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*[[November 7]]: [[Nikos Farantos]], [[football]]er - at the age of 95, he was the oldest [[Panathinaikos FC]] veteran | *[[November 7]]: [[Nikos Farantos]], [[football]]er - at the age of 95, he was the oldest [[Panathinaikos FC]] veteran | ||
| + | *[[November 9]]: [[Yiannis Boutaris]], former mayor of [[Thessaloniki]] | ||
[[Category:Years]] | [[Category:Years]] | ||
[[Category:2024]] | [[Category:2024]] | ||
Revision as of 12:27, November 10, 2024
Events
January
- January 8: Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides announces a cabinet reshuffle
February
- February 8: More than 15,000 protest the government's plans to allow private universities in the country.
- February 15: The Hellenic Parliament legalises same-sex marriages by a 176 to 76 vote.
- February 18: Olympiakos defeat Panathinaikos 69-58 to lift the Greek Basketball Cup.
- February 20: Thousands of farmers descend upon Athens to protest against rising costs.
March
- March 2: Miltos Tentoglou wins gold in the long jump in the indoor championships at Glasgow.
- March 5: Ethnic Greek Fredi Beleri, who was elected mayor of Chimara, Northern Epirus in 2023, is sentenced to two years in jail by an Albanian court on trumped-up charges of vote buying.
- March 29: A magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes off the coast of Peloponnesos.
April
- April 14: Stefanos Tsitsipas defeats Casper Ruud 6-1 6-4 to win his third Monte Carlo Masters title in four years.
- April 18: Olympiakos qualify for the semi-finals of the European Conference League after defeating Fenerbahce 3-2 on penalties. Goalkeeper Kostas Tzolakis is the hero of the match saving three penalties.
- April 22: Olympiakos' youth team defeat AC Milan 3-0 to take the UEFA Youth League Cup, marking the first time a Greek team has ever won an UEFA competition.
May
- May 29: Olympiakos defeat Fiorentina 1-0 (aet) to take the Conference League Cup, marking the first time a Greek team has ever won a senior UEFA competition.
June
- June 9: In the elections held for the European Parliament, New Democracy receives 28.31% of the votes against 14.91% of SYRIZA and 12.79% of PASOK. Jailed Northern Epirus mayor, Freddy Beleris, is elected MEP under the flag of New Democracy.
August
- August 4: Lefteris Petrounias earns a bronze medal in the men's rings at the Paris Olympiad. It is his third medal in as many Olympic Games.
- August 5: The Athens Stock Exchange general index crashes 6.27% to close at 1,341.23 points.
- August 6: Miltiadis Tentoglou wins gold in the long jump at the Paris Olympics.
- August 12: Hundreds of firefighters battle major forest fires just north of Athens.
- August 25: Emmanouil Karalis breaks the Greek record for the pole vault with a 6.00m performance at the Diamond League competition in Chorzow, Poland.
September
- September 2: After spending 16 months in prison, Fredi Beleri is granted early release by an Albanian court.
October
- October 10: Greece defeat England 2-1 at Wembley Stadium marking their first victory ever over England.
- October 30: Scope Ratings upgrades the credit rating of Cyprus to A- from BBB+, marking the country’s first A-level rating from a major credit agency.
Deaths
January
February
March
- March 6: Dimos Moutsis, composer
April
- April 6: Anestis Afendoulidis, footballer
- April 14: Yiannis Fertis, actor
June
- June 7: Despina Stylianopoulou, actress
August
- August 3: Dimitris Theofanis, footballer
- August 10: Savvas Tsokataridis, footballer
- August 18: Stavros Nikolakakos, footballer
October
- October 5: Mimis Plessas, composer
- October 8: Prodromos Kyriakidis footballer
- October 9: George Baldock, footballer
November
- November 7: Nikos Farantos, footballer - at the age of 95, he was the oldest Panathinaikos FC veteran
- November 9: Yiannis Boutaris, former mayor of Thessaloniki