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Nazi occupation of Athens
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Massive demonstration against Nazi Compulsory Work Service
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Beginning of the December events
Police fires on demonstrators. Battle of Athens between pro-communist resistance forces and government supported by British troops Dmitry Kessel, photo, Getty archives -
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Greek Civil War
Greek Civil War - defeat of the communist Republican army -
KKE (communist party of Greece) outlawed
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Union of the Centre 2-step arrival to power and subsequent collapse
From minority government following November 8 elections to absolute majority government in February 1964; -
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Military dictatorship
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Scission of KKE in Bucarest
Following the isntauration of the dictatorship and as a prelude to the global 1968 , the KKE meeting at Bucarest turns into a fght betweent the "internal" faction (those members coming from Greece) and the "external" (those members outlawed and in exile in the Soviet block). The former leave the party and create the KKE "internal" closer to the Italian Communist party. -
Return of Caramanlis- 3rd Republic
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EEC entry
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PASOK accedes to government
on a progrmmatic platform including the exit from NATO and the EEC (a platform that will never be implemented). -
Creation of Synaspismos
First appearance of the Colaition of the Left, the Movemenst and Ecology in the Greek legislative elections (for the first time since 1968 all the Greek Left including the KKE is united) -
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The electoral instability year
3 elections in less than a year: One summer ND-Synaspismos government instituted on a limited agenda of "national reconciiation" and cleaning up the PASOK financial scandals; 1 winter national union government - 1 ND government with 150 + 1 MPs following the spring 1990 elections -
ΚΚΕ leaves Synaspismos
Aleka Papariga elected secretary general -First female party leader in Greece -
Fall of Mitsotakis ND government
due to A. Samaras who creates new party and asks ND MPs to defect. One of them does thus contribtuing to MItsotkis losing the majority in Parliament. PASOK wins the snap elections. -
ΣΥΡΙΖΑ creation
ND government in power after 11 years
Syriza polls third -
ND wins snap elections
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PASOK wins snap elections
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First MOA bailout agreement
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Papandreou Gvt collapse -Papadimos Caretaker gvt
October 31 -announcement of referendum on the bailout agreement
November 3 Cannes G-20 Meeting : Papandreou is told that
November 4: Parliament grants vote of confidence to Papandreou
November 6: announcement of interim national union government between ND and PASOK
November 11: Papandreou resigns
Caretaker Government LAOS-ND-PASOK -
Elections - Coalition Gvt
Beginning of political recomposition
May 6 electoral shock: Collapse of the two traditional powerhouse sof PASOK and ND - Rise of SYRIZA and neo-nazi Golden Dawn
June 17 : repeat elections - ND wins
Coalition gvt ND-PASOK-DIMAR -
DIMAR quits government
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SYRIZA wins Euro elections
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3rd failed bid for presidential election
Announcement of snap elections -
Snap elections won by SYRIZA
149 seats out of 300
Coalition gvt with ANEL
