2022 in Greece
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Events in the year 2022 in Greece.
Incumbents
Photo | Post | Name |
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President of the Hellenic Republic | Katerina Sakellaropoulou[1] | |
Prime Minister of Greece | Kyriakos Mitsotakis[2] | |
Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament | Konstantinos Tasoulas[3] | |
Adjutant of the Hellenic Air Force | Colonel Dimitrios Papadimitriou (leaving July) | |
Adjutant of the Hellenic Air Force | Anastasios Pantikakis (starting July) | |
Adjutant of the Hellenic Navy | Kalliopi Poroglou[4] | |
Adjutant of the Hellenic Army | Lieutenant Colonel Kyriakos Tzivris
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Events
- Ongoing: COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
- January 4 – Greece reports a record 50,126 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,344,923.[5]
- January 9 – The Greek government announces that fully vaccinated people who have not received a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose seven months after receiving their second dose will be banned from entering most indoor venues and participating in many types of activities beginning on February 1.[6]
- January 17 – Greece begins to introduce monthly fines for people over the age of 60 who are unvaccinated against COVID-19 amid an increase in the number of new cases in the country. The monthly fine will initially be €50 this month and will be €100 per month thereafter.[7]
- February 18 – Eleven people are missing after a ferry travelling between Greece and Italy catches fire.[8]
- April 19 – Greece seizes Russian-flagged oil tanker Pegas/Lana off the island of Euboea as part of European Union economic sanctions on Russia. The ship had 19 crew members on board, according to the Ministry of Shipping.[9]
- May 1 – The Greek Civil Aviation announces that Greece has lifted their COVID-19 restrictions for domestic and foreign flights. Passengers will still be required to wear a mask.[10]
- May 11 – Greece bans the practice of advertisements promoting it.[11]
- May 21 – Greece reports its first case of monkeypox.[12]
- May 26 – The US seizes a US sanctions on Russia.[13]
- June 1 – Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu had also accused Greece of violating the airspace of demilitarized zones in the Aegean Sea yesterday.[14]
- June 5 – A large wildfire breaks out on the Hymettus mountain range near Athens, Greece. A number of homes are damaged in the fire.[15]
- July 11 – Two people are killed and four others are injured after a three car pileup caused by a pack of boars north of Thessaloniki.[16]
- July 13 – Two firefighters are killed and two others survive after a helicopter crashes on the
- July 16 – An Antonov An-12 cargo plane, operated by a Ukrainian airline, crashes near the city of Kavala, Greece, killing all eight people on board. The aircraft was carrying weapons from Serbia to Bangladesh, and crashed before a planned stop in Jordan.[18]
- July 23 – Nine people are rescued after wildfires burn on the island of Lesbos and threaten the resort town of Vatera amid a heat wave in the country.[19]
- August 21 – In Cincinnati Masters.[20]
- September 3 – Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu threatening to revoke recognition of Greek sovereignty over the islands if the alleged militarization is not halted.[21]
- October 15 – 2022 Greek floods.[22]
Deaths
- 4 January
- Andreas Michalopoulos, 73, footballer[23]
- Stelios Serafidis, 86, footballer[24]
- 16 January – Alekos Fassianos, 86, painter[25]
- 3 February – Christos Sartzetakis, 92, politician[26]
- 16 February – Vasilios Botinos, 77, footballer[27]
- 22 February – Christos Angourakis, 69, athlete[28]
- 25 February – Dimitris Tsovolas, 79, politician[29]
- 27 February – Marietta Giannakou, 70, politician[30]
- 10 March – Dimitris Kontominas, 82, businessman[31]
- 17 March – Elsa Papadimitriou, 80, politician[32]
- 29 March – Irini Konitopoulou-Legaki, 90, singer[33]
- 12 April – Giorgos Katiforis, 87, lawyer[34]
- 25 April – Kostas Karapatis, 94, footballer[35]
- 6 May – Kostas Gousgounis, 91, pornographic actor[36]
- 8 May – Stefanos Petrakis, 97, Olympic sprinter[37]
- 17 May –Vangelis, 79, musician[38]
- 10 June – Sotirios Trambas, 92, prelate[39]
- 13 June –
- Nikolaos Deligiorgis, 85, magazine editor[40]
- Marina Lambraki-Plaka, 83, historian[41]
- 19 June – Thalis Tsirimokos, 62, footballer[42]
- 21 June – Nikos Salikas, 81, politician[43]
- 8 July – Athanasios Dimitrakopoulos, 86, politician[44]
- 16 July – Georgios Daskalakis, 86, politician[45]
- 2 August – Stavros Psycharis, 77, politician[46]
- 7 August – Dionysis Simopoulos, 79, astronomer[47]
- 9 August – Dimitris Tsironis, 62, politician[48]
- 21 August – Robert Williams, 72, composer[49]
- 2 September – Georgios Kalamidas, 77, judge[50]
- 13 September –
- Theophilos Kamberidis, 92, politician[51]
- Kostas Kazakos, 87, actor[52]
- Spiros Zournatzis, 86, journalist and politician[53]
- 14 September –
- Dimitrios Pandermalis, 82, archaeologist[54]
- Irene Papas, 93, actress[55]
- 18 September – Martha Karagianni, 82, actress[56]
- 30 September – Zahos Hadjifotiou, 99, businessman[57]
- 1 October – Stamatis Kokotas, 85, singer[58]
- 2 October – Themis Katrios, 70, Greek basketball player[59]
- 13 October – Stavros Sarafis, 72, football player[60]
- 14 October – Alexandros Nikolaidis, 42, taekwondo athlete[61]
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