Difference between revisions of "2022"

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January 11: A strong earthquake, measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale, rattles Cyprus.
January 19: Greece receives the first six Rafale fighter jets from France.
January 24: Snowstorm Elpida sweeps across much of Greece leaving many motorists stranded.

February 18: 280 passengers and crew members are rescued from the ferry boat "Euroferry Olympia" which went up in flames just off the coast of Kerkyra.
February 24: Israeli president Yitzhak Herzog visits Greece and has talks with his Greek counterpart Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

March 13: PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Istanbul, in a relaxed atmosphere.
March 18: Greek long jumper Miltos Tentoglou wins gold at the indoor world championships in Belgrade. His 8.55m jump is a new Greek indoor record.

April 22: Standard & Poor’s upgrades Greece’s credit rating from ‘BB’ to ‘BB+’ with a positive outlook.

May 16: PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Washington and meets with US President Joe Biden.
May 17: PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis addresses a joint session of the US Congress - the first Greek leader to ever do so.
May 27: Iran seizes two Greek tankers in the Persian Gulf.

July 16: A Ukrainian Antonov jet, loaded with weapons, crashes outside Palaiochori, Kavala prefecture.

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 *[[May 27]]: Iran seizes two Greek tankers in the Persian Gulf.
 ===July===
-*[[July 16]]: A Ukrainian Antonov jet, loaded with weapons, crashes outside [[Palaiochori (Kavala)|Palaiochori]], [[Kavala prefecture]]..
+*[[July 16]]: A Ukrainian Antonov jet, loaded with weapons, crashes outside [[Palaiochori (Kavala)|Palaiochori]], [[Kavala prefecture]].
+===September===
+*[[September 16]]: The United States fully lifts the arms embargo on [[Cyprus]].
 ==Deaths==