2019

Events

January 13: Panos Kammenos announces that Independent Greeks are pulling out of Tsipras' coalition government.
January 16: PM Alexis Tsipras survives a no confidence vote by 151 to 148.
January 19: Emmanouil Karalis (pole vault), Miltiadis Tentoglou (long jump) and Odysseas Mouzenidis (shot put) win gold medals at the first indoor Mediterranean Athletics U23 Championships in Miramas (France).
January 20: An estimated 60,000 people protest against the Prespes agreement in Athens' Syntagma Square.
January 20: Stefanos Tsitsipas upsets Roger Federer 3-1 sets in the round of 16 at the Australia Open.
January 22: Stefanos Tsitsipas defeats Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut 3-1 sets to advance to the semi-finals of the Australia Open.

February 17: Panathinaikos wins its 19th Greek Basketball Cup beating PAOK 79-73 in the final.
February 17: AEK defeat Flamengo of Brazil 86-70 to lift the FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
February 24: Stefanos Tsitsipas wins his second ATP-title in Marseille against Michail Kukushin from Kazachstan.

March 1: Rating agency Moody’s upgrades Greece’s sovereign credit rating by two notches from “B3” to “B1” with a stable outlook.