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*[[January 26]]: The official results of the parliamentary election are announced. [[SYRIZA]]: 36.34%, 149 seats; [[New Democracy]]: 27.81%, 76 seats; [[Golden Dawn]]: 6.28%, 17 seats; [[The River|Potami]]: 6.05%, 17 seats; [[KKE]]: 5.47%, 15 seats; [[Independent Greeks|ANEL]]: 4.75%, 13 seats; [[PASOK]]: 4.68%, 13 seats | *[[January 26]]: The official results of the parliamentary election are announced. [[SYRIZA]]: 36.34%, 149 seats; [[New Democracy]]: 27.81%, 76 seats; [[Golden Dawn]]: 6.28%, 17 seats; [[The River|Potami]]: 6.05%, 17 seats; [[KKE]]: 5.47%, 15 seats; [[Independent Greeks|ANEL]]: 4.75%, 13 seats; [[PASOK]]: 4.68%, 13 seats | ||
*[[January 26]]: A Greek F-16 fighter jet crashes at Los Llanos base in Albacete, Spain, during a NATO exercise. Both pilots are killed along with eight others. | *[[January 26]]: A Greek F-16 fighter jet crashes at Los Llanos base in Albacete, Spain, during a NATO exercise. Both pilots are killed along with eight others. | ||
| + | *[[January 28]]: An earthquake, measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale, strikes south of [[Crete]]. | ||
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
Revision as of 18:28, January 28, 2015
Events
January
- January 3: Escaped convicted November 17 member, Christodoulos Xiros, is apprehended by police in Anavyssos.
- January 3: George Papandreou launches his new political party, the Movement of Democratic Socialists.
- January 5: The Athens Stock Exchange closes at 789.20 - a loss of 5.6% - amid rumours of a future Greek exit from the Eurozone.
- January 6: Michel resigns his position as head coach of Olympiakos FC.
- January 9: Cyprus Airways ceases operations after the EU rules they cannot receive any further state aid.
- January 13: The elder Paisios is canonised a saint by the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
- January 25: The radical left-wing Syriza party of Alexis Tsipras wins the parliamentary elections with 36.34% of the vote, gaining 149 seats in the Hellenic Parliament.
- January 26: Alexis Tsipras' Syriza party reaches a deal with the conservative Independent Greeks of Panos Kammenos to form an anti-bailout coalition. Tsipras straightaway receives a mandate to form a government from President Karolos Papoulias and breaks tradition by taking a civil oath without the presence of Archbishop Ieronymos II.
- January 26: The official results of the parliamentary election are announced. SYRIZA: 36.34%, 149 seats; New Democracy: 27.81%, 76 seats; Golden Dawn: 6.28%, 17 seats; Potami: 6.05%, 17 seats; KKE: 5.47%, 15 seats; ANEL: 4.75%, 13 seats; PASOK: 4.68%, 13 seats
- January 26: A Greek F-16 fighter jet crashes at Los Llanos base in Albacete, Spain, during a NATO exercise. Both pilots are killed along with eight others.
- January 28: An earthquake, measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale, strikes south of Crete.
Deaths
- January 9: Roy Tarpley, basketball player.
- January 24: Demis Roussos, singer
