2017

Events

January

• January 9: Talks begin in Geneva in an effort to reunify the island of Cyprus.
• January 11: The Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot sides exchange maps, for the first time since 1976, proposing the territorial boundaries for each community in a reunified Cyprus.
• January 19: AEK FC name Manolo Jimenez as their new coach.
• January 26: The Supreme Court of Greece rules against extraditing eight Turkish officers who took part in an abortive attempt to overthrow Turkish president Erdogan.

Deaths

January

• January 23: Vangelis Panakis, footballer

February

• February 2: Miltos Papapostolou, footballer, coach
• February 2: Giorgos Petridis, footballer
• February 7: Loukianos Kilaidonis, composer, lyricist, singer