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*[[November 19]]: [[National Football Team|Greece]] qualify for the finals of the 2014 World Cup after a 1-1 draw against Romania in Bucharest. | *[[November 19]]: [[National Football Team|Greece]] qualify for the finals of the 2014 World Cup after a 1-1 draw against Romania in Bucharest. | ||
*[[November 29]]: Moody's upgrades Greece's government bond rating two notches - from C to Caa3 - with a stable outlook. | *[[November 29]]: Moody's upgrades Greece's government bond rating two notches - from C to Caa3 - with a stable outlook. | ||
+ | ===December=== | ||
+ | *[[December 1]]: [[Nicholas Papadopoulos]] is elected president of the [[Democratic Party of Cyprus]]. | ||
+ | *[[December 6]]: [[National Football Team|Greece]] draw Colombia, Ivory Coast and Japan in the group stage of the 2014 World Cup. | ||
+ | *[[December 10]]: [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] advance to the last 16 of the Champions League after a 3-1 victory over Anderlecht that saw them earn three penalties and end the game with a three-man advantage. | ||
+ | *[[December 17]]: Former [[Minister for Transport and Communications (Greece)|Transport]] and [[Minister for Culture (Greece)|Culture]] Minister, [[Michalis Liapis]], is arrested driving a car with fake license plates and no insurance. Liapis is a nephew of the late PM and President [[Constantine Karamanlis]]. | ||
+ | *[[December 30]]: Unknown gunmen attack the German ambassador's residence [[Chalandri]] firing some sixty shots at his house. | ||
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
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*[[October 30]]: [[Nikos Foskolos]], mystery writer | *[[October 30]]: [[Nikos Foskolos]], mystery writer | ||
===November=== | ===November=== | ||
+ | *[[November 8]]: [[Dimitris Mavropoulos]], footballer. | ||
*[[November 15]]: [[Glafkos Clerides]], president of [[Cyprus]]. | *[[November 15]]: [[Glafkos Clerides]], president of [[Cyprus]]. | ||
− | + | *[[November 20]]: [[Kostas Papazoglou]], footballer | |
+ | *[[November 30]]: [[Takis Synetopoulos]], footballer | ||
+ | ===December=== | ||
+ | *[[December 4]]: [[Konstantinos Drakatos]], member and president of the [[Academy of Athens]]. | ||
[[Category:Years]] | [[Category:Years]] | ||
[[Category:2013]] | [[Category:2013]] |
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Contents
Events
January
- January 2: The Athens Stock Exchange starts the new year in good fashion as the General Index closes at 941.26 after gains of 3.67%.
- January 4: The elections for the Presidency of Cyprus are officially proclaimed. The first round will be held on February 17 with the runoff - if necessary - being held one week later.
- January 10: Moody's downgrades Cyprus' government bond rating by three notches: from B3 to Caa3.
- January 20: A time bomb goes off at "The Mall" shopping centre in Maroussi.
- January 26: Athens Metro workers return to work after a 10-day strike.
- January 31: Kostas Filippidis breaks the Greek indoor and overall record in the pole vault with a jump of 5.83m.
February
- February 9: Nikoletta Kyriakopoulou breaks the Greek women's indoor record in the pole vault, at Donetsk, Ukraine, with 4.60m.
- February 10: Panathinaikos defeat Olympiakos 81-78 to lift the Greek basketball cup.
- February 17: In the Cyprus presidential elections, Nikos Anastasiades, the head of conservative DISY, receives 45.46% of the vote and advances to the runoff against AKEL candidate Stavros Malas who ends up with 26.91% barely edging out Giorgos Lillikas of EDEK.
- February 20: Major unions in Greece stage a 24-hour general strike.
- February 24: Nikos Anastasiades defeats Stavros Malas in the Cyprus runoff election and is elected President. Anastasiades polls 57.48% against 42.52% for Malas.
- February 27: Former Thessaloniki mayor, Vasilis Papageorgopoulos, is sentenced to life imprisonment for embezzlement of public money.
- February 28: Nikos Anastasiades is installed as President of the Republic of Cyprus.
March
- March 4: Former Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos is sentenced to eight years in jail and a €520,000 fine for failure to disclose certain assets during his term as MP.
- March 4: PM Antonis Samaras meets with Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul and sign 25 bilateral pacts.
- March 10: Olympiakos clinch their 40th football championship with a 3-0 home win against AEK.
- March 16: Eurozone finance ministers agree a €10 billion bailout package for Cyprus. Bank depositors race to withdraw their money as the terms include a haircut on their accounts: Those with deposits of more than 100,000 euros are to be charged 9.9% and those with less 6.75% of their deposits.
- March 19: The Cyprus House of Representatives overwhelmingly rejects the terms of the EU bailout package. 36 MPs vote "no" while 19 DISY members abstain.
- March 21: Standard and Poor's downgrades the sovereign rating of Cyprus from CCC+ to CCC.
- March 22: The Cyprus House of Representatives approves nine bills to raise €5.8 billion in order to receive bailout aid from the EU.
- March 25: Eurozone finance ministers agree terms with Cyprus for a €10 billion bailout package. Under the terms - which focus on the Popular Bank - all accounts under €100,000 will be guaranteed while those above that amount will receive a "haircut".
- March 28: Banks reopen in Cyprus after nearly two weeks of being shut. Restrictions are imposed on transactions and the flow of capital.
- March 31: Panathinaikos sack coach Fabri Gonzalez after a disappointing 0-1 loss to Platanias.
April
- April 14: Dimitris Koutsoumbas is announced as the new chairman of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), succeeding Aleka Papariga.
- April 14: Fans go amok at the OAKA Stadium after an own-goal by Mavroudis Bougaidis, in the 88th minute of play, puts AEK 1-0 down to Panthrakikos. The referee is forced to abandon the game, condemning AEK to certain relegation to the B Division for the first time in history.
- April 22: Akis Tsochatzopoulos, goes on trial for kickbacks and money laundering related to arms procurements whilst he was Defence Minister.
- April 28: The Hellenic Parliament passes by 168 to 123 an "Omnibus" bill that, among other things, will give the government the power to dismiss 15,000 previously-tenured civil servants.
- April 30: The Cyprus House of Representatives approves by 29 to 27 the bailout agreement ("memorandum") with international creditors.
May
- May 5: Cyprus President, Nikos Anastasiades, visits Israel and holds talks with PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
- May 10: Kostas Filippidis wins the gold medal in the pole vault, at the Diamond League, in Doha, Qatar, with a 5.82m jump, setting a new outdoor Greek record.
- May 10: Olympiakos BC defeat CSKA Moscow 69-52 and qualify for the Euroleague final in London.
- May 11: Olympiakos defeat Asteras Tripolis 3-1 (aet) to win the Greek Football Cup.
- May 12: Olympiakos BC defeat Real Madrid 100-88 to win the Euroleague for the second year in a row.
- May 15: Fitch upgrades its sovereign credit rating for Greece to B- from CCC.
- May 16: PM Antonis Samaras meets with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing.
- May 22: Apollon defeat AEL 2-1 in extra time to win the all-Limassol final of the Cyprus Football Cup.
June
- June 2: Katerina Nikolaidou wins the lightweight women's single sculls at the 2013 European Rowing Championships in Seville, Spain.
- June 7: The stockholders of AEK FC declare bankruptcy.
- June 11: PM Antonis Samaras shuts down ERT. Broadcasts are immediately shut down.
- June 12: Panathinaikos defeat Olympiakos 76-72 and are crowned basketball champions of Greece. The match was interrupted 1 minute 27 seconds from time by supporters of Olympiakos who fired fireworks at the bench of Panathinaikos.
- June 18: The Conseil d' Etat orders ERT broadcasts to resume but uphold's PM Antonis Samaras' right to eventually shut it down.
- June 20: Fotis Kouvelis' Democratic Left party pulls out of the coalition government of Greece in protest over the closure of ERT.
- June 25: A reshuffled cabinet consisting only of New Democracy and PASOK members is sworn in. The reshuffle was necessitated due to the departure of the Democratic Left from the governing coalition.
- June 29: Louis Tsatoumas wins gold at the Mediterranean Games of Mersin, Turkey, in the long jump, with 8.14m.
July
- July 9: The Larnaca Criminal Court finds four former senior officials – including ex-Defence Minister Costas Papacostas – guilty of manslaughter in connection with the 2011 Mari Naval Base blast that killed 13 people.
- July 10: Greek Public Television goes back on the air after nearly a month. The government had shut down the former public broadcasting company - ERT - to cut costs.
- July 14: The Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) is merged into a single political party. Alexis Tsipras is elected its leader with 74% of the vote.
- July 18: The Hellenic Parliament enacts an Omnibus reform bill by 153 votes out of 293 present. The bill provides for a new round of lay-offs and wage cuts in the public sector as well as the dissolution of the municipal police.
- July 20: Kostas Douvalidis breaks the Greek record in the 110m hurdles with a time of 13.34.
August
- August 2: Civil servants protest, throughout Greece, the planned mass layoff of teachers, hospital workers and other public servants.
- August 7: An earthquake, measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale, destroys hundreds of homes in the Phthiotis prefecture of Greece.
- August 8: PM Antonis Samaras meets with US president Obama in Washington, DC.
- August 10: Migrants riot at Amygdaleza detention centre. Ten Greek officers are injured before calm is restored.
- August 14: The Eurozone emerges from recession after a record 18 months of economic contraction. Across the bloc, GDP grew by 0.3% in the second quarter of 2013, slightly ahead of forecasts. In Greece, GDP shrank by 4.6%.
- August 21: Hellenic Public Television (EDT) broadcasts live for the very first time.
- August 27: The Athens Stock Exchange General Index closes at 881.35 after losses of 4.08%.
- August 30: Terzopoulos Publications announce that, after 48 years, they will cease to publish the Mickey Mouse magazine in Greece due to economic concerns.
September
- September 5: The Cyprus House of Representatives votes down by 23 to 21 two bills that were prerequisite to Cyprus receiving its second trance of bailout money.
- September 6: The previously-rejected memorandum bills are passed by the Cyprus House of Representatives by 41 votes to 3.
- September 16: Public sector workers begin a week of strikes to protest planned layoffs demanded by the foreign creditors of Greece.
- September 16: Two minor earthquakes strike Phthiotis prefecture.
- September 17: 34-year old rapper, Pavlos Fyssas, is murdered by members of Golden Dawn in Keratsini.
- September 24: Public sector workers go on strike to protest planned layoffs.
- September 28: Golden Dawn leader, Nikos Michaloliakos, his chief spokesman, Elias Kasidiaris, and others are arrested on charges of "forming a criminal organisation".
October
- October 2: Golden Dawn spokesman, Elias Kasidiaris, as well as fellow MPs Elias Panagiotaros and Nikos Michos, are freed pending trial on criminal charges.
- October 2: In a Champions' League group stage qualifier, Olympiakos defeat Anderlecht, in Belgium, 3-0 on a Kostas Mitroglou hat trick.
- October 3: Golden Dawn leader, Nikos Michaloliakos, is ordered to remain in custody pending trial.
- October 7: Former PASOK minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos is found guilty of embezzlement and money laundering. He receives a 20-year prison sentence.
- October 12: A powerful earthquake (6.2 on the Richter scale) strikes just off the coast of Chania, Crete.
- October 16: A four-year old blonde-haired, green-eyed girl, named Maria, is found at a gypsy camp in Farsala, Thessaly. The gypsy couple who posed as her parents are placed under arrest for kidnapping and falsification of birth records.
- October 24: Bulgarian authorities discover the true mother of four-year old Maria: she is a 35-year old Bulgarian gypsy who had worked in Greece.
November
- November 1: Two members of the Golden Dawn party are shot dead outside their party's headquarters in Neo Iraklio.
- November 6: Public and private sector workers stage a general strike throughout Greece protesting continued government cuts.
- November 7: Greek riot police storm the headquarters of former public broadcaster ERT and forcibly remove employees who had been occupying the site since its shutdown five months ago.
- November 11: Greece's conservative-led coalition defeat, by 153 to 124, an opposition-sponsored (SYRIZA) motion to topple the government but lose one lawmaker (Theodora Tzakri) who is expelled after backing the opposition.
- November 15: Twelve illegal immigrants, including four children, drown after their boat capsizes just off Lefkada in the Ionian Sea.
- November 15: Greece defeat Romania 3-1, at Karaiskaki Stadium, in leg 1 of the World Cup playoffs.
- November 19: PM Antonis Samaras attends the funeral of Cypriot President Glafkos Clerides.
- November 19: Greece qualify for the finals of the 2014 World Cup after a 1-1 draw against Romania in Bucharest.
- November 29: Moody's upgrades Greece's government bond rating two notches - from C to Caa3 - with a stable outlook.
December
- December 1: Nicholas Papadopoulos is elected president of the Democratic Party of Cyprus.
- December 6: Greece draw Colombia, Ivory Coast and Japan in the group stage of the 2014 World Cup.
- December 10: Olympiakos advance to the last 16 of the Champions League after a 3-1 victory over Anderlecht that saw them earn three penalties and end the game with a three-man advantage.
- December 17: Former Transport and Culture Minister, Michalis Liapis, is arrested driving a car with fake license plates and no insurance. Liapis is a nephew of the late PM and President Constantine Karamanlis.
- December 30: Unknown gunmen attack the German ambassador's residence Chalandri firing some sixty shots at his house.
Deaths
January
- January 2: Vasilis Emmanouilidis, football player.
- January 2: Nickolas Ambraseys, member of the Academy of Athens.
- January 4: Kostas Alexandridis, one-time president of the Hellenic Football Federation.
- January 4: Nikos Samaras, volleyball player.
- January 14: Dimitris Kastanas, Greek-American TV presenter.
- January 28: Nikolaos Dertilis, general of the Junta era.
March
- March 2: Giorgos Kolokithas, basketball player
- March 14: Andrew Athens, Greek-American President of the Council for Hellenes Abroad
May
- May 21: Thomas Protopapas, TV actor
- May 23: Georges Moustaki, singer, songwriter
- May 28: Fotis Polymeris, singer
June
- June 18: Takis Raptopoulos, footballer
August
- August 28: Michalis Aslanis, fashion designer.
September
- September 1: Pal Csernay, coach of PAOK FC (1983 - 1984)
- September 2: Anna Chrysafi, singer
- September 27: Poly Panou, singer
October
- October 7: Giorgos Amerikanos, basketball player
- October 13: Filippos Syrigos, sports journalist
- October 24: Andros Miamiliotis, Cypriot footballer
- October 30: Nikos Foskolos, mystery writer
November
- November 8: Dimitris Mavropoulos, footballer.
- November 15: Glafkos Clerides, president of Cyprus.
- November 20: Kostas Papazoglou, footballer
- November 30: Takis Synetopoulos, footballer
December
- December 4: Konstantinos Drakatos, member and president of the Academy of Athens.