2000 in Greece

Events

• 8 February
• * The 2000 presidential election is held. The Hellenic Parliament re-elects Konstantinos Stephanopoulos as President of the Hellenic Republic for a second term.
• 15 May – Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki becomes the President of the Athens [Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games], to became the first woman succeed Panagiotis Thomopoulos.
• 26 September - The MS Express Samina collided with the Portes Islets rocks in the Bay of Parikia off the coast of the Greek island of Paros, resulting in the death of 81 people.
• 1 October – At the 2000 [Summer Olympics closing ceremony|Closing Ceremony], the Olympic Games are handover from Sydney to Athens and returned back to birthplace where the they will host the next Olympic Games in [Athens 2004].