2002

Events

January

• January 1: The euro replaces the drachma as the currency of Greece.

May

• May 25: Olympiakos become the first Greek water polo team to win the Champions League after defeating Honved 9-7 in the final in Budapest.

June

• June 29: A bomb that detonates in the hands of Savvas Xeros starts a chain reaction of arrests of Novermber 17th members.

July

• July 23: 37-year old teacher, Konstantinos Telios, surrenders to the police in Thessaloniki as a member of the Revolutionary Organisation 17 November.

November

• November 28: The European Court of Human Rights awards a 13.7 million euro (4.6 billion drachmas) monetary compensation to the former King Constantine II and rules against the Greek government for the seizure of the royal property.

Deaths

February

• February 1: Stathis Tsanaktzis, footballer

June

• June 1: Kakia Analyti, actress.
• June 7: Malvina Karali, reporter and playwriter.

July

• July 20: Michalis Kritikopoulos, footballer

October

• October 31: Michail Stasinopoulos, politician, President of Greece