2014

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Events

January

• January 1: Greece assumes the presidency of the European Union.
• January 6: Convicted November 17 member, Christodoulos Xiros, fails to report at a police station on his second-last day of prison leave, sparking a search by the Greek Police throughout central Macedonia.
• January 11: Two Golden Dawn MPs - Giorgos Germenis and Panagiotis Iliopoulos - are placed in pre-trial detention.
• January 12: Golden Dawn MP, Stathis Boukouras, is also placed in pre-trial detention.
• January 26: An earthquake, measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale, strikes Kefalonia.
• January 28: Kostas Nakopoulos breaks the Greek indoor record for the 800m with 1:48:64.

February

• February 1: An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale strikes Amfiklia, Phthiotis prefecture.
• February 3: An earthquake, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale, strikes Kefalonia in the early hours of the morning.
• February 6: Moody's Investors Service upgrades the rating of the City of Athens to Caa3 from C.
• February 9: Panathinaikos defeat Aris 90-53 to lift the Greek Basketball Cup for their 15th time.
• February 12: An earthquake, measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale, strikes Kefalonia in the early afternoon.
• February 15: An earthquake, measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale, strikes Kefalonia in the early hours of the morning.
• February 21: The executive office of the Democratic Party of Cyprus (DIKO) votes to pull out of the government of Nikos Anastasiades.
• February 25: Kostas Douvalidis breaks the Greek record for the 60m hurdles with 7.60.
• February 25: Olympiakos defeat Manchester United 2-0 in the first leg of the knock out phase of the Champions' League.
• February 27: The central committee of the Democratic Party of Cyprus (DIKO) accepts the vote of the executive office and votes to pull out of the government of Nikos Anastasiades. Four DIKO ministers are called to resign from the Cabinet of Cyprus.

March

• March 2: Panathinaikos ends Olympiakos' 27-match unbeaten league run with a 3-0 away victory.
• March 6: German President, Joachim Gauck, pays a state visit to Greece.
• March 8: Kostas Filippidis wins the gold medal in the pole vault, with 5.80m, at the World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland.

Deaths

January

• January 23: Takis Papadimitriou, footballer

February

• February 5: Jenny Vanou, singer
• February 21: Sakis Boulas, singer, actor
• February 26: Lakis Maramenidis, footballer