2025 in Greece

Events in the year 2025 in Greece.

Incumbents

President: Katerina Sakellaropoulou (until 13 March); Konstantinos Tasoulas (since 13 March)
Prime Minister: Kyriakos Mitsotakis

25 January – 2025 Greek presidential election (first round): No candidate wins a majority in the Hellenic Parliament.
28 January – A Turkish national is arrested after the Hellenic Coast Guard recovers 61 firearms and nearly 3,000 rounds of ammunition from a boat off the coast of Alexandroupoli.
31 January – 2025 Greek presidential election (second round): No candidate wins a majority in the Hellenic Parliament.

3 February – A closure of schools and restrictions of large public gatherings is implemented in Santorini due to an earthquake swarm. School closures are also declared in the nearby islands of Amorgos, Anafi and Ios.
6 February –
- 2025 Greek presidential election (third round): No candidate wins a majority in the Hellenic Parliament.
- Christos Triantopoulos resigns as deputy minister for civil protection following allegations that he had tampered with evidence related to the Tempi train crash in 2023.
- A state of emergency is declared in Santorini due to the ongoing earthquake swarm.
12 February – 2025 Greek presidential election (fourth and final round): Former parliament speaker Konstantinos Tasoulas is elected President of Greece after winning 160 of 300 votes in the Hellenic Parliament.

13 March – Konstantinos Tasoulas is inaugurated as president.
14 March – Prime Minister Mitsotakis implements a cabinet reshuffle, resulting in the appointment of Makis Voridis as migration minister and the transfer of digital governance minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis to the finance ministry.
15 March – Moody's raises the country's credit status to Baa3, making it the last major ratings agency to lift junk status on Greek government bonds that began during the Greek government-debt crisis in 2010.
31 March – A closure of schools and non-essential traffic is declared in Paros and Mykonos due to floods caused by heavy rain.

3 April – A boat carrying migrants sinks off the coast of Lesbos, killing seven passengers.
9 April – A general strike causes nationwide disruptions to transportation.
11 April – A bomb is detonated outside the offices of Hellenic Train in Athens. No casualties are reported.

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5 January – Costas Simitis, 88, Prime Minister of Greece (1996-2004).
6 January – Stella Greka, 102, singer and actress.
19 January – Kaiti Grey, 100, singer.
24 January – Mimis Domazos, 83, footballer (Panathinaikos, AEK Athens, national team).
25 January – Anastasios of Albania, 95, Greek-Albanian Orthodox prelate, archbishop of Tirana and All Albania (since 1992).
26 January – Yannis Ziagas, 84, politician, MEP (1982–1984), MP (1985–1993, 1996–2000).

1 February – Ilias Kostopanagiotou, 81, politician, MP (2015–2019).
10 February – Takis Ikonomopoulos, 81, footballer (Panathinaikos, Apollon Athens, national team).