2008
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Events
January
- January 1: The euro replaces the pound as the currency of Cyprus.
- January 8: An Athens court granted parole to Costas Agapiou, the last jailed member of ELA, three years into his 25-year prison term.
- January 15: Greek Australian fans are maced by Victoria Police during an Australian Open match between Konstantinos Economidis and Chile's Fernando Gonzalez.
- January 16: Olympiakos humble Panathinaikos 4-0 to advance into the Greek Football Cup's quarterfinal round.
- January 23: PM Costas Karamanlis visits Turkey marking the first official visit by a Greek PM to that country since 1959.
- January 31: New Democracy (ND) deputy Costas Koukodimos announces that he was leaving the party's Parliamentary group and to become an independent. His resignation reduced New Democracy's majority in the 300-seat house to just 151.
February
- February 2: A group of extreme leftists clashed with right-wing (Chrysi Avgi)demonstrators, injuring at least three people and prompting riot police to fire tear gas and blockade streets in central Athens.
January
- January 6: Alekos Michailidis, Cypriot politician
- January 28: Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and all Greece