January 3 – Former Prime Minister
George Papandreou announces the formation of a new party, Movement of Democratic Socialists, threatening to push the long-dominant PASOK under the election threshold.[11]
January 5 – A
Libyan warplane bombs a Greek-operated oil tanker anchored offshore the city of
Derna, killing two sailors, one Greek and one
Romanian. The Greek government condemned what it called an "unprovoked and cowardly" attack and demanded an investigation and punishment for those responsible.[12]
January 17 – Greek anti-terror police arrest four people in
Athens in alleged relation to the January 15 failed terrorist plot to kill police officers in
Belgium.[13]
January 25 –
A legislative election takes place to elect all 300 members to the Hellenic Parliament in accordance with the constitution. The formerly ruling Greek conservatives concede the election. Preliminary results indicate that
SYRIZA will fall just short of an absolute majority. Eventually SYRIZA takes 36.34% of the votes.
February 11 – The
Greek Coast Guard rescues all 22 crewmen from a
Cyprus -flagged vessel Good Faith that ran aground on the Greek island of
Andros during a storm in the
Aegean Sea.[14]
January 3 – Former Prime Minister
George Papandreou announces the formation of a new party, Movement of Democratic Socialists, threatening to push the long-dominant PASOK under the election threshold.[11]
January 5 – A
Libyan warplane bombs a Greek-operated oil tanker anchored offshore the city of
Derna, killing two sailors, one Greek and one
Romanian. The Greek government condemned what it called an "unprovoked and cowardly" attack and demanded an investigation and punishment for those responsible.[12]
January 17 – Greek anti-terror police arrest four people in
Athens in alleged relation to the January 15 failed terrorist plot to kill police officers in
Belgium.[13]
January 25 –
A legislative election takes place to elect all 300 members to the Hellenic Parliament in accordance with the constitution. The formerly ruling Greek conservatives concede the election. Preliminary results indicate that
SYRIZA will fall just short of an absolute majority. Eventually SYRIZA takes 36.34% of the votes.
February 11 – The
Greek Coast Guard rescues all 22 crewmen from a
Cyprus -flagged vessel Good Faith that ran aground on the Greek island of
Andros during a storm in the
Aegean Sea.[14]