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*[[May 9]]: Prince Charles visits Greece. | *[[May 9]]: Prince Charles visits Greece. | ||
*[[May 12]]: [[PAOK FC|PAOK]] defeat [[AEK FC|AEK]] 2-0 to win the [[Greek Football Cup]] back to back. | *[[May 12]]: [[PAOK FC|PAOK]] defeat [[AEK FC|AEK]] 2-0 to win the [[Greek Football Cup]] back to back. | ||
| + | *[[May 16]]: [[AEK Larnaca FC|AEK Larnaca]] defeat [[Apollon Limassol FC|Apollon Limassol]] 2-1 to lift the [[Cyprus football cup]]. | ||
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
Revision as of 08:40, May 18, 2018
Events
January
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
May
- May 6: AEK BC win the European Basketball Champions League by defeating Monaco 100-94.
- May 9: Prince Charles visits Greece.
- May 12: PAOK defeat AEK 2-0 to win the Greek Football Cup back to back.
- May 16: AEK Larnaca defeat Apollon Limassol 2-1 to lift the Cyprus football cup.
Deaths
January
- January 2: Eugene Gerards, coach of OFI FC for 15 years.
- January 11: Takis Loukanidis, footballer.
- January 13: Aristides Roubanis, basketball player
March
- March 5: Kostakis Koutsokoumnis, president of the Cyprus Football Association.
April
- April 22: Fanis Tasinos, footballer
May
- May 1: Zoe Kouroukli, singer