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*[[February 17]]: [[Michalis Stamatoyiannis]] breaks the Greek [[shot put]] indoor record with 20.36 in [[Athens]]. The old record had stood for 24 years. | *[[February 17]]: [[Michalis Stamatoyiannis]] breaks the Greek [[shot put]] indoor record with 20.36 in [[Athens]]. The old record had stood for 24 years. | ||
*[[February 20]]: [[Olympiakos BC|Olympiakos]] win the [[Greek Basketball Cup]] defeating [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] 68-64. This snapped an 8-year Cup-winning streak by the Greens. | *[[February 20]]: [[Olympiakos BC|Olympiakos]] win the [[Greek Basketball Cup]] defeating [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] 68-64. This snapped an 8-year Cup-winning streak by the Greens. | ||
| + | *[[February 22]]: The two largest Greek airlines - [[Οlympic Air]] and [[Aegean Airlines]] - decide to effect a merger in October. | ||
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
Revision as of 12:50, February 23, 2010
Events
January
- January 6: Unknown arsonists set fire to the Jewish synagogue of Chania, Crete.
- January 11: Cypriot Media executive, Antis Hadjikostis, is murdered outside his house at Engomi.
- January 16: Marcos Baghdatis defeats Richard Gasquet 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) to claim the Sydney International ATP.
- January 18: Greek-owned super-tanker, Maran Centaurus, is released by Somali pirates after a ransom was paid. Its crew of nine Greeks and 19 foreigners were unharmed.
- January 19: The British Court of Appeal judges in favour of Cypriot refugee Meletis Apostolides in the case of Apostolides v Orams. Apostolides had sued Mr and Mrs Orams for illegal use of his property in Lapithos in Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus.
- January 19: Olympiakos FC sack coach Zico.
- January 20: Values on the Athens Stock Market drop 3.39% to 2,030. The drop is blamed on the uncertain state of the Greek economy.
- January 30: Aphrodite Skafida breaks the Greek women's indoor record in the pole vault with 4.41m.
February
- February 3: Karolos Papoulias is re-elected President of Greece.
- February 5: The Athens Stock Exchange closes at 1878.91 after losses of 3.73%.
- February 8: EDEK decide to pull out of the governing coalition of Cyprus.
- February 10: Greece is hit by a general strike of public workers in protest of PM Papandreou's announced austerity measures.
- February 15: A state of emergency is declared for Evros prefecture due to severe flooding.
- February 16: PM Giorgos Papandreou visits Moscow and has talks with President Dmitri Medvedev and PM Vladimir Putin.
- February 17: Michalis Stamatoyiannis breaks the Greek shot put indoor record with 20.36 in Athens. The old record had stood for 24 years.
- February 20: Olympiakos win the Greek Basketball Cup defeating Panathinaikos 68-64. This snapped an 8-year Cup-winning streak by the Greens.
- February 22: The two largest Greek airlines - Οlympic Air and Aegean Airlines - decide to effect a merger in October.
Deaths
January
- January 21: Apostolos Vasiliadis, footballer.
- January 27: Yiannis Marditsis, footballer.
February
- February 4: Kostas Axelos, philosopher
- February 5: Ioannis Palamiotis, athlete (triple jump)