2023

Events

January

• January 16: The funeral of former King Constantine II is held in Athens.
• January 27: The government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis survives a no-confidence motion put forth by opposition leader, Alexis Tsipras, over a wiretapping scandal targeting politicians, army top brass and journalists.
• January 27: Stefanos Tsitsipas defeats Karen Khachanov to reach the final of the Australian Open.
• January 27: Fitch Ratings upgrade Greece’s credit rating to BB+ with a stable outlook.
• January 29: Stefanos Tsitsipas loses to Serbia's Novak Djokovic 3-0 sets in the final of the Australian Open.

February

• February 5: The first round of the presidential elections is held in Cyprus. Nikos Christodoulides receives 32.04% of the vote. Andreas Mavroyiannis finishes second with 29.60%. The two will meet in a runoff.
• February 8: The Hellenic Parliament passes a controversial bill barring parties from the legislature whose leaders have been convicted of serious crimes and are deemed a potential threat to democracy. The measure is aimed specifically at the "National Party - Hellenes" party whose leader, Elias Kasidiaris, is currently in jail.
• February 9: A Greek EMAK mission flies out to Turkey, in the aftermath of a 7.8 earthquake, to assist in rescue operations.
• February 12: Nikos Christodoulides is elected President of Cyprus defeating Andreas Mavroyiannis. Christodoulides received 51.97% of the vote to 48.03% of his opponent.
• February 28: A passenger train, carrying hundreds of people, collides at high speed with an oncoming freight train, killing at least 36 near Tempe.

March

• March 1: As the death toll rises to 46, Kostas Karamanlis resigns as Minister for Transport.
• March 2: Greeks take to the streets to protest the neglect of their transport system which led to the Tempe tragedy.
• March 4: The train collision death toll rises to 57.
• March 5: Miltos Tentoglou claims his third straight long jump title at the indoor European Championships of Istanbul with a jump of 8.30m.

April

• April 21: Standard & Poor’s upgrades Greece’s outlook from “Stable” to “Positive".

May

• May 6: President Katerina Sakellaropoulou represents Greece at the coronation of King Charles III of England. The coronation ceremony included a Byzantine Chant Ensemble which sang Psalm 71 in Greek.
• May 14: AEK clinch their 13th football championship.
• May 14: Ethnic Greek Fredi Beleri is elected mayor of Chimara, Northern Epirus despite being jailed by Albanian authorities two days earlier.
• May 21: PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis' New Democracy party win the first round of the 2023 parliamentary elections with 40.8% of the vote however they capture only 146 seats which leaves them short of a majority.
• May 24: AEK defeat PAOK 2-0 to clinch their first double in over four decades.

June

• June 14: A fishing boat, carrying migrants trying to reach Europe, capsizes and sinks off Pylos, Greece. At least 79 are dead.
• June 25: PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis' New Democracy party win the second round of the 2023 parliamentary elections with 40.55% of the vote, capturing 158 seats in the Hellenic Parliament.

July

• July 17: Wildfires SE of Athens force the evacuation of thousands of homeowners and tourists. Meanwhile, more wildfires force the evacuation of people from Loutraki.
• July 23: Wildfires rage on the islands of Rhodes and Corfu forcing the evacuation of thousands of locals and tourists.
• July 27: A wildfire triggers a series of massive explosions at an air force ammunition depot near Nea Anchialos, Thessaly.

August

• August 7: Croatian hooligans enter Greece illegally and attack AEK supporters at Nea Philadelphia, killing one and injuring eight others.

September

• September 5: Record-breaking torrential rains hit part of central Greece. One man dies in the city of Volos after a wall collapses.

Deaths

January

• January 10: Former King Constantine II of Greece.
• January 22: Nikos Xanthopoulos, actor

February

• February 17: Moses Elisaf, mayor of Ioannina, the first Jewish mayor of a Greek city.

March

• March 4: Christos Zanteroglou, footballer
• March 15: Mimis Papaioannou, footballer

April

• April 3: Rena Koumioti, singer

May

• May 15: Yiannis Vogiatzis, singer.
• May 24: George Maharis, Greek-American actor.
• May 31: Theodoros Pangalos, politician.

June

• June 10: Yiannis Markopoulos, composer.
• June 24: Yiannis Dontas, footballer
• June 29: Angela Zilia, singer, actress

July

• July 1: Roberto Gramajo, ex-Panathinaikos footballer

August

• August 11: Lizeta Nikolaou, singer