2023 in Greece
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Events in the year 2023 in Greece.
Incumbents[edit]
Events[edit]
- 5 January – Aegean dispute: A Turkish coast guard vessel exchanges warning shots with a Greek coast guard vessel off the Greek island of Farmakonisi.[1]
- 10 January – Constantine II, dies at age 82. He was the last Greek monarch, reigning from 1964 to 1973.
- 27 January – Greek wiretapping scandal of 2022: Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis survives a no-confidence vote called by former prime minister Alexis Tsipras over the scandal.[2]
- 8 February – The Greek Parliament votes to ban National Party – Greeks from running in the coming elections. The New Democracy (Greece), PASOK voted for it, while the Communist Party of Greece, Greek Solution and MeRA25 voted against. [3][4]
- 28 February – Tempi train crash: A passenger train and a freight train collide in Tempi, Larissa, Thessaly, killing 57 people and injuring more than 85 others.[5]
- 1 March – Two people are killed after a boat carrying around 30 migrants capsizes near the coast of Kos.[6]
- 21 May – May 2023 Greek legislative election.[7]
- 14 June – At least 59 people die and 100 more are rescued after a boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast of the Peloponnese.[8] The government declares a three-day mourning period.
- 15 June - Protest across the country following the sinking of a boat carrying migrants and refugees. The boat is estimated to have been ferrying 750 people. More than 100 were rescued, and 78 bodies recovered.[9]
- 19 June – Nine Egyptian men arraigned in court in connection to the boat disaster. They all pleaded not guilty.[10]
- 25 June – June 2023 Greek legislative election: Nea Demokratia wins another term in office following May's fruitless election. Spartans, Course of Freedom and Niki enter the Parliament for the first time.
- 25 July – 2023 Greece wildfires: Two HAF servicemen are killed when a Canadair CL-215 waterbomber crashes on Evia island.[11]
- 5 September – The city of Volos suffers extended damage due to floods caused by heavy raining.
- 6 September – At least 10 people have been killed by floods caused by torrential rain in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.[12]
- 7 September – Due to ongoing flooding, the main highway in Greece between Athens and Thessaloniki is closed and there is no train traffic between the two major cities.[13]
Sports[edit]
- 20 June – 2 July – 2023 Men's Junior World Handball Championship[14]
- 19 August 2022 – 14 May 2023: 2022–23 Super League Greece[15]
- 2 – 9 September – 2023 Mediterranean Beach Games[16]
Deaths[edit]
- 1 January – Apostolos Pitsos, 104, industrialist and businessman.[17]
- 3 January –
- Nikos Skylakakis, 99, basketball player (national team).[18]
- Notis Mavroudis, 77, guitarist and composer[19]
- 10 January –
- Irenaios, 83, Orthodox prelate, patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem (2001–2005).[20]
- Constantine II, 82, last king of the Hellenes (r. 1964–1973).[21]
- 17 January – Paul Soulikias, 96, Greek-Canadian painter.[22]
- 20 January – Elena Apergi, 90, actress (Madalena, Ena Exypno Exypno Moutro).[23]
- 21 January – Erricos Andreou, 84, film director (The Hook, Act of Reprisal) and screenwriter.[citation needed]
- 22 January – Nikos Xanthopoulos, 88, actor and singer.[24]
- 24 January – Metropolitan Panteleimon of Belgium, 87, Orthodox prelate, metropolitan of Belgium (1982–2013).[25]
- 2 February – John Zizioulas, 92, Orthodox prelate, metropolitan of Pergamon (since 1986).[26]
- 8 February – Manousos Voloudakis, 56, politician, MP (2007–2009, 2012–2014, since 2019).[27]
- 9 February – Sasa Zivoulovic, 50, Olympic handball player (2004).[28]
- 13 February – Nektarios Santorinios, 50, politician, MP (since 2015).[29]
- 16 February –
- Despoina Nikolaidou, 88–89, actress (A Matter of Dignity, And the Wife Shall Revere Her Husband, Agonia).[30]
- Stratis Stratigis, 89, lawyer and politician, MP (1985–1989).[31]
- 17 February – Moses Elisaf, 68, politician, mayor of Ioannina (since 2019).[32]
- 20 February – George B. Dertilis, 84, historian.[33]
- 22 February – Giorgos Katsoulis, 60, water polo player (Olympiacos) and coach.[34]
References[edit]
- ^ "Warning shots fired as Greek, Turkish patrol boats face off". MSN. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
- ^ "Greek government survives no-confidence vote". www.thesundaily.my. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
- ^ "Far-right party banned from upcoming election in Greece". ABC News.
- ^ "Greek parliament approves amendment to exclude far-right party from elections".
- ^ "2 trains collide in northern Greece, at least 38 killed". BNO News. 2023-02-28. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ^ "2 dead as migrant boat capsizes off eastern Greek island". AP NEWS. 2023-03-01. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
- ^ Kouremenos, Achilleas (2022-06-10). "Tsipras Says Mitsotakis Will Call Early Elections Before 2023". The National Herald. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ "Death toll in Greece refugee boat tragedy climbs to 59". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
- ^ "Protests across Greece as hope to find shipwreck survivors fades". AL JAZEERA.
- ^ "Greece boat disaster: Trafficking suspects plead not guilty". BBC.
- ^ Robertson, Kirsten (2023-07-25). "Pilots killed after fire-fighting plane crashes and bursts into flames in Greece". Metro. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ^ "Streets turn to rivers in Bulgaria". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
- ^ "Dodental door overstromingen in Griekenland, Turkije en Bulgarije loopt op". nos.nl (in Dutch). 2023-09-07. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
- ^ "IHF | Germany and Greece to co-host 2023 IHF Men's Junior World Championship". www.ihf.info. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ "Βαθμολογία Ελληνικού πρωταθλήματος ποδοσφαίρου 2022-2023 | Super League Ελλάδα". www.slgr.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ "Heraklion will host the 2023 Mediterranean Beach Games". ICMG. 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ "Έφυγε από τη ζωή ο πατριάρχης της ελληνικής βιομηχανίας ηλεκτρικών συσκευών, Απόστολος Πίτσος". www.makthes.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- ^ "Θλίψη στο ελληνικό μπάσκετ: Πέθανε ο Νίκος Σκυλακάκης". Eurohoops (in Greek). 2023-01-03. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- ^ "Θρήνος για την ελληνική μουσική-Πέθανε ο μεγάλος συνθέτης και κιθαρίστας Νότης Μαυρουδής | Το Κουτί της Πανδώρας". www.koutipandoras.gr (in Greek). 2023-01-03. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
- ^ Team, ΤοΒΗΜΑ (2023-01-10). "Ειρηναίος: Πέθανε ο πρώην πατριάρχης Ιεροσολύμων". Ειδήσεις - νέα - Το Βήμα Online (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- ^ Newsroom (10 January 2023). "Πέθανε ο τέως βασιλιάς Κωνσταντίνος". www.kathimerini.gr. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- ^ "Έφυγε από τη ζωή ο Πωλ Σουλικιάς". e-thessalia.gr (in Greek). 2023-01-17. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ "Ελεάνα Απέργη: Πέθανε η θεατρική ηθοποιός". ProtoThema (in Greek). 2023-01-20. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ "Νίκος Ξανθόπουλος: Πέθανε στα 89 του χρόνια". ProtoThema (in Greek). 2023-01-22. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
- ^ VEMA (2023-01-25). "Former Metropolitan Panteleimon of Belgium fell asleep in the Lord". Vema.com.au. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- ^ "Εκοιμήθη ο Μητροπολίτης Γέρων Περγάμου Ιωάννης". Ορθοδοξία News Agency (in Greek). 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- ^ Newsroom. "Conservative MP Voloudakis dies aged 56 | eKathimerini.com". www.ekathimerini.com. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- ^ "Θλίψη στο ελληνικό χάντμπολ: Πέθανε από ανακοπή ο Σάσα Ζιβούλοβιτς" (in Greek). 2023-02-09. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- ^ "Πέθανε ο βουλευτής του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ Νεκτάριος Σαντορινιός - Ήταν μόλις 50 ετών". ProtoThema (in Greek). 2023-02-13. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- ^ "Δέσποινα Νικολαΐδου: Πέθανε η τελευταία εν ζωή «συμμαθήτρια» της Αλίκης Βουγιουκλάκη". ProtoThema (in Greek). 2023-02-16. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- ^ Newsbomb (2023-02-16). "Στράτης Στρατήγης: Πέθανε o πρώην βουλευτής της ΝΔ". Newsbomb (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- ^ Newsroom. "Moisis Elisaf, Greece's first Jewish mayor, dead at 68 | eKathimerini.com". www.ekathimerini.com. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- ^ Newsroom. "Historian George B. Dertilis dies aged 84 | eKathimerini.com". www.ekathimerini.com. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- ^ "Πέθανε ο Γιώργος Κατσούλης, στο πένθος βυθίστηκε το ελληνικό πόλο". NewsIT (in Greek). 2023-02-22. Retrieved 2023-02-22.