Difference between revisions of "2010"

Revision as of 10:23, February 10, 2010

January 6: Unknown arsonists set fire to the Jewish synagogue of Chania, Crete.
January 11: Cypriot Media executive, Antis Hadjikostis, is murdered outside his house at Engomi.
January 16: Marcos Baghdatis defeats Richard Gasquet 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) to claim the Sydney International ATP.
January 18: Greek-owned super-tanker, Maran Centaurus, is released by Somali pirates after a ransom was paid. Its crew of nine Greeks and 19 foreigners were unharmed.
January 19: The British Court of Appeal judges in favour of Cypriot refugee Meletis Apostolides in the case of Apostolides v Orams. Apostolides had sued Mr and Mrs Orams for illegal use of his property in Lapithos in Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus.
January 19: Olympiakos FC sack coach Zico.
January 20: Values on the Athens Stock Market drop 3.39% to 2,030. The drop is blamed on the uncertain state of the Greek economy.
January 30: Aphrodite Skafida breaks the Greek women's indoor record in the pole vault with 4.41m.

February 3: Karolos Papoulias is re-elected President of Greece.
February 5: The Athens Stock Exchange closes at 1878.91 after losses of 3.73%.
February 8: EDEK decide to pull out of the governing coalition of Cyprus.
February 10: Greece is hit by a general strike of public workers in protest of PM Papandreou's announced austerity measures.

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 *[[February 3]]: [[Karolos Papoulias]] is re-elected President of Greece.
 *[[February 5]]: The [[Athens Stock Exchange]] closes at 1878.91 after losses of 3.73%.
+*[[February 8]]: [[EDEK]] decide to pull out of the governing coalition of [[Cyprus]].
+*[[February 10]]: Greece is hit by a general strike of public workers in protest of PM [[Giorgos Papandreou|Papandreou]]'s announced austerity measures.
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