2007

Events

January

• January 12: The U.S. Embassy in Athens was hit by a rocket in an attack that anonymous callers claimed was staged by a left-wing group. Police said the attack was carried out by a domestic terror group. 　There were no casualties.
• January 16: Students and teachers take to the streets in Athens to protest the Government-sponsored Education Reform Bill 16.
• January 27:Sotiris Ninis (Panathinaikos), at the age of 16 years, 9 months and 24 days joins the list of soccer players under 17 to score in the Greek top soccer division (Panathinaikos - Panionios 2-0).

February

• February 3: Louis Tsatoumas breaks the Greek indoor record for the long jump with 8.17m.
• February 9: The body of Yiannis Vartholomeos, head of the Social Insurance Institute (IKA), was found in the stairwell of an apartment block in the central Zografou area.
• February 14: Vasilis Tsiartas retires from football
• February 17: Greek-Australian Michael Katsidis wins the World Boxing Organisation interim lightweight title by defeating Graham Earl.
• February 25: Olympic judo champion Ilias Iliadis wins gold medal at Super World Cup in Hamburg in 90-kilo division
• February 25: Greek-Australian film producer George Miller wins an Oscar for best animated feature with his penguin-dancing film Happy Feet.

March

• March 15: Russia, Bulgaria and Greece signed a tripartite inter-state agreement in Athens, opening the way for the construction of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline, connecting the western Black Sea with the Mediterranean.
• March 24: Greece are defeated 4-1 at Karaiskaki Stadium by Turkey in a Euro 2008 qualifier.
• March 25: Panathinaikos win the Greek Basketball Cup for the third year running by defeating AGO Rethymno 87-48

Deaths

January

• January 17: Pefkios Georgiadis, Minister of Education and Culture of Cyprus.
• January 30: Nikos Kourkoulos, actor