1995

Events

March

• March 8: Kostis Stephanopoulos is elected President of Greece on the third ballot.
• March 15: The Revolutionary Organization 17 November launch a rocket attack against the TV studios of MEGA during the evening news broadcast. There is property damage but no casualties.

May

• May 31: Aris Vovos with his co-driver Kostas Stefanis win the 42nd Acropolis Rally with a Lancia Delta HF Integrale. It is the first time in the last 40 years that a Greek crew wins the Acropolis Rally after Johnny Pesmatzoglou in 1955 with an Opel Kapitan

June

• June 7: The trial of three Greek satanists starts in Athens. The three men are accused of murdering three women.

July

• July 1: Former Crown Prince Pavlos marries American Marie-Chantal Miller in London. 10 New Democracy MPs attend the wedding causing a stir in Greek politics.
• July 22: Greece win the Juniors Basketball world title after defeating Australia 91-73 in Athens. Efthimis Rentzias is voted MVP of the tournament.

August

• August 21: Christina Thalassinidou wins the bronze medal in synchronized swimming at the Vienna European Championships.

September

• September 12: FYROM refuse to negotiate the matter of their name in New York unless Greece first lifts the trade embargo against them.

October

• October 5: The FYROM Parliament approves the removal of the Vergina Sun from their flag.
• October 12: 4,000 Greek policemen and firemen demonstrate in Athens for better wages.
• October 13: Greece lifts the embargo imposed against FYROM.
• October 23: The Municipality of Athens announces the imposition of fines for littering.

November

• November 20: Andreas Papandreou is urgently admitted to the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center with serious health problems.

Deaths

June

• June 1: Petros Anagnostakis, Laika singer

October

• October 14: Eleni Vlachou, publisher, anti-Junta activist.
• October 24: Dimitris Maroudas, reporter, minister of the PASOK government.