Difference between revisions of "2008"

Revision as of 11:21, February 7, 2008

January 1: The euro replaces the pound as the currency of Cyprus.
January 8: An Athens court granted parole to Costas Agapiou, the last jailed member of ELA, three years into his 25-year prison term.
January 15: Greek Australian fans are maced by Victoria Police during an Australian Open match between Konstantinos Economidis and Chile's Fernando Gonzalez.
January 16: Olympiakos humble Panathinaikos 4-0 to advance into the Greek Football Cup's quarterfinal round.
January 23: PM Costas Karamanlis visits Turkey marking the first official visit by a Greek PM to that country since 1959.
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.

February 2: A group of extreme leftists clashed with right-wing (Chrysi Avgi) demonstrators, injuring at least three people and prompting riot police to fire tear gas and blockade streets in central Athens.
February 7: Metropolitan Hieronymus of Thebes is elected Archbishop of Athens and all Greece.

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 ===February===
 *[[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]].
+*[[February 7]]: Metropolitan [[Hieronymus II|Hieronymus]] of [[Thebes]] is elected [[Archbishop of Athens]] and all Greece.
 ===January===
 *[[January 6]]: [[Alekos Michailidis]], [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] politician