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Greece reports a record for the second consecutive day of 21,657 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,105,885.
2021-12-28

Greece officially begins a vaccination programme against COVID-19, with ICU nurse Efstathia Kambissiouli, President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis among the first people to get vaccinated.
2020-12-27

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis nominates Council of State president Aikaterini Sakellaropoulou to be President of Greece. If approved, she will be the first female president in Greek history.
2020-01-15

Macedonians go to the polls to elect the next President of North Macedonia in an election dominated by divisions over the Prespa agreement, which resolved the naming dispute between North Macedonia and Greece.
2019-04-21

Voters in Greece go to the polls for a second legislative election after the first election on May 6 failed to form a coalition government.
2012-06-17

Greece is to hold a second round of elections on June 17, after final talks by the major political parties to form a coalition government were unsuccessful.
2012-05-16

Crisis-wracked Greece is forced to hold new general elections, after efforts by major political parties to form a coalition government end in failure.
2012-05-15

A fourth successive attempt by major Greek political parties to form a coalition government ends in failure. Another attempt is scheduled for May 15; if a coalition cannot be agreed, emergency elections must be held in June.
2012-05-14

The President of Greece, Karolos Papoulias, begins efforts at forming a coalition government, after three failed attempts by major political parties to reach a coalition agreement.
2012-05-12

Computer security company McAfee says hackers based in the People's Republic of China have targeted computer networks of global oil companies and individuals in Kazakhstan, Taiwan, Greece, and the United States, to steal information starting in 2009.
2011-02-11