Difference between revisions of "2018"

Revision as of 12:04, April 24, 2018

January 17: Notorious crime boss, Vasilis Stefanakos, is gunned down, in front of his house, in Haidari.
January 28: The first round of the Cypriot presidential elections is held. Incumbent Nikos Anastasiades takes first place with 35.5% of the vote while Stavros Malas finishes second with 30.24%.

February 4: A huge demonstration takes place in Athens as tens of thousands protest against the Tsipras government compromise deal with FYROM over the use of "Macedonia".
February 4: Nikos Anastasiades wins re-election as Cyprus president after defeating Stavros Malas (56% - 44%) in a runoff.
February 17: AEK defeat Olympiakos 88-83 to lift the Greek Basketball Cup.
February 21: Moody’s ratings agency upgrades Greece’s credit rating by two notches to B3.

March 1: Two Greek soldiers, who had strayed across the Greco-Turkish border near Kastanies, are held by Turkish authorities for trial.
March 11: The Greek football league match between PAOK and AEK is abandoned in the 89th minute of play after PAOK owner, Ivan Savvidis, invades the pitch, wearing a holstered gun, and is said to have threatend referee Giorgos Kominis.
March 28: Georgios Koumas elected as the new president of the Cyprus Football Association.

April 9: Greek forces fire at a Turkish helicopter that was hovering low over the Greek island of Rho.
April 12: A Greek Mirage 2000-5 fighter jet goes down, off the coast of Skyros, killing its pilot. The jet had been on a mission to intercept Turkish jets.

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-*[[April 24]]: [[Fanis Tasinos]], footballer
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