Difference between revisions of "2019"

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January 13: Panos Kammenos announces that Independent Greeks are pulling out of Tsipras' coalition government.
January 16: PM Alexis Tsipras survives a no confidence vote by 151 to 148.
January 19: Emmanouil Karalis (pole vault), Miltiadis Tentoglou (long jump) and Odysseas Mouzenidis (shot put) win gold medals at the first indoor Mediterranean Athletics U23 Championships in Miramas (France).
January 20: An estimated 60,000 people protest against the Prespes agreement in Athens' Syntagma Square.
January 20: Stefanos Tsitsipas upsets Roger Federer 3-1 sets in the round of 16 at the Australia Open.
January 22: Stefanos Tsitsipas defeats Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut 3-1 sets to advance to the semi-finals of the Australia Open.

February 17: Panathinaikos wins its 19th Greek Basketball Cup beating PAOK 79-73 in the final.
February 17: AEK defeat Flamengo of Brazil 86-70 to lift the FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
February 24: Stefanos Tsitsipas wins his second ATP-title in Marseille against Michail Kukushin from Kazachstan.

March 1: Rating agency Moody’s upgrades Greece’s sovereign credit rating by two notches from “B3” to “B1” with a stable outlook.

April 14: The dead body of a woman is discovered by two tourists in a mine shaft at Mitsero, Cyprus.
April 15: The dead woman is identified as Mary Rose Tiburcio, of the Philippines, who had been missing for eleven months.
April 18: Police arrest two officers of the Cyprus National Guard, aged 30 and 35, in connection with the murder of Mary Rose Tiburcio.
April 20: A second decomposed body of a woman is found at the Mitsero mine shaft. The 30-year old suspect is released.
April 21: The 35-year old Cyprus National Guard officer, arrested in connection with the Mitsero murders, is identified as Nicos Metaxas.
April 21: PAOK ends their 34-year wait for a league title as a 5-0 rout of relegated Levadiakos saw the Thessaloniki club win the Super League with one match to spare amid frenzied celebrations at the Toumba Stadium.
April 25: Police discover a third body in Orounta, after being led there by Metaxas. The latter confesses to seven murders.

May 11: PAOK win the Greek Cup for the third time in a row after defeating AEK for the third time in a row (this time with 1-0), and the so called “Double” for the first time after clinching the championship three weeks earlier.

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 *[[April 21]]: [[PAOK FC|PAOK]] ends their 34-year wait for a league title as a 5-0 rout of relegated [[Levadiakos FC|Levadiakos]] saw the [[Thessaloniki]] club win the [[Super League]] with one match to spare amid frenzied celebrations at the [[Toumba Stadium]].
 *[[April 25]]: Police discover a third body in [[Orounta]], after being led there by Metaxas. The latter confesses to seven murders.
+===May===
+*[[May 11]]: [[PAOK FC|PAOK]] win the [[Greek Football Cup|Greek Cup]] for the third time in a row after defeating [[AEK FC|AEK]] for the third time in a row (this time with 1-0), and the so called “Double” for the first time after clinching the championship three weeks earlier.
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