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Greece in 1988

Historical records for Greece in 1988, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

9Records
9Events
2Named people
5Places
2Categories

Historical records

February

19 February 1988Community Financing ReformKarolos Papoulias

Brussels · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Supports the compromise strengthening Community resources and expenditure discipline.

19 February 1988Special Brussels European CouncilAndreas Papandreou

Brussels · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Represents Greece at the special summit that reaches agreement on Community financing and agricultural reform.

June

27 June 1988Hanover European CouncilAndreas Papandreou

Hanover · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Represents Greece as leaders discuss monetary integration and establish the Delors Committee.

28 June 1988Delors Committee MandateKarolos Papoulias

Hanover · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Supports work examining concrete stages toward economic and monetary union.

July

1 July 1988Second Greek EEC PresidencyAndreas Papandreou

Athens · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Greece returns to the Council chair under Papandreou, giving Athens responsibility for steering the Community agenda through December.

December

2 December 1988Rhodes European CouncilAndreas Papandreou

Rhodes · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Hosts the European Council during Greece's Presidency as leaders discuss the internal market and monetary cooperation.

Other Events

1988Balkan Foreign Ministers MeetingKarolos Papoulias

Belgrade · Government / Government of Greece

Papoulias initiates a meeting of Balkan foreign ministers in Belgrade.

1988Greek-Turkish DetenteKarolos Papoulias

Government / Government of Greece

Papoulias promotes continuing diplomatic efforts to reduce Greek-Turkish tensions.

1988Papoulias-Yilmaz MemorandumKarolos Papoulias

Government / Government of Greece

Papoulias and Mesut Yilmaz conclude a memorandum supporting Greek-Turkish confidence building.

Names involved

Andreas PapandreouKarolos Papoulias

Places involved

AthensBelgradeBrusselsHanoverRhodes

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.