2013

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Events

January

February

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

May

June

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.

Deaths

January

March

May

June