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==Events==
 
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===January===
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*[[843]]: [[Methodius I of Constantinople|Methodius]] becomes [[Patriarch of Constantinople]].
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*[[January 1]]: The [[euro]] replaces the [[Cyprus pound|pound]] as the currency of [[Cyprus]].
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*[[1937]]: Social Security ([[IKA]]) is established in [[Greece]].
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*[[January 8]]: An [[Athens]] court granted parole to [[Costas Agapiou]], the last jailed member of [[Revolutionary People's Struggle|ELA]], three years into his 25-year prison term.
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*[[1956]]: 17-year old [[EOKA]] fighter, [[Giorgos Charalambous]], is killed in [[Limassol]].
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*[[January 15]]: [[Greek Australian]] fans are maced by Victoria Police during an Australian Open match between [[Konstantinos Economidis]] and Chile's Fernando Gonzalez.
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*[[1964]]: The UN authorises a force "[[UNFICYP]]" to be sent to [[Cyprus]].
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*[[January 16]]: [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] humble [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] 4-0 to advance into the [[Greek Football Cup]]'s quarterfinal round.
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*[[1964]]: Armenians are evicted from the Turkish sector of [[Nicosia]]. A total of 231 previously Armenian houses are taken over by Turkish-Cypriots.
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*[[January 23]]: PM [[Costas Karamanlis]] visits Turkey marking the first official visit by a Greek PM to that country since [[1959]].
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*[[1972]]: The US resumes economic and military aid to the [[Junta|Military regime]] of [[Greece]].
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*[[January 31]]: [[New Democracy]] (ND) deputy [[Costas Koukodimos]] announces that he was leaving the party's Parliamentary group and to become an independent. His resignation reduced New Democracy's majority in the 300-seat house to just 151.
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*[[2013]]: 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.
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===February===
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===Sports===
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*[[February 2]]: A group of extreme leftists clashed with right-wing ([[Golden Dawn|Chrysi Avgi]]) demonstrators, injuring at least three people and prompting riot police to fire tear gas and blockade streets in central [[Athens]].
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*[[1972]]: [[National Football Team|Greece]] defeat Italy 2-1 in a friendly at [[Karaiskaki Stadium]]. [[Antonis Antoniadis]] and [[Spyros Pomonis]] score the Greek goals.
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*[[February 7]]: Metropolitan [[Hieronymus II|Hieronymus]] of [[Thebes]] is elected [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece.
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*[[2009]]: [[Panserraikos FC|Panserraikos]] stun [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] 3-2 in [[Athens]] and eliminate them from the [[Greek Football Cup]].
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*[[February 7]]: [[Alekos Alavanos]], the leader of the [[Coalition of the Radical Left]] (SYRIZA), bid farewell to Greek politics and called for his party to fight the dominance of [[PASOK]] and [[New Democracy]].
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*[[2017]]: [[Katerina Stefanidi]] wins the gold medal in the women's [[pole vault]], with 4.85m, at the European Indoor Championships of Belgrade.
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*[[February 10]]: [[Alexis Tsipras]] was elected the new leader for the [[Coalition of the Left, of Movements and Ecology]] (SYN) party, with an overwhelming majority of 70.41%, at the party's 5th Congress.
 
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*[[February 12]]: [[AEK FC|AEK Athens]] sack Spanish coach [[Lorenzo Serra Ferrer]].
 
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*[[February 13]]: Unions call a general strike throughout Greece to protest the [[Costas Karamanlis|Karamanlis]] government proposed pension reform law.
 
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*[[February 17]]: [[Ioannis Kasoulidis]] wins the first round of the [[Cyprus]] presidential elections with 33.51%. [[AKEL]] chairman, [[Dimitris Christofias]] places second with 33.29%. Incumbent President, [[Tasos Papadopoulos]] is eliminated from the runoff as he places third with 31.79%.
 
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*[[February 19]]: UN special envoy Matthew Nimetz put forward a proposal in the name dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The proposal, which was leaked to Greek daily [[To Vima]], identifies five name suggestions: Constitutional Republic of Macedonia, Democratic Republic of Macedonia, Independent Republic of Macedonia, New Republic of Macedonia and Republic of Upper Macedonia.
 
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*[[February 24]]: [[AKEL]] chairman, [[Dimitris Christofias]], is elected President of [[Cyprus]], receiving 53.36% of the votes cast in the runoff against MEP [[Ioannis Kasoulidis]].
 
  
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===March===
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==Births==
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*[[March 3]]: NATO secretary-general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer comes to Athens to discuss Greece's threat to veto the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's (FYROM) bid for NATO membership. NATO member Greece has vowed to block FYROM's bid to join the alliance unless the name issue is resolved.
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*[[1940]]: [[Giorgos Koinousis]], songwriter, singer
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*[[March 3]]: [[Georgi Vasilev]] resigned as coach of Greek Super League club [[Levadiakos FC|Levadiakos]] - a day after his team slumped to a 3-0 home defeat by fellow struggling team [[OFI FC|OFI Crete]].
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*[[1947]]: [[Totis Fylakouris]], footballer
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==Deaths==
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*[[1958]]: [[Alexandros Touferis]], athlete
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*[[2008]]: [[Elena Nathanail]], actress
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*[[2023]]: [[Christos Zanteroglou]], footballer
  
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==Deaths==
 
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===January===
 
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*[[January 6]]: [[Alekos Michailidis]], [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] politician
 
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*[[January 28]]: [[Christodoulos]], [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece
 
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===March===
 
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*[[March 4]]:  [[Elena Nathanail]], actress
 
  
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