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Events in the year 2021 in Greece .

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President Sakellaropoulou.jpg President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou [1]

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Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis [2]
KonstantinosTasoulas (cropped).jpg Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament Konstantinos Tasoulas [3]
Adjutant of the Hellenic Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel Dimitrios Papadimitriou
Adjutant of the Hellenic Navy Kalliopi Poroglou [4]
Adjutant of the Hellenic Army Lieutenant Colonel Kyriakos Tzivris (starting August)

Events

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Deaths

Vassilis Alexakis Vassilis Alexakis (2010).jpg
Vassilis Alexakis

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References

  1. ↑ "Katerina Sakellaropoulou - Presidency of the Hellenic Republic". Presidency of the Hellenic Republic. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Kyriakos Mitsotakis - prime minister of Greece". Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Konstantinos Tasoulas - Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament". Hellenic Parliament . Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  4. ↑ Καλλιόπη Πορόγλου, η υπασπίστρια [Kalliopi Poroglou, the assistant] (in Greek). in.gr. 21 March 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Greek students, teachers protest planned education reform". Associated Press. 4 February 2021. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  6. ↑ Smith, Helena (11 February 2021). "Greek students at the barricades in dispute over education bill". The Guardian . Athens. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Dozens arrested in clashes over campus security law". Thessaloniki: Associated Press. 22 February 2021. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "Thousands of students rally in Greece against new police law". Associated Press. 23 February 2021. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  9. ↑ Nellas, Demetris (7 March 2021). "Greek police, protesters clash in Athens suburb". Athens: Associated Press. Archived from the original on 17 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  10. ↑ tvxs.gr (2021-03-10). "Τα ντοκουμέντα της αστυνομικής μανίας στη Νέα Σμύρνη: «Πάμε να τους σκοτώσουμε! Θα τους γα@@@ουμε!» [Όλα τα Βίντεο]". TVXS - TV Χωρίς Σύνορα (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-07-24.
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  13. ↑ "Greek protesters attack police with firebombs at rally". Associated Press. 11 March 2021. Archived from the original on 15 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  14. ↑ "No end to Greek inferno as wildfires rage into the night". Reuters. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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  16. ↑ "Littérature : disparition de Vassilis Alexakis, le plus français des écrivains grecs". courrierdesbalkans.fr (in French). 11 January 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  17. ↑ "Εφυγε από τη ζωή ο πρώην βουλευτής της Νέας Δημοκρατίας Θεόδωρος Μήτρας". ethnos.gr (in Greek). January 1980. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  18. ↑ "Leonidas Pelekanakis". olympedia.org. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  19. ↑ "Σήφης Βαλυράκης: Νεκρός εντοπίστηκε ο πρώην υπουργός". cnn.gr (in Greek). 24 January 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  20. ↑ "Maria Kastrisianaki obituary". theguardian.com. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  21. ↑ "Πέθανε ο τραγουδιστής Αντώνης Καλογιάννης". lifo.gr (in Greek). 11 February 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  22. ↑ "Greek journalist shot dead outside his Athens home". Al Jazeera English. April 9, 2021. Two individuals on a motorbike shot veteran crime reporter Giorgos Karaivaz multiple times in southern Athens district of Alimos, police say.
  23. ↑ "Πέθανε ο εφοπλιστής και πρώην βουλευτής της ΝΔ Γιώργος Δαλακούρας". cnn.gr (in Greek). 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  24. ↑ "Πέθανε ο Μίκης Θεοδωράκης". naftemporiki.gr (in Greek). 28 August 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
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