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*[[March 28]]: EU representative Van der Brook asks Greek PM, [[Andreas Papandreou]], to lift all the measures his government has taken against FYROM. | *[[March 28]]: EU representative Van der Brook asks Greek PM, [[Andreas Papandreou]], to lift all the measures his government has taken against FYROM. | ||
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| + | *[[April 12]]: Greece and Albania expel each others diplomats over an attack at an army base in [[Argyrokastro]] that Albania claimed was the work of Greek agents. | ||
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===June=== | ===June=== | ||
*[[June 6]]: [[Kostas Koukodimos]] breaks the Greek record for the [[long jump]] with a jump of 8.36m. | *[[June 6]]: [[Kostas Koukodimos]] breaks the Greek record for the [[long jump]] with a jump of 8.36m. | ||
Revision as of 10:35, March 28, 2007
Events
January
- January 1: Greece assumes the Presidency of the European Union.
- January 24: The Revolutionary Organization 17 November assassinate Michalis Vranopoulos, former governor of the National Bank.
- January 24: Gymnast Ioannis Melissanidis wins the PSAT award. The young champion receives accolades when he dedicates the gold medal he earned at the European Juniors to the memory of his friend, Turkish gymnast Murat Kanbas, who died in a car accident before the games. For this gesture he was awarded the Ipekci prize.
February
- February 16: Greece imposes an embargo on FYROM.
- February 27: Greek-Australians demonstrate against FYROM's use of the name "Macedonia".
March
- March 28: EU representative Van der Brook asks Greek PM, Andreas Papandreou, to lift all the measures his government has taken against FYROM.
April
- April 12: Greece and Albania expel each others diplomats over an attack at an army base in Argyrokastro that Albania claimed was the work of Greek agents.
June
- June 6: Kostas Koukodimos breaks the Greek record for the long jump with a jump of 8.36m.
- June 18: Ethnikos win their 35th Waterpolo title after beating Olympiakos 12-10. Ethnikos dominated the waterpolo championships for many years in the past (1953-1968 and 1972-1985)
July
- July 4: Turkish Diplomat, Omer Sipahioglu, is shot and killed in Palio Faliron. The Revolutionary Organization 17 November assume responsibility.
September
- September 7: An Albanian court hands down jail sentences to five members of the Northern Epirus "Omonia Party" for "treason and collaboration with an outside power".
October
- October 2: Filmnet's first broadcast of an athletic event (Iraklis vs PAOK at Kaftanzoglio Stadium)
- October 12: Daniel Batista becomes the first black man to play for the National Football Team of Greece in a 4-0 victory over Finland.
- October 16: Dimitris Avramopoulos is elected Mayor of Athens. Stelios Logothetis is elected in Piraeus and Konstantinos Kosmopoulos in Thessaloniki.
- October 18 - Nikos Galis walks out on Panathinaikos and Greek Basketball
Deaths
January
- January 22: Telly Savalas, Greek-American actor.
February
- February 20: Triantafyllos Siaperas, former chess champion. In 1967 he wrote one of the first books about chess in Greece.
March
- March 6: Melina Mercouri, Actress, singer and political activist.
June
- June 15: Manos Hadjidakis, composer.
August
- August 3: Nikos Hadjikyriakos Gikas, painter