2015

Events

January

• January 3: Escaped convicted November 17 member, Christodoulos Xiros, is apprehended by police in Anavyssos.
• January 3: George Papandreou launches his new political party, the Movement of Democratic Socialists.
• January 5: The Athens Stock Exchange closes at 789.20 - a loss of 5.6% - amid rumours of a future Greek exit from the Eurozone.
• January 6: Michel resigns his position as head coach of Olympiakos FC.
• January 9: Cyprus Airways ceases operations after the EU rules they cannot receive any further state aid.
• January 13: The elder Paisios is canonised a saint by the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
• January 25: The radical left-wing Syriza party of Alexis Tsipras wins the parliamentary elections with 36.34% of the vote, gaining 149 seats in the Hellenic Parliament.
• January 26: Alexis Tsipras' Syriza party reaches a deal with the conservative Independent Greeks of Panos Kammenos to form an anti-bailout coalition.

Tsipras straightaway receives a mandate to form a government from President Karolos Papoulias and breaks tradition by taking a civil oath without the presence of Archbishop Ieronymos II.

• January 26: The official results of the parliamentary election are announced. SYRIZA: 36.34%, 149 seats; New Democracy: 27.81%, 76 seats; Golden Dawn: 6.28%, 17 seats; Potami: 6.05%, 17 seats; KKE: 5.47%, 15 seats; ANEL: 4.75%, 13 seats; PASOK: 4.68%, 13 seats
• January 26: A Greek F-16 fighter jet crashes at Los Llanos base in Albacete, Spain, during a NATO exercise. Both pilots are killed along with eight others.

Deaths

• January 9: Roy Tarpley, basketball player.
• January 24: Demis Roussos, singer