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*[[May 20]]: Development Minister [[Christos Folias]] said Greece was recalling all sunflower oil imported since January after a Ukrainian batch was found to be tainted with mineral oil (a highly viscous hydrocarbon-oil, possibly a lubricant by-product of petroleum), sparking a two-week food scare.  
 
*[[May 20]]: Development Minister [[Christos Folias]] said Greece was recalling all sunflower oil imported since January after a Ukrainian batch was found to be tainted with mineral oil (a highly viscous hydrocarbon-oil, possibly a lubricant by-product of petroleum), sparking a two-week food scare.  
 
*[[May 21]]: Antonis Zabelas became [[Hellenic Food Authority|EFET's]] new chairman.
 
*[[May 21]]: Antonis Zabelas became [[Hellenic Food Authority|EFET's]] new chairman.
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*[[May 24]]: [[Greece]] came third in the 2008 Eurovision contest with upbeat pop song Secret Combination by [[Kalomira]].
  
 
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==Deaths==

Revision as of 11:46, May 25, 2008

Events

January

February

March

  • March 3: NATO secretary-general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer comes to Athens to discuss Greece's threat to veto the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's (FYROM) bid for NATO membership. NATO member Greece has vowed to block FYROM's bid to join the alliance unless the name issue is resolved.
  • March 3: Georgi Vasilev resigned as coach of Greek Super League club Levadiakos - a day after his team slumped to a 3-0 home defeat by fellow struggling team OFI Crete.
  • March 6: NATO foreign ministers debated whether to invite three Balkans countries (Albania, Croatia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to join the military alliance, as Greece threatened to veto the entry of FYROM because of the Macedonia name dispute.
  • March 8: A train derailed near Larisa causing injuries to 23 persons.
  • March 11: Greek electricity utility unions vowed to extend their strike in protest against a pension reform bill with more power cuts, and council workers joined a strike over the bill that unions say cuts benefits.
  • March 11: Olympiacos CFP parts company with head coach Panagiotis Lemonis despite the club lying in second place in the Super League.
  • March 13: The tourist ship "Giorgis" runs aground 3 nautical miles from Poros.
  • March 19: Millions of Greeks walked off the job in the third general strike since December, causing the cancellation of dozens of flights, stranding ships at ports and shutting down public services including schools, ministries and banks. Tens of thousands of people took part in a march through the Greek capital Athens to protest the conservative government's plans to overhaul the country's debt-ridden pension system, which risks going bankrupt in 20 years.
  • March 20: Greece's parliament has narrowly passed the conservative government's controversial pension reform bill that triggered mass public protests. The bill passed with 151 votes in favor, 13 against and 136 abstentions.
  • March 25: Republic of Macedonia (Skopje) is the latest name proposal in the UN-led talks between the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Greece. The proposal was presented by United Nations envoy Matthew Nimitz in New York.
  • March 26: Greece's opposition Socialist party submitted a censure motion against the government over pension reforms, raising the possibility that the government could fall by the end of the weekend.
  • March 31: The IAAF, track and field's international governing body, awarded Katerina Thanou with Marion Jones's 100-meter silver medal from the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton.
  • March 31: Apostolos Vavilis, a mysterious character who became a confidant of high-ranking Church of Greece figures, including the late Archbishop Christodoulos, and was implicated in a series of church scandals, posted bail of €10,000 and walked out of Korydallos Prison, where he had been kept in custody for two years. Three years ago, Apostolos Vavilis was Greece's most wanted man. He was released because there was "not enough evidence to try Vavilis for breaching state secrets or for fraud."

April

  • April 2: Greece stands by its threat on Wednesday to veto NATO membership for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia despite pressure from U.S. President George W. Bush.
  • April 4: Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis's popularity has received a boost after Greece stopped the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) from joining NATO; most Greeks agree that ties between the two countries need to improve.
  • April 7: Greek media reported that 11 members of the weightlifting team tested positive in a surprise inspection by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
  • April 9: Suspended national weightlifting coach Christos Iakovou protested his innocence, insisting that he did not knowingly give 11 weightlifters banned substances. He blamed a Chinese company that allegedly supplied what he thought were approved food supplements for the mix-up.
  • April 10: Greek police asked Interpol to help shed light on a doping case involving positive tests from 11 of the country's top weightlifters.
  • April 11: Turkish Cypriot leader, Mehmet Ali Talat, used the newly-opened Ledra Street crossing to visit the Greek side of Lefkosia. Talat called his impromptu visit a "message of friendship".
  • April 20: Strawberry farmers clash with their workers in Nea Manolada, Elis.
  • April 20: Olympiakos beat Iraklis in the final game day of the Greek Super League to claim the championship title, pending a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland for the outcome of game Apollon Kalamaria-Olympiakos
  • April 21: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland turns down the appeal by Apollon Kalamarias against their point deduction for fielding Roman Wallner in an Apollon Kalamaria vs Olympiakos game.

May

Deaths

January

March

April

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