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2021 In Greece
Events in the year 2021 in Greece. Incumbents * President: Katerina Sakellaropoulou * Prime Minister: Kyriakos Mitsotakis Events *Ongoing: COVID-19 pandemic in Greece *4 February - March: Anti-government protests against university police, police brutality and mishandling of COVID-19 pandemic and in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas' hunger strike. *3 March: 2021 Larissa earthquake *August: Wildfires engulf parts of Athens, the island of Euboea and parts of the Peloponnese. *27 September: 2021 Crete earthquake Scheduled events *The 2021 Population and Housing Census is planned to be conducted by the Hellenic Statistical Authority. Deaths *11 January – Vassilis Alexakis, Greek-born French writer and translator (born 1943). *12 January – Theodoros Mitras, politician, MP (born 1948). *14 January – Leonidas Pelekanakis, sailor (born 1962). *24 January – Sifis Valirakis, politician and anti-junta activist, Minister of Public Order (born 1943). *?? Febr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the Geography of Greece, mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, featuring List of islands of Greece, thousands of islands. The country consists of nine Geographic regions of Greece, traditional geographic regions, and has a population of approximately 10.4 million. Athens is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western culture, Western civilization, being the birthplace of Athenian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Greek Census
The 2021 Population and Housing Census ( el, Απογραφή ΠληθυσμούKατοικιών 2021) is a planned census in Greece to be conducted by the Hellenic Statistical Authority as part of the wider 2021 European Union census. As with the 2011 census, it will enumerate the number of people in the country, survey the demographic, economic, and social characteristics of the population, as well as ascertain the types of building stock available in the country. The census will comply with both European Union and United Nations census guidelines. The full set of results will be available by 31 March 2024. Smartphone and geolocation technologies will be utilised in order to carry out the census. A design competition was launched in September 2018, asking university students to design the census logo, and the winner was announced in 2019. Background The 2011 Greek census showed that the percentage of people of Greece had declined by 0.88%, compared to the 2001 Greek census, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Channel (Greek TV Channel)
Star Channel is a Greek free-to-air television channel that broadcasts a mix of foreign and Greek shows. It was launched in December 1993 and is owned by New Television S.A. (a company owned by Giannis Vardinogiannis). Star Channel is known in Greece mostly for its programming style, both in terms of live shows and news content, with an increased focus on lifestyle, showbiz, gossip, and fashion news, and on "comedic" presentation. In 2013, Star started combining information with entertainment, resulting in the channel's shift to a more serious tone. Star Channel generated €64 million in net profit in 2014 which represents a 32.2% increase from the previous year. History Star Channel was launched on 4 December 1993 to compete with Mega, ANT1, Alpha TV and ERT Channels. It began broadcasting children's programs as well as foreign series. In 1994 – Star Channel began to exchange family/children's programs from Alpha, then known as Skai (Greek spelling of Sky) with Star's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgos Karaivaz
Giorgos Karaivaz ( el, Γιώργος Καραϊβάζ; 27 November 1968 – 9 April 2021) was a Greek investigative journalist who specialized in organized crime. He was assassinated on 9 April 2021. Biography Born in , Drama, Greece, Karaivaz worked for the television channel Star Channel. He was also founder of the news website ''Bloko''. Assassination Karaivaz was shot and killed near his home in Athens suburb of Alimos on 9 April 2021. The first indications were that the assassination was carried out by those involved in organized crime. Their condolences expressed all Greek parties, as well as the president of the European Commission Ursula von her Leyen, who declared that an assassination of a journalist in a European country is a "despicable, cowardly act", she then expressed her wish that the perpetrators would be found soon. Karaivaz's computer, car and mobile phone were sent to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations. Given the fact that he was an active jou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonis Kalogiannis
Antonis Kalogiannis ( el, Αντώνης Καλογιάννης; 3 August 1933 – 11 February 2021) was a Greek singer. Biography In 1966, Kalogiannis met with composer Mikis Theodorakis, who helped launch his career. During the Greek junta, he went into exile and recorded protest songs with Maria Farantouri. During the 1980s, he established himself as a love singer. On 11 February 2021, Antonis Kalogiannis died of a heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to the coronary artery of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which may tr ... at the age of 87. Discography * ''Κάτι φταίει'' * ''Τα πρώτα μου τραγούδια'' * ''Ερωτικά'' * ''Συνοικισμός Α'' (1972) * ''Για μια σταγόνα αλάτι'' (1973) * ''Τα λιοτρόπια'' (1974) * ''Τι ώρα νά 'ναι'' * ''Τραγού ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Kastrisianaki
Maria Kastrisianaki ( el, Μαρία Καστρισιανάκη) (30 June 1948 – 11 January 2021) was a Greek journalist and broadcaster. Upon completing a diploma in economics at City University, London, Maria moved to Athens. There she wrote for various publications and started her work for the Greek state radio station ERT. Maria was commissioned to write and present three series: ''Flight of the Condor ο πέταγμα του Κόνδορα', covering the culture, politics and history of Latin America, ''Southern Wind Νότιος άνεμος"', which focused on the developing world and the gulf between rich and poor, and finally '' Our Common Future'' Το κοινό μας μέλλον”in which she explored sustainable development and environmental issues. Maria married Briton Tony Guyton, then living in Athens, in 1988. Six years after their marriage, the family moved to Sussex and for the last 26 years of her life, she lived in Great Britain. In 1994, K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Citizen Protection (Greece)
The Ministry of Citizen Protection ( el, Υπουργείο Προστασίας του Πολίτη) is the government department responsible for Greece's public security services, i.e. the Hellenic Police, the Hellenic Fire Service, Hellenic (Corrections) Prison System, the Agrarian Police and the General Secretariat for Civil Protection. The ministry existed until 2007 as the Ministry of Public Order ( el, Υπουργείο Δημόσιας Τάξης). On 19 September 2007, it was merged with the Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization and reduced to a General Secretariat within the Ministry of the Interior. On 7 October 2009, it was revived as the Ministry of Citizen Protection (Υπουργείο Προστασίας του Πολίτη) and was eventually renamed as the Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection on 21 June 2012. Following the electoral victory of Syriza in January 2015, it was subordinated to the Ministry of the Interior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Junta
The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels, . Also known within Greece as just the Junta ( el, η Χούντα, i Choúnta, links=no, ), the Dictatorship ( el, η Δικτατορία, i Diktatoría, links=no, ) or the Seven Years ( el, η Επταετία, i Eptaetía, links=no, ). was a right-wing military dictatorship that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974. On 21 April 1967, a group of colonels overthrew the caretaker government a month before scheduled elections which Georgios Papandreou's Centre Union was favoured to win. The dictatorship was characterised by right-wing cultural policies, anti-communism, restrictions on civil liberties, and the imprisonment, torture, and exile of political opponents. It was ruled by Georgios Papadopoulos from 1967 to 1973, but an attempt to renew its support in a 1973 referendum on the monarchy and gradual democratisation was ended by another coup by the hardliner Dimitrios Ioannidis, who ruled it until it fell on 24 July 1974 unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sifis Valirakis
Iosif (Sifis) Valirakis ( el, Ιωσήφ (Σήφης) Βαλυράκης, 12 March 1943 – 24 January 2021) was a Greek politician of the historic Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) cadre. His first name, the Greek form of Joseph, is commonly represented in its Cretan diminutive ''Sifis'' ("Joe"), by which he is popularly known. Life He was born in 1943 in Chania on the island of Crete. His father, Ioannis Valirakis, was an officer in the Hellenic Army and a member of the Centre Union party. He studied electrical engineering in Germany and Sweden, with a specialization in industrial automation. He spoke English, German and Swedish in addition to Greek. Anti-junta activity As a leading member of the anti-junta resistance and of the armed branch of the Panhellenic Liberation Movement, Valirakis was wanted by the Greek military regime for three years for bombings and was finally apprehended in 1971 and jailed by the Special Investigative Section (ETA) of the Greek Milita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonidas Pelekanakis
Leonidas Pelekanakis (2 November 1962 – 14 January 2021) was a Greek sailor. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics, the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the 2004 Summer Olympics. Pelekanakis died of COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ... during the pandemic in Greece on 14 January 2021, after an almost two-month battle with the illness. References External links * 1962 births 2021 deaths Greek male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Greece Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Star Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Star Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Star Place of birth missing Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece Hellenic Navy personnel Sailors (sport) from Piraeus {{Greece-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellenic Parliament
The Hellenic Parliament ( el, Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, Elliniko Kinovoulio; formally titled el, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Voulí ton Ellínon, Boule (ancient Greece), Boule of the Greeks, Hellenes, label=none), also known as the Parliament of the Hellenes, the Hellenic Bouleterion or Greek Parliament, is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of Greece, located in the Old Royal Palace, overlooking Syntagma Square in Athens. The parliament is the supreme democratic institution that represents the citizens through an elected body of Members of Parliament (MPs). It is a Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of 300 members, elected for a four-year term. In 1844–1863 and 1927–1935, the parliament was Bicameralism, bicameral with an upper house (the Greek Senate, senate) and a lower house (the chamber of deputies), which retained the name . Several important Greek statesmen have served as the speaker of the Hellenic Parliament. History Constitutiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodoros Mitras
Theodoros Mitras (1948 – 12 January 2021) was a Greek politician who served as a Member of Parliament. Born in Katerini Katerini ( el, Κατερίνη, ''Kateríni'', ) is a city and municipality in northern Greece, the capital city of Pieria regional unit in Central Macedonia, Greece. It lies on the Pierian plain, between Mt. Olympus and the Thermaikos Gulf, ..., Greece, he was a member of the New Democracy Party and a member of the Hellenic Parliament from 1993 to 1996. References 1948 births 2021 deaths Greek MPs 1993–1996 People from Katerini New Democracy (Greece) politicians {{Greece-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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