Events in the year 2017 in Greece .
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(February 2017 )
Greece is given a rating of 35/40 regarding political rights, and a rating of 49/60 regarding civil liberties, by Freedom House.[ 2]
13 May – A train derailment in Adendro killed three people and hits a house.[ 3] [ 4]
13 May - "This Is Love", performed by Demy, represents Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest.[ 5]
12 June – The 6.3 Lesbos earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent ), killing one and injuring ten.
21 July – The 6.6 Aegean Sea earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong ), killing two and injuring 480.[ 6]
9 September - The Greek FIBA team reaches the quarterfinals of the FIBA EuroBasket 2017, losing to Russia 69-74 in the process.[ 7]
The Greek association football team reaches the playoffs of FIFA World Cup qualification, losing to Croatia 4-1 on aggregate in the process.[ 8]
15 November – In one of the greatest disasters in the area in decades, flash floods hit Western Attica , particularly the Athens suburb of Mandra , killing twenty-three.[ 9] [ 10]
Konstantinos Mitsotakis
13 January – Magic Alex , or Yanni Alexis Mardas, electronics engineer (b. 1942).[ 12]
7 February – Konstantinos Despotopoulos , philosopher and politician, MP (b. 1913)
17 February – Evangelos Basiakos , politician, MP (b. 1954).[ 13]
29 May – Konstantinos Mitsotakis , former Greek Prime Minister (b. 1918).[ 14]
5 June – Georgios Masadis , footballer (b. 1944)
13 November – Yannis Kapsis , journalist and politician, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1929).[ 15]
16 December – Angela Kokkola , politician, former MEP (b. 1932).[ 16]
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