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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announces a near-full lockdown in the Attica region, which includes the capital Athens, from February 11 until February 28. All schools, churches, hair salons, and retail stores, with the exception of supermarkets and pharmacies, are ordered to close; and restaurants are only allowed to offer delivery services.
2021-02-9

The Hellenic Parliament votes to approve the Greek bailout package despite many senior lawmakers from the ruling Syriza Party refusing to vote for the deal.
2015-07-15

Snap elections are to be called after the Hellenic Parliament fails to elect a new Greek president.
2014-12-29

The Hellenic Parliament gives approval in principle to further austerity measures, as street protests in Athens turn violent amid Greece's worsening economic crisis.
2011-10-19

Greek transport workers commence a two-day strike over the latest austerity measures passed by the Hellenic Parliament overnight.
2011-09-28

The Greek parliament in Athens holds a second vote on cuts, this one to put in place pay cuts, tax increases, privatisations and redundancies.
2011-06-30

The Greek parliament votes in favor of austerity measures to deal with the country's economic crisis; global markets rise as a result.
2011-06-29

An early morning bomb explodes before two courthouses in Athens; there are no injuries.
2010-12-30

Two men are charged with terrorism following parcel bomb attacks in Greece, as a 14 th bomb addressed to the French embassy in Athens is detonated by police.
2010-11-4

Greek riot police clash with protesting workers outside the Acropolis in Athens using tear gas to clear the demonstrators from the entrance.
2010-10-14