's downgrades the credit rating of Cyprus by two notches pushing it into junk status.
- January 26: The Athens Stock Exchange General Index makes impressive gains of 3.93% closing at 766.23.
- January 27: Fitch cuts the credit rating of Cyprus to BBB- with a negative outlook.
February
- February 2: The House of Representatives of Cyprus rebukes UN envoy Alexander Downer over his "one-sided and detrimental statements and actions" that have eroded his credibility as an impartial facilitator in the talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
- February 3: The International Court of Justice rules that Italy "violated the immunity which Germany enjoys under international law" by allowing Greeks to sue Germany in Italian courts over WW II war crimes.
- February 7: A general strike by the major unions of Greece paralyse the country as private and public sector workers protest the government's plans to lower the minimum wage.
- February 10: The four Popular Orthodox Rally government members quit their posts in protest of the proposed new austerity measures.
- February 10: Unions begin a 48-hour strike throughout Greece.
- February 13: The Hellenic Parliament approves, by 199 to 74, a package of austerity measures demanded by the EU and IMF in return for a 130 billion euro bailout. Following the vote, coalition parties expel more than 40 MPs for failing to back the bill while tens of thousands violently protest in Athens and other cities across Greece.
- February 16: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu visits Cyprus marking the first time an Israeli leader has ever visited the nearby island republic.
- February 17: Armed robbers steal more than 60 artefacts from a museum in Olympia.
- February 17: The Athens Stock Exchange General Index closes at 824.26 as values rise 5.00%.
- February 21: Eurozone finance ministers agree to lend Greece 130 billion euros after 13 hours of late-night talks in Brussels.
- February 22: Fitch downgrades Greece two notches to C. In response, the Athens Stock Exchange General Index closes at 751.96 - a drop of 5.67%.
- February 23: The Hellenic parliament approves a law to write down 107 billion euros from its debt to private creditors.
- February 24: Former New Democracy MP Panos Kammenos announces the establishment of Independent Greeks - a centre-right party opposed to the EU-imposed austerity measures.
March
- March 7: APOEL become the first Cypriot club to advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions' League after eliminating Lyon 4-3 on penalties. The regulation-time score was 1-0 which equalised the 0-1 loss in France.
- March 9: Greece achieves the biggest national debt writedown in history (€105 billion) as the vast majority of its private creditors sign up to a bond swap.
- March 10: Panathinaikos defeat Olympiakos 71-70 and win the Greek Basketball Cup.
- March 11: Dimitris Chondrokoukis wins gold in the high jump in the world indoor track and field Championships in Istanbul as he clears 2.33m.
- March 13: Eleftheria Eleftheriou with the song Aphrodisiac is chosen to represent Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest.
- March 13: Moody's Investors Service cuts Cyprus' sovereign rating one notch to Ba1 from Baa3, pushing it to junk status.
- March 13: Fitch assigns Greece a B- rating, becoming the first major rating agency to lift the country out of default territory.
- March 14: Former PASOK MPs Louka Katseli and Haris Kastanidis announce the creation of a new political party: the Social Contract.
- March 18: Evangelos Venizelos is elected leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement.
- March 18: The match between Panathinaikos and Olympiakos is stopped after rowdy fans throw objects onto the pitch and set two fires in the stands. The score at the moment was 1-0 in favour of visitors Olympiakos.
- March 21: The Hellenic Parliament approves the international bailout deal by 213-79.
April
- April 4: 77-year old pensioner, Dimitris Christoulas, shoots himself dead in Syntagma Square Athens, not far from the Hellenic Parliament. Christoulas feared the austerity measures would leave him "scavenging for food in garbage cans".
- April 10: The Athens Stock Exchange General Index makes impressive gains of 3.17% closing at 730.03.
- April 10: The Panhellenic Maritime Federation (PNO) calls a 48-hour strike leaving thousands of holidaymakers stranded.
- April 11: President Karolos Papoulias proclaims national elections for May 6, 2012.
- April 11: Former Minister, Akis Tsochatzopoulos, is arrested on money laundering charges.
- April 20: A court in Greece finds four officials of Helios Airways guilty of manslaughter through negligence for the 2005 Helios Airways Flight 522 disaster.
- April 23: The trial over responsibility of the Mari Naval Base explosion commences in Cyprus.
- April 28: Olympiakos defeat Atromitos Athens 2-1 in extra time to lift the Greek Football Cup.
May
- May 5: AE Limassol defeat Anorthosis Famagusta 1-0 and clinch their first Cypriot championship since 1968.
- May 6: Parliamentary elections are held throughout Greece, resulting in a very strong protest vote against the austerity measures of the ruling coalition: New Democracy finish first, but with less than 19% of the vote, while PASOK end up in third place with 13%.
- May 6: The turnout in Greek elections is at an all-time low. 34.91% of registered voters did not cast a ballot, breaks the record of 2009, when one in three people did not vote. The highest rate of abstention was registered in Florina, where 59.07% of the electorate did not turn out to vote, while in Attica the abstention rate was 24.64%.
- May 7: President Karolos Papoulias gives New Democracy leader, Antonis Samaras, a mandate to form a government. Within hours, Samaras returns it as he is unable to form a coalition.
- May 7: The Athens Stock Exchange General Index closes at 643.87 as values drop 6.67% in response to the political uncertainty in Greece.
- May 8: In accordance with the Greek Constitution, President Karolos Papoulias gives SYRIZA leader, Alexis Tsipras, a mandate to form a government.
- May 8: The Athens Stock Exchange General Index again records significant losses, closing at 620.54 as values drop 3.62% in response to the continued political uncertainty in Greece.
- May 9: Alexis Tsipras returns the mandate as he too is unable to form a coalition.
- May 10: In accordance with the Greek Constitution, President Karolos Papoulias gives PASOK leader, Evangelos Venizelos, a mandate to form a government.
- May 10: The Olympic torch is lit in ancient Olympia.
- May 11: Olympiakos triumph over Barcelona 68-64 and qualify for the Euroleague final. In the other semi-final game, CSKA Moscow defeat Panathinaikos 66-64.
- May 13: President Karolos Papoulias summons leaders of the country's fractious political parties in a last-ditch effort to form a new coalition government.
- May 13: Olympiakos triumph over CSKA Moscow 62-61 and win the Euroleague for the second time in their history. The red-and-whites at one point in the game were 19 points down.
- May 14: The moderate Democratic Left party says it will not join pro-bailout parties in a coalition without the more radical far-left SYRIZA.
- May 14: Cyprus president Dimitris Christofias announces he will not seek re-election.
- May 14: The Athens Stock Exchange General Index closes at 584.04 as values drop 4.56% in response to the continued political uncertainty in Greece.
- May 15: As talks to form a coalition government fail, the Athens Stock Exchange General Index drops another 3.62% to 562.88.
- May 16: President Karolos Papoulias meets with party leaders to create a caretaker government. Senior judge [Panagiotis Pikrammenos]] was named caretaker prime minister.
- May 16: Greece announces June 17 as the date for the country's repeat elections.
Deaths
January
- January 13: Lefteris Antoniadis, legendary Greek-Turkish footballer.
- January 13: Rauf Denktash, Turkish-Cypriot leader.
- January 17: Johnny Otis, Greek-American singer, musician, talent scout.
- January 20: Ioannis Kefalogiannis, politician
- January 24: Theodoros Angelopoulos, film maker
February
- February 3: Nikos Apergis, actor, politician
- February 29: Vasilis Tsivilikas, actor, comedian
March
- March 7: Smaroula Giouli, actress
- March 10: Nikos Dadinopoulos, actor
- March 10: Domna Samiou, folk singer
- March 18: Nikos Vastardis, actor
- March 29: Yiannis Banias, politician
April
- April 17: Dimitris Mitropanos, popular singer
- April 30: Yiannis Gravanis, footballer
May
- May 4: Rashid Yekini, one-time Olympiakos player
- May 6: Kostas Karras, actor
- May 6: Marika Mitsotaki, former first lady of Greece