Difference between revisions of "1995"

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March 8: Kostis Stephanopoulos is elected President of Greece on the third ballot.
March 15: The Revolutionary Organization 17 November launch a rocket attack against the TV studios of MEGA during the evening news broadcast. There is property damage but no casualties.

May 31: Aris Vovos with his co-driver Kostas Stefanis win the 42nd Acropolis Rally with a Lancia Delta HF Integrale. It is the first time in the last 40 years that a Greek crew wins the Acropolis Rally after Johnny Pesmatzoglou in 1955 with an Opel Kapitan

June 7: The trial of three Greek satanists starts in Athens. The three men are accused of murdering three women.

July 1: Former Crown Prince Pavlos marries American Marie-Chantal Miller in London. 10 New Democracy MPs attend the wedding causing a stir in Greek politics.
July 20: Turkish-Cypriot leader, Rauf Denktash, threatens to declare union of the militarily-occupied northern part of Cyprus with Turkey, should the Republic of Cyprus join the European Union.
July 22: Greece win the Juniors Basketball world title after defeating Australia 91-73 in Athens. Efthimis Rentzias is voted MVP of the tournament.

August 21: Christina Thalassinidou wins the bronze medal in synchronized swimming at the Vienna European Championships.

September 12: FYROM refuse to negotiate the matter of their name in New York unless Greece first lifts the trade embargo against them.
September 23: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I visits Patmos as part of the celebration of the 1,900 anniversary of the writing of the Book of Revelation by the Evangelist John.

October 5: The FYROM Parliament approves the removal of the Vergina Sun from their flag.
October 12: 4,000 Greek policemen and firemen demonstrate in Athens for better wages.
October 13: Greece lifts the embargo imposed against FYROM.
October 23: The Municipality of Athens announces the imposition of fines for littering.

November 20: Andreas Papandreou is urgently admitted to the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center with serious health problems.

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 ===July===
 *[[July 1]]: Former [[Crown Prince Pavlos]] marries American Marie-Chantal Miller in London. 10 [[New Democracy]] MPs attend the wedding causing a stir in Greek politics.
+*[[July 20]]: Turkish-Cypriot leader, Rauf Denktash, threatens to declare union of the militarily-occupied northern part of [[Cyprus]] with Turkey, should the Republic of Cyprus join the European Union.
 *[[July 22]]: Greece win the Juniors Basketball world title after defeating Australia 91-73 in [[Athens]]. [[Efthimis Rentzias]] is voted MVP of the tournament.