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| − | ===January===
| + | *[[1913]]: The [[Treaty of Bucharest, 1913|Treaty of Bucharest]] is concluded ending the [[Second Balkan War]]. |
| − | *[[January 7]]: [[Fanis Gekas]] signs for Samsunspor thus becoming the first [[Football (soccer)|football]] player from [[Greece]] to sign for a Turkish side.
| + | *[[1920]]: The [[Treaty of Sevres]] is signed creating the "Greece of two continents and five seas". |
| − | *[[January 13]]: Standard & Poor's downgrades the credit rating of [[Cyprus]] by two notches pushing it into junk status.
| + | *[[1933]]: Striking lignite mine workers in [[Aliveri]] clash with the police. Six persons are wounded. |
| − | *[[January 26]]: The [[Athens Stock Exchange]] General Index makes impressive gains of 3.93% closing at 766.23.
| + | *[[1987]]: The [[Revolutionary Organization 17 November]] kill 11 US soldiers in a bus at Kavouri. The explosive device used was detonated by remote control. |
| − | *[[January 27]]: Fitch cuts the credit rating of [[Cyprus]] to BBB- with a negative outlook.
| + | *[[2012]]: Four armed men rob a branch of [[Alpha Bank]] in the town of [[Naoussa (Paros)|Naoussa]] on the island of [[Paros]]. In their getaway, they kill 53-year old taxi driver Dimitris Michas who attempted to stop them. The victim was a son-in-law of footballer [[Mimis Domazos]] and singer [[Vicky Moscholiou]]. |
| − | ===February===
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| − | *[[February 2]]: The [[House of Representatives of Cyprus]] rebukes UN envoy Alexander Downer over his "one-sided and detrimental statements and actions" that have eroded his credibility as an impartial facilitator in the talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
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| − | *[[February 3]]: The International Court of Justice rules that Italy "violated the immunity which Germany enjoys under international law" by allowing [[Greeks]] to sue Germany in Italian courts over [[WW II]] war crimes.
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| − | *[[February 7]]: A general strike by the major unions of [[Greece]] paralyse the country as private and public sector workers protest the government's plans to lower the minimum wage.
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| − | *[[February 10]]: The four [[Popular Orthodox Rally]] government members quit their posts in protest of the proposed new austerity measures.
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| − | *[[February 10]]: Unions begin a 48-hour strike throughout [[Greece]].
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| − | *[[February 13]]: The [[Hellenic Parliament]] approves, by 199 to 74, a package of austerity measures demanded by the EU and IMF in return for a 130 billion euro bailout. Following the vote, coalition parties expel more than 40 MPs for failing to back the bill while tens of thousands violently protest in [[Athens]] and other cities across [[Greece]].
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| − | *[[February 16]]: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu visits [[Cyprus]] marking the first time an Israeli leader has ever visited the nearby island republic.
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| − | *[[February 17]]: Armed robbers steal more than 60 artefacts from a museum in [[Olympia]].
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| − | *[[February 17]]: The [[Athens Stock Exchange]] General Index closes at 824.26 as values rise 5.00%. | |
| − | *[[February 21]]: Eurozone finance ministers agree to lend [[Greece]] 130 billion euros after 13 hours of late-night talks in Brussels.
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| − | *[[February 22]]: Fitch downgrades Greece two notches to C. In response, the [[Athens Stock Exchange]] General Index closes at 751.96 - a drop of 5.67%.
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| − | *[[February 23]]: The [[Hellenic parliament]] approves a law to write down 107 billion euros from its debt to private creditors.
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| − | *[[February 24]]: Former [[New Democracy]] MP [[Panos Kammenos]] announces the establishment of [[Independent Greeks]] - a centre-right party opposed to the EU-imposed austerity measures.
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| − | ===March===
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| − | *[[March 7]]: [[APOEL FC|APOEL]] become the first [[Cypriot]] club to advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions' League after eliminating Lyon 4-3 on penalties. The regulation-time score was 1-0 which equalised the 0-1 loss in France.
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| − | *[[March 9]]: [[Greece]] achieves the biggest national debt writedown in history (€105 billion) as the vast majority of its private creditors sign up to a bond swap.
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| − | *[[March 10]]: [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] defeat [[Olympiakos BC|Olympiakos]] 71-70 and win the [[Greek Basketball Cup]].
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| − | *[[March 11]]: [[Dimitris Chondrokoukis]] wins gold in the [[high jump]] in the world indoor [[track and field]] Championships in [[Istanbul]] as he clears 2.33m.
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| − | *[[March 13]]: [[Eleftheria Eleftheriou]] with the song ''Aphrodisiac'' is chosen to represent Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest.
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| − | *[[March 13]]: Moody's Investors Service cuts [[Cyprus]]' sovereign rating one notch to Ba1 from Baa3, pushing it to junk status.
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| − | *[[March 13]]: Fitch assigns [[Greece]] a B- rating, becoming the first major rating agency to lift the country out of default territory. | |
| − | *[[March 14]]: Former [[PASOK]] MPs [[Louka Katseli]] and [[Haris Kastanidis]] announce the creation of a new political party: the [[Social Contract]].
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| − | *[[March 18]]: [[Evangelos Venizelos]] is elected leader of the [[Panhellenic Socialist Movement]].
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| − | *[[March 18]]: The match between [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] and [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] is stopped after rowdy fans throw objects onto the pitch and set two fires in the stands. The score at the moment was 1-0 in favour of visitors [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]].
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| − | *[[March 21]]: The [[Hellenic Parliament]] approves the international bailout deal by 213-79.
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| − | ===April===
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| − | *[[April 4]]: 77-year old pensioner, Dimitris Christoulas, shoots himself dead in [[Syntagma Square]] [[Athens]], not far from the [[Hellenic Parliament]]. Christoulas feared the austerity measures would leave him "scavenging for food in garbage cans".
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| − | *[[April 10]]: The [[Athens Stock Exchange]] General Index makes impressive gains of 3.17% closing at 730.03.
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| − | *[[April 10]]: The [[Panhellenic Maritime Federation]] (PNO) calls a 48-hour strike leaving thousands of holidaymakers stranded.
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| − | *[[April 11]]: President [[Karolos Papoulias]] proclaims national elections for [[May 6]], 2012.
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| − | *[[April 11]]: Former Minister, [[Akis Tsochatzopoulos]], is arrested on money laundering charges.
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| − | *[[April 20]]: A court in [[Greece]] finds four officials of Helios Airways guilty of manslaughter through negligence for the [[2005]] [[Helios Airways Flight 522]] disaster.
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| − | *[[April 23]]: The trial over responsibility of the Mari Naval Base explosion commences in [[Cyprus]].
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| − | *[[April 28]]: [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] defeat [[Atromitos Athens FC|Atromitos Athens]] 2-1 in extra time to lift the [[Greek Football Cup]].
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| − | ===May===
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| − | *[[May 5]]: [[AE Limassol FC|AE Limassol]] defeat [[Anorthosis Famagusta FC|Anorthosis Famagusta]] 1-0 and clinch their first Cypriot championship since [[1968]].
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| − | *[[May 6]]: Parliamentary elections are held throughout [[Greece]], resulting in a very strong protest vote against the austerity measures of the ruling coalition: [[New Democracy]] finish first, but with less than 19% of the vote, while [[PASOK]] end up in third place with 13%. | |
| − | *[[May 6]]: The turnout in Greek elections is at an all-time low. 34.91% of registered voters did not cast a ballot, breaks the record of 2009, when one in three people did not vote. The highest rate of abstention was registered in [[Florina]], where 59.07% of the electorate did not turn out to vote, while in [[Attica]] the abstention rate was 24.64%.
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| − | *[[May 7]]: President [[Karolos Papoulias]] gives [[New Democracy]] leader, [[Antonis Samaras]], a mandate to form a government. Within hours, [[Antonis Samaras|Samaras]] returns it as he is unable to form a coalition.
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| − | *[[May 7]]: The [[Athens Stock Exchange]] General Index closes at 643.87 as values drop 6.67% in response to the political uncertainty in [[Greece]]. | |
| − | *[[May 8]]: In accordance with the Greek Constitution, President [[Karolos Papoulias]] gives [[SYRIZA]] leader, [[Alexis Tsipras]], a mandate to form a government.
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| − | *[[May 8]]: The [[Athens Stock Exchange]] General Index again records significant losses, closing at 620.54 as values drop 3.62% in response to the continued political uncertainty in [[Greece]].
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| − | *[[May 9]]: [[Alexis Tsipras]] returns the mandate as he too is unable to form a coalition.
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| − | *[[May 10]]: In accordance with the Greek Constitution, President [[Karolos Papoulias]] gives [[PASOK]] leader, [[Evangelos Venizelos]], a mandate to form a government.
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| − | *[[May 10]]: The Olympic torch is lit in ancient [[Olympia]].
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| − | *[[May 11]]: [[Olympiakos BC|Olympiakos]] triumph over Barcelona 68-64 and qualify for the Euroleague final. In the other semi-final game, CSKA Moscow defeat [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] 66-64.
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| − | *[[May 13]]: President [[Karolos Papoulias]] summons leaders of the country's fractious political parties in a last-ditch effort to form a new coalition government.
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| − | *[[May 13]]: [[Olympiakos BC|Olympiakos]] triumph over CSKA Moscow 62-61 and win the Euroleague for the second time in their history. The red-and-whites at one point in the game were 19 points down.
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| − | *[[May 14]]: The moderate [[Democratic Left]] party says it will not join pro-bailout parties in a coalition without the more radical far-left [[SYRIZA]].
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| − | *[[May 14]]: [[Cyprus]] president [[Dimitris Christofias]] announces he will not seek re-election. | |
| − | *[[May 14]]: The [[Athens Stock Exchange]] General Index closes at 584.04 as values drop 4.56% in response to the continued political uncertainty in [[Greece]].
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| − | *[[May 15]]: As talks to form a coalition government fail, the [[Athens Stock Exchange]] General Index drops another 3.62% to 562.88.
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| − | *[[May 16]]: President [[Karolos Papoulias]] meets with party leaders to create a caretaker government. Senior judge [[Panagiotis Pikrammenos]] is named caretaker prime minister.
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| − | *[[May 16]]: [[Greece]] announces [[June 17]] as the date for the country's repeat elections.
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| − | *[[May 17]]: The caretaker government of [[Panagiotis Pikrammenos]] is sworn in along with the newly-elected members of the [[Hellenic Parliament]].
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| − | *[[May 17]]: The first match of the [[basketball]] championship series between [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] and [[Olympiakos BC|Olympiakos]] is postponed as the bus carrying [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]]' players to the stadium is ambushed resulting in injuries to players [[Stratos Perperoglou]] and Stephen Smith.
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| − | *[[May 21]]: The leader of conservative [[New Democracy]], [[Antonis Samaras]], and the head of the liberal [[Democratic Alliance]], [[Dora Bakoyannis]], a former conservative minister and political rival, announce that they are joining forces in “a patriotic, pro-European front” aimed at “battling the forces of populism” and ensuring that the country remains in the eurozone.
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| − | *[[May 22]]: [[Aris Grigoriadis]] wins the second European Championship gold medal of his career, finishing first (with a time of 53.86 seconds) in the 100-meter backstroke final at Debrecen, Hungary.
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| − | *[[May 24]]: Rumours of a Greek exit from the Eurozone contribute to a 4.53% drop in stock values as the General Index of the [[Athens Stock Exchange]] closes at 502.52.
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| − | *[[May 24]]: Eighteen-year-old [[Panayiotis Samilidis]] clocked a national record of 2 minutes and 9.72 seconds at the European Swimming Championship in Debrecen, Hungary, in the 200-meters breaststroke to finish third, 1.12 seconds behind the winner, Daniel Gyurta of Hungary. [[Yiannis Drymonakos]] also finished third in the 200-meters butterfly with a time of 1:56.48, behind the winner, Laszlo Cseh, also from Hungary.
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| − | *[[May 25]]: The General Index of the [[Athens Stock Exchange]] drops below 500 (485.18) after another loss of 3.45% of stock values. The closing level represents a 22-year low.
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| − | *[[May 28]]: Diomedes Argos win the European Handball Federation Challenge Cup despite losing 22-20 to Wacker Thun, as the first match was 26-23 in favour of the Greek team.
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| − | ===June===
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| − | *[[June 2]]: [[Olympiakos BC|Olympiakos]] defeat [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] 82-76, in the deciding game of the championship playoffs, to win the [[A1 League]] title - their first in 15 years.
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| − | *[[June 8]]: [[National Football Team|Greece]] draw co-hosts Poland 1-1 in the opening game of [[Euro 2012]].
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| − | *[[June 13]]: Moody's cuts [[Cyprus]]' rating to Ba3 (from Ba1).
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| − | *[[June 16]]: [[National Football Team|Greece]] stun heavily-favoured Russia 1-0 (45+2' [[Giorgos Karagounis|Karagounis]]) to qualify for the quarter-finals of [[Euro 2012]].
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| − | *[[June 17]]: In the repeat national elections, [[New Democracy]] again finish first with 29.66% of the vote and 130 seats in [[Hellenic Parliament|Parliament]]. [[SYRIZA]] finish second with 26.89% and 71 seats. Once again, [[Golden Dawn]] return to [[Hellenic Parliament|Parliament]] with 18 seats thanks to a 6.92% share of the vote. A record 60 women were elected MPs.
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| − | *[[June 20]]: [[New Democracy]] leader, [[Antonis Samaras]], is sworn in as [[Prime Minister of Greece]] heading a coalition made up of [[New Democracy]], [[PASOK]] and the [[Democratic Left]].
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| − | *[[June 22]]: The [[National Soccer Team|Greek team]] bows out of the [[Euro 2012|UEFA Euro 2012 tournament]] following a 4-2 loss at the quarterfinals round to Germany in a much anticipated game dubbed as the "Bail-Out Game."
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| − | *[[June 25]]: The [[Athens Stock Exchange]] General Index closes at 566.79 after a drop of 6,84%.
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| − | *[[June 25]]: Fitch cuts the credit rating of Cyprus to BB+ (from BBB-) with a negative outlook.
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| − | *[[June 25]]: [[Cyprus]] announces that it intends to apply for a bailout from the Eurozone becoming the fifth EU member to do so.
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| − | *[[June 28]]: Armed robbers break into the home of [[PAOK FC|PAOK]] coach [[Giorgos Donis]] in [[Kifissia]] and hold his children and in-laws hostage. In the ensuing gun battle with the police, one policeman and one robber are wounded.
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| − | *[[June 29]]: In response to an EU deal to help finance debt-laden eurozone countries, the [[Athens Stock Exchange]] General Index rises by 5,68% to close at 611.16.
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| − | ===July===
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| − | *[[July 1]]: [[Cyprus]] takes over the presidency of the European Union.
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| − | *[[July 9]]: The coalition government of [[Antonis Samaras]] wins the confidence vote in the [[Hellenic Parliament]] by 179 votes to 121. Voting for the government were the MPs of [[New Democracy]], [[PASOK]] and the [[Democratic Left]].
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| − | *[[July 12]]: The Greek [[Under-19 National Football Team]] defeat England 2-1 (aet) and advance to the final of the European Cup.
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| − | *[[July 15]]: The [[Under-19 National Football Team]] of Greece lose 1-0 to Spain in the final of the European Cup.
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| − | *[[July 23]]: The [[Athens Stock Exchange]] General Index closes at 586.04 after a 7.10% drop.
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| − | *[[July 25]]: The [[Cyprus Stock Exchange]] General Index records losses of 8.02% in response to the possibility of the imposition of austerity measures by the "Troika".
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| − | *[[July 25]]: [[Triple jump]] athlete [[Paraskevi Papachristou]] was disqualified from the London Olympics over a posting on her Twitter account that was deemed as racist by the [[Hellenic Olympic Committee]].
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| − | *[[July 31]]: [[Haris Mavrias]] scores the second goal in a 2-0 Champions' League qualifier at Motherwell, and becomes the youngest [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] player to score in Europe, breaking the record of [[Giourkas Seitaridis]].
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| − | *[[August 1]]: [[Ilias Iliadis]] wins bronze in judo - the first medal won by [[Greece]] in the 2012 London Olympiad. | + | *[[1998]]: 31 year-old trainer Giorgos Loukanidis, son of the legendary [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] and [[Doxa Drama FC|Doxa Drama]] striker/midfielder, [[Takis Loukanidis]], dies in a car accident. |
| − | *[[August 4]]: [[Alexandra Tsiavou]] and [[Christina Giazitzidou]] win bronze in the women's lightweight double sculls at the 2012 London Olympic Games.
| + | *[[1956]]: [[Phaedon Mattheou]] scores a personal record of 28 points against Syria (94-75) at Cairo for the pre-olympic tournament. Mattheou will score a total of 529 points in 44 matches with the [[National Basketball Team|national basketball team]]. In this match [[Vangelis Nikitopoulos]] will play for the second and last time in his career. |
| − | *[[August 4]]: [[Alexandros Papamichail]] breaks the Greek record in the 20 km [[Race walking]] event with a time of 1:21.12.
| + | *[[2006]]: [[Pericles Iakovakis]] wins gold for Greece - its first gold medal at the European Championships - with an exceptional run in the men's [[400m hurdles]] (48.46 sec). |
| − | *[[August 6]]: [[Pavlos Kontides]] wins a silver medal in the men's Laser class Olympic sailing marking the very first time that [[Cyprus]] won an Olympics medal of any kind. | + | *[[2018]]: [[Voula Papachristou]] wins gold in the [[triple jump]] at the European Athletics Championships in Berlin with 14.60 m. |
| − | *[[August 10]]: Four armed men rob a branch of [[Alpha Bank]] in the town of [[Naoussa (Paros)|Naoussa]] on the island of [[Paros]]. In their getaway, they kill 53-year old taxi driver Dimitris Michas who attempted to stop them. The victim was a son-in-law of footballer [[Mimis Domazos]] and singer [[Vicky Moscholiou]].
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| − | *[[August 11]]: [[Alexandros Papamichail]] breaks the Greek record in the 50 km [[Race walking]] event with a time of 3:49.56. | + | ==Births== |
| − | *[[August 22]]: PM [[Antonis Samaras]] meets Eurogroup chief, Jean-Claude Juncker, in [[Athens]]. | + | *[[1948]]: [[Ioannis Kasoulidis]], [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] politician. |
| − | *[[August 24]]: PM [[Antonis Samaras]] meets Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin to ask for an extension on the EU-imposed austerity targets for [[Greece]].
| + | *[[1963]]: [[Giorgos Plitsis]], footballer |
| − | *[[August 25]]: PM [[Antonis Samaras]] meets President Francois Hollande in Paris in an attempt to gain an extension on the EU-imposed austerity targets for [[Greece]]. | |
| − | *[[August 27]]: [[Panionios FC|Panionios]] defeat [[Aris FC|Aris]] 1-0 in their [[Football A Division|Superleague]] opener. This match was the first in 23 years where two Greek clubs fielded no foreigners in their starting lineups. | |
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| − | ===January===
| + | *[[1987]]: [[Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas]], poet, Prime Minister |
| − | *[[January 13]]: [[Lefteris Antoniadis]], legendary Greek-Turkish footballer. | + | *[[2024]]: [[Savvas Tsokataridis]], footballer |
| − | *[[January 13]]: Rauf Denktash, Turkish-Cypriot leader.
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| − | *[[January 17]]: [[Johnny Otis]], Greek-American singer, musician, talent scout.
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| − | *[[January 20]]: [[Ioannis Kefalogiannis]], politician
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| − | *[[January 24]]: [[Theodoros Angelopoulos]], film maker | |
| − | ===February===
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| − | *[[February 3]]: [[Nikos Apergis]], actor, politician
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| − | *[[February 29]]: [[Vasilis Tsivilikas]], actor, comedian
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| − | ===March===
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| − | *[[March 7]]: [[Smaroula Giouli]], actress
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| − | *[[March 10]]: [[Nikos Dadinopoulos]], actor
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| − | *[[March 10]]: [[Domna Samiou]], folk singer
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| − | *[[March 18]]: [[Nikos Vastardis]], actor
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| − | *[[March 29]]: [[Yiannis Banias]], politician
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| − | ===April===
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| − | *[[April 17]]: [[Dimitris Mitropanos]], popular singer
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| − | *[[April 30]]: [[Yiannis Gravanis]], footballer
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| − | ===May===
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| − | *[[May 4]]: [[Rashid Yekini]], one-time [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] player
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| − | *[[May 6]]: [[Kostas Karras]], actor
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| − | *[[May 6]]: [[Marika Mitsotaki]], former first lady of [[Greece]]
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| − | ===June===
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| − | *[[June 18]]: [[Alketas Panagoulias]], [[football (soccer)|football]] player and coach.
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| − | *[[June 28]]: [[Paul Stassino]], [[Cypriot]] actor
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| − | *[[June 30]]: [[Thymios Karakatsanis]], actor
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| − | ===July===
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| − | *[[July 17]]: [[Giorgos Moutsios]], actor
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| − | *[[July 23]]: [[Apostolos Papoutsakis]], football executive
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| − | *[[August 8]]: [[Giorgos Katsifaras]], politician
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| − | *[[August 12]]: [[Giorgos Lazaridis]], playwright
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| − | *[[August 17]]: [[Panos Markovits]], [[football (soccer)|football]] coach.
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| − | *[[August 21]]: [[Michalis Menidiatis]], singer
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