2022

Events

January

• January 11: A strong earthquake, measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale, rattles Cyprus.
• January 19: Greece receives the first six Rafale fighter jets from France.
• January 24: Snowstorm Elpida sweeps across much of Greece leaving many motorists stranded.

February

• February 18: 280 passengers and crew members are rescued from the ferry boat "Euroferry Olympia" which went up in flames just off the coast of Kerkyra.
• February 24: Israeli president Yitzhak Herzog visits Greece and has talks with his Greek counterpart Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

March

• March 13: PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Istanbul, in a relaxed atmosphere.
• March 18: Greek long jumper Miltos Tentoglou wins gold at the indoor world championships in Belgrade. His 8.55m jump is a new Greek indoor record.

April

• April 22: Standard & Poor’s upgrades Greece’s credit rating from ‘BB’ to ‘BB+’ with a positive outlook.

May

• May 16: PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Washington and meets with US President Joe Biden.
• May 17: PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis addresses a joint session of the US Congress - the first Greek leader to ever do so.
• May 27: Iran seizes two Greek tankers in the Persian Gulf.

July

• July 16: A Ukrainian Antonov jet, loaded with weapons, crashes outside Palaiochori, Kavala prefecture.

September

• September 16: The United States fully lifts the arms embargo on Cyprus.

October

• October 3: AEK inaugurate their new OPAP Arena home with a 4-1 victory over Ionikos.
• October 15: Flash floods in Crete cause the death of two people.

Deaths

January

• January 4: Stelios Serafeidis, footballer
• January 4: Andreas Michalopoulos, footballer

February

• February 3: Christos Sartzetakis, former president of Greece.
• February 16: Vasilis Botinos, footballer
• February 25: Dimitris Tsovolas, politician, cabinet minister

March

• March 8: Nikos Sideris, footballer
• March 29: Irini Konitopoulou-Legaki, singer

April

• April 25: Kostas Karapatis, footballer

May

• May 1: Ivica Osim, former coach of Panathinaikos FC.
• May 17: Vangelis Papathanasiou, musician and composer
• May 29: Dakis, pop singer

June

• June 10: Billy Bingham, football coach who worked for PAOK and the National Football Team of Greece.
• June 19: Thales Tsirimokos, footballer

July

• July 27: Giorgos Andreou, footballer

September

• September 13: Kostas Kazakos, actor
• September 14: Irene Papas, actress
• September 18: Martha Karayianni, actress

October

• October 1: Stamatis Kokotas, singer
• October 13: Stavros Sarafis, footballer
• October 14: Alexandros Nikolaidis, tae kwon do athlete

November

• November 7: Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of Cyprus