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*[[January 22]]: S&P raises Greece's credit rating to B- (from CCC+).
 
*[[January 22]]: S&P raises Greece's credit rating to B- (from CCC+).
 
*[[January 27]]: PM [[Alexis Tsipras]] visits Israel and meets with PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
 
*[[January 27]]: PM [[Alexis Tsipras]] visits Israel and meets with PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
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*[[January 28]]: Twenty-four migrants drowned off the Greek island of [[Samos]] near Turkey after their boat capsized.
  
 
===February===
 
===February===

Revision as of 18:45, February 2, 2016

Events

January

February

  • February 2: Greek academics and members of the Hellenic Olympic Committee sent a letter to put forward two Greek islanders from Lesvos (85 year-old Emilia Kamvysi and 40-year old fisherman Stratis Valiamos) and one American actress and activist (Susan Sarandon) as candidates for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, lauding their work to help alleviate the hardships of refugees reaching Greece's shores on their way to Europe. Because the Nobel Peace Prize must go to an individual or organization, the experts chose three individuals as representatives of the wider volunteer effort.

Deaths

January